White Ball Acacia
Acaciella glauca syn. Acacia angustissima syn. Acacia boliviana Syn. Mimosa glauca
Biosecurity Queensland must be contacted within 24 hours of sighting, call: 13 25 23.
family
Fabaceae:
origin
Exotic
declaration
Category 1 Restricted Matter (Biosecurity Act 2014)
Category 1 – must be reported to a Queensland Government inspector within 24 hours
Common names
Redwood, Wild dividivi.
A shrub or small tree with younger stems that are somewhat reddish in colour. Its twice-compound leaves are fernlike in appearance and have several pairs of branchlets. Its small white fluffy flowers are borne in globular or slightly elongated clusters fruit form flattened, elongated, pods (4-7cm long) that turn brown when mature. This species (or series of closely related subspecies) can be highly variable., This Plant is Prohibited Matter under the Biosecurity Act 2014 and Must be Reported to Biosecurity Queensland Immediately
Impact
Impact
Redwood (Acaciella glauca) is regarded as an environmental weed in northern Queensland and as a potential environmental weed in other parts of Queensland. After being introduced into Australia for evaluation as a potential woody forage legume, it probably escaped from sites where it was trialled for this purpose., This species has since been found in a variety of habitats in northern Queensland, from the wet tropics to semi-arid environments, and on a variety of soil types. It is thought to pose a significant threat to rangeland biodiversity in northern Australia and several new populations have been recorded in recent years (e.g. a large thicket about 15 km south of Ingham)., Redwood (Acaciella glauca) was recently listed as a priority environmental weed in the Far North Queensland Natural Resource Management region. It is also regarded as being invasive on Mauke, in the Cook Islands , where it is said to form dense thickets.
Location
Location
Characteristics
Characteristics
Similar Species
Similar Species
Redwood (Acaciella glauca) is regarded as an environmental weed in northern Queensland and as a potential environmental weed in other parts of Queensland. After being introduced into Australia for evaluation as a potential woody forage legume, it probably escaped from sites where it was trialled for this purpose., This species has since been found in a variety of habitats in northern Queensland, from the wet tropics to semi-arid environments, and on a variety of soil types. It is thought to pose a significant threat to rangeland biodiversity in northern Australia and several new populations have been recorded in recent years (e.g. a large thicket about 15 km south of Ingham)., Redwood (Acaciella glauca) was recently listed as a priority environmental weed in the Far North Queensland Natural Resource Management region. It is also regarded as being invasive on Mauke, in the Cook Islands , where it is said to form dense thickets.
