Acacia melanoxylon - 11 - Blackwood

PlantID: 11

Paten Park Native Nursery Data

Acacia melanoxylon - Blackwood

TREE UP TO 10 METRES TALL

Shapely habit, pale cream flowers in Spring and unusual coiled, twisted seed pods. Good for erosion control & revegetation, frost tolerant, valuable timber tree. Aboriginals used bark for fish poison. Attracts many butterflies.

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Filtered Sun / Full Sun

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Small Trees up to 10m

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Mimosaceae

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Bird Attracting / Bush Food Plants / Butterfly Plants / Clay Tolerant Species / Creek Species / Frost Tolerant Plants / Native Timber Trees / Perfumed Flowering Plants / Rainforest Garden Plants / Rainforest Timbers

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Riparian Community

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Adaptable / Moist