Acacia Species Chart

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Acacia Species Chart

- chosen for their multiple uses in Permaculture Design (key at bottom)
For more information - see 'Adaptable Acacias'
Coppicing
Height Pests & Fire- Wind Dye &
Species Climate Tolerance Firewood Fodder Edible Timber & Misc.
m Diseases retardant Break Tannins
Suckering
A.
Erosion
acuminata fr. salt durable, craft,
arid 3-5 3 control,
raspberry jam dro. lime termite proof
fast grower
wattle
A. anuera fro. pods, flour craft, tools, dye - twig
arid 7 3 3 long-lived
mulga dro. tol from seeds fencing & leaves
A. baileyana
temp- fro.
cootamundra 10 3 3 1 dye long-lived
subtropic dro. tol
wattle
A. dealbata subtroic- fro. tol charcoal green
8 1 3 dye-leaves suckers
silver wattle tropic dro. sen. 3 manure
A. decurens defoliators shllow root
temp- 3 dye-leaf coppices
black or 6-12 fro. tol rust, 1 3 pulp v. fast
tropic charcoal tannin suckers
green wattle borer grower
A. elata dro. fro. sen shade fast growing
subtropic 30 dye-leaves
cedar wattle clay tol only long-lived
A.
sheep nest, perfume 'Oil
farnesiana arid 1-7 fr. sen 3 pods roasted heavy
(pods) birds of Cassie'
mimosa bush
A. filicifolia
dro. sen coppices,
fern-leaf temp 13 3 1 tannin
fr. sen suckers
wattle
A. hakeoides
dro. tol, med
hakea leaf temp 1-4 3 suckers
fr., salt tol
wattle
fast grower
A. implexa temp- dro. tol hard, sim to A.
8 2 2 dye-leaves bark
hickory wattle tropic fro. tol mel
medicinal
green
A. mearnsii
dro. tol charcoal dye - all coppices manure
black or tan temp 6-16 defoliator 3 pulp
med. fro. tol 3 parts poorly v. fast
wattle
grower
A.
3
melanoxylon temp- fro. tol
30 2 3 craft veneer dye-leaves sckers fish poison
sally wattle, subtrop dro. sen
v. hard
blackwood
A.
dro. tol fast grower
microbotrya arid 2-6 stock 3
lime tol honey source
manna wattle
bay
A. pendula dro. clay tol add ash to fencing

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Acacia Species Chart
arid 6-12 shelter 2 stock 3
myal wattle fro. salt tol flour craft, hard
moth
A.
temp- fro. dro pulp 3 dye-bark,
penninervis 5 3 fish poison
subtropic snow tol hardwood leaf
hickory wattle
A. v. fast
temp- dro, salt tol dye-leaf
pycnantha 8 2 3 grower
subtropic fr. sen tannin
golden wattle short lived
A. salicina
arid dro. fro. salt fish poison -
cooba, native 15 3 hard 3 suckers
subtropic clay tol bark
wattle
A. saligna
arid salt clay dro browsing sheep dye, leaf, coppices potential
golden wreath 8 1 1
subtropic acid, swamp animals goats gum well weed
wattle
A. sophorae salt dro. fro. coast dune
sub trop 5 3 seed (pods)
coastal wattle lime tol 3 stabilisation
A. oswaldii
dro. tol
umbrella temp 6 3 seed-raw
fro. sen
wattle

KEY
1 Fair
2 Good
3 Excellent
fro frost
dro drought
sen sensitive

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