[SOLVED] ID needed......is it an Acacia

[dannynovo]

Attached pics of a lower branch of a tree I found along the fire trail behind my house ....the main trunk of the tree had obviously been cut and the base rotted out.....amazingly there was a root system attached to the branch albeit very wirey....
I've potted it in a mixture that Pup suggested for Callistermons...
Anyway....i'm probably way of the mark by identifying it as an Acacia.....can anybody confirm if i'm correct?

Danny....

I've already spent 1/2 hr in google.....

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there is another smaller one of the same tree that i potted....

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By MattA - Acacia linifolia

[dannynovo]

forgot to mention that the way i have potted it was the way it was placed in the ground..

Danny

[bodhidharma]

Some sort of pine? Stone pine maybe. Need bigger pics.

[dannynovo]

Hi Bodhi,
have attached a close up of leaves....it also apears at the tips that it had flowered at some stage...
thanks for the response.

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[Handy Mick]

Danny looks like to me a wild wattle.
Mick

[dannynovo]

Mick,
Wild Wattle?
the worse thing is i suffer hayfever.....but i'm going to keep it...

Danny

[Handy Mick]

I suffer hayfever also Danny, I heard pine in flower is worse.
Mick

[dannynovo]

Hi all,
taken a close up of the tree i collected yesterday....prompted by Bodhi and Mick's responses....without a doubt an Acacia, but what type?
I went back into google and came across a Wattle, primarily found in WA.....Acacia Acuminata that has Phyllodes approx 2mm wide and varying lengths 8-15cm with Flower spikes approx 2cm.
Could this be a variant?
will it make for a good Bonsai?

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Danny

[Roger]

Hi Danny
Can you see how many veins there are in the phyllode? I can just imagine that I see one central one, but there could be only it or many fine ones. It will help with the ID.
Roger

[dannynovo]

Hi Roger,
Eyes a'rnt the best i'm seeing about 3 veins longitudinal....could be wrong

Danny

[shibui]

Danny,
A. acuminata has flowers in spikes. The one you posted has flowers in racemes.
From the flowers and leaves I'd suggest Acacia iteaphylla - Flinders Ranges wattle. Flowering is 'April- Sept sometimes earlier'. However iteaphylla should only have one main vein on a phyllode.
iteaphylla has been sold extensively through the nursery industry as it flowers over winter when not many other do. It is also quite tough and is ised in carparks and roadside plantings.

[Roger]

Shibui
I'm curious. In the last image from Danny, the inflorescence looks like a spike. They may be immature and the flowers may develop pedicels, thus forming a raceme, but i only see spikes at this stage. maybe I missed the flowers on the earlier images.

[dannynovo]

Danny,
A. acuminata has flowers in spikes. The one you posted has flowers in racemes.
From the flowers and leaves I'd suggest Acacia iteaphylla - Flinders Ranges wattle. Flowering is 'April- Sept sometimes earlier'. However iteaphylla should only have one main vein on a phyllode.
iteaphylla has been sold extensively through the nursery industry as it flowers over winter when not many other do. It is also quite tough and is ised in carparks and roadside plantings.

Shibui
I'm curious. In the last image from Danny, the inflorescence looks like a spike. They may be immature and the flowers may develop pedicels, thus forming a , but i only see spikes at this stage. maybe I missed the flowers on the earlier images.

I'm enjoying this learning experience.....even though i'm not familiar with all the Botany terms, i learn quick...

I did some reading on Acacia iteaphylla, while the phyllode look exactly the same, colour differs with my tree having a definate green hue.
The "spikes" have small nodules and i was surmising that the tree had already flowered.....possibly it may be the opposite and is starting to flower.
I will go back along the fire trail today and see if there are any full trees there and take some pictures.

Danny

[shibui]

Roger, I jumped in without having a real close look at the pics. I also have far less experience in id than you so lets go with flowers in spikes. Phylodes with (maybe) more than 1 vein. It looks like those are quite immature buds so flowering winter/spring. Endemic to Newcastle area? (could be a garden escape and naturalisation)

How about A. floribunda or A. longifolia? Its a long way out of my usual zone so just making suggestions at this stage.
Danny, how big do these trees grow? Is there lots or just a few there? We may have to wait for the flowers to open before getting closer.

[dannynovo]

Shibui,
I went for a bit of a stroll this arvo in the area and didn't see any shrub/tree that even resembled what i have posted, not to say they arnt there .....i think i need to get better close up pics of the phyllodes and spikes and post them....
there are still a number of spikes on the tree at this stage and i am hoping both plants will survive the move from ground to pot.

Danny