Common Name: Western Myall
Botanical Name: Acacia papyrocarpa
Family: LEGUMINOSAE
Description:
Tall shrub to small, rough-barked tree, 3-7 m high with rounded spreading canopy. Phyllodes very narrow, straight to slightly curved with many fine parallel veins, ending in a hooked tip, 4-8 cm long by approximately 0.2 mm wide (silvery-green new growth). Yellow, globular flower heads in clusters (not racemes) in leaf axils. Winter to spring (August to November). Narrow, light brown pods, 5-10 cm long by 0.5-0.8 cm wide, with slight constrictions between the enclosed seeds.
Tall shrub to small, rough-barked tree, 3-7 m high with rounded spreading canopy. Phyllodes very narrow, straight to slightly curved with many fine parallel veins, ending in a hooked tip, 4-8 cm long by approximately 0.2 mm wide (silvery-green new growth). Yellow, globular flower heads in clusters (not racemes) in leaf axils. Winter to spring (August to November). Narrow, light brown pods, 5-10 cm long by 0.5-0.8 cm wide, with slight constrictions between the enclosed seeds.
Natural Distribution:
Common to the far north-western low rainfall (125-300 mm) districts of SA, extending as far south as Port Augusta and northern Eyre Peninsula. Extends into WA. Common to northern arid areas.
Common to the far north-western low rainfall (125-300 mm) districts of SA, extending as far south as Port Augusta and northern Eyre Peninsula. Extends into WA. Common to northern arid areas.
Notes:
Long-lived (to 250 years), slow growing tree that may take 75 years to reach maturity. Long term survival threatened by overgrazing and infrequent regeneration events (5 times every 100 years).
Long-lived (to 250 years), slow growing tree that may take 75 years to reach maturity. Long term survival threatened by overgrazing and infrequent regeneration events (5 times every 100 years).
