Australian Native Plants

  Acacia peuce (Waddy Wood)


Acacia peuce photo
Acacia peuce tree

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Acacia peuce photo
Acacia peuce juvenile foliage

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Acacia peuce photo
Acacia peuce bark

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WADDY WOOD FACTS

distribution map showing range of Acacia peuce in Australia

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


Common Name
Waddy Wood

Other Names
Birdsville Wattle, Casuarina Wattle

Description
The Waddy Wood is a tree that grows to 15 m tall. It has a growth habit similar to a Casuarina. Young trees look like conifers in shape. The dull green phyllodes are long and thin with a sharp tip, growing 8 cm to 40 cm long and about 1 mm wide. Pale-yellow flowers are produced in autumn and spring usually after heavy rain. The flower heads are globular. The seed pods are oblong and flat with a papery texture, growing to about 20 cm long and 3 cm to 5 cm wide.

Habitat
arid plains

Distribution
Waddy Wood is found in arid central Australia, with populations in south West Queensland and southern Northern Territory

Growth Characteristics
Height: 5m - 15m
Spread: 4m - 15m

Propagation
scarified seed



Classification
Class:Magnoliopsida
Order:Fabales
Family:Mimosaceae
Genus:Acacia
Species:peuce
Common Name:Waddy Wood


Relatives in same Genus
  Acacia acanthoclada
  Acacia acinacea
  Acacia acradenia
  Acacia aculeatissima
  Acacia alata
  Acacia amblygona
  Acacia amoena
  Acacia aneura
  Acacia aulacocarpa
  Acacia auriculiformis
  Acacia baileyana
  Acacia beckleri
  Acacia boormanii
  Acacia brachybotrya
  Acacia brachystachya
  Acacia buxifolia
  Acacia caesiella
  Acacia calamifolia
  Acacia cardiophylla
  Acacia chrysocephala
  Acacia cognata
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