Australian Native Plants

  Acacia estrophiolata (Ironwood)


Acacia estrophiolata photo
Acacia estrophiolata habit

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Acacia estrophiolata photo
Acacia estrophiolata Foliage

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Growth Characteristics information is sourced from: State Flora Catalog, Government of South Australia Licensed under Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 license.



IRONWOOD FACTS

distribution map showing range of Acacia estrophiolata in Australia

Map is from The Atlas of Living Australia web site, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License


Common Name
Ironwood

Other Names
Southern Ironwood, Desert Ironwood, Utjanypa

Description
Ironwood is a tree with spreading crown becomes pendulous with age. It grows from about 4 m to 15 m in height with a trunk up to 45 cm in diameter. Young plants are upright with rigid branches. The phyllodes are long and narrow, about 4 cm to 10 cm long, and 2 mm to 4 mm wide, with three prominent veins along the length. The spherical flower heads pale yellow and produced after winter rain. The seed pods are long and narrow 6 cm to 10 cm long, and about 6 mm wide.

Habitat
Ironwood grows mostly in open shrubland and open woodland on sandy well drained soils.

Distribution
north western parts of South Australia, southern parts of the Northern Territory and eastern parts of central Western Australia.

Growth Characteristics
Height (m): 5 - 10
Spread (m): 3 - 10
Soil Texture: sand, loam
Soil pH: acid soils, neutral soils, alkaliine soils
Frost Sensitivity: resistant
Minimum Rainfall (mm): 150
Flower Colour: yellow
Flower Season: spring

(source: SA State Flora Catalog)

Propagation
scarified seed



Classification
Class:Magnoliopsida
Order:Fabales
Family:Mimosaceae
Genus:Acacia
Species:estrophiolata
Common Name:Ironwood


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