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WIREWOOD FACTS |
Map is from The Atlas of Living Australia web site, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License
Common Name
Wirewood
Other Names
Desert Oak, River Jam, Desert Oak, Wiry Wattle, Dogwood
Description
Wirewood grows as a tall tree to 8 m or as a spreading shrub. It usually has one or two main trunks. The silvery green or grey-green phyllodes are long and narrow with a thick, leathery texture, growing to 20 cm or more in length and about 2 mm to 7 mm wide. The flowers are yellow, and produced in globular clusters about 5 mm in diameter. The seed pods are 5 mm to 10 mm wide, and curved or twisted. The pod length is up to 20 cm long when straightened out.
Habitat
Acacia coriacea is found on coastal dunes, sandplains, ridges, along waterways. It grows as a tree on the banks of rivers and as a spreading shrub or low tree behind coastal dunes and on spinifex plains.
Distribution
Found in central western areas of Western Australia including Carnarvon, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Pilbara.
Growth Characteristics
Height: 4m - 8m
Spread: 2m - 4m
Propagation
scarified seed
Classification
| Class: | Magnoliopsida | | Order: | Fabales | | Family: | Mimosaceae | | Genus: | Acacia | | Species: | coriacea | | Common Name: | Wirewood |
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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