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> On 15-Sep-2021, at 13:46, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Three species which have been introduced in India are quite confusing, with > differences as below as per Lucid Central: > Silver wattle (Acacia dealbata subsp. dealbata) may be confused with several > other native wattles (Acacia spp.) including black wattle (Acacia mearnsii), > Sydney green wattle (Acacia decurrens), green wattle (Acacia irrorata), > northern silver wattle (Acacia leucoclada), Bodalla silver wattle (Acacia > silvestris), dwarf silver wattle (Acacia nanodealbata), Cootamundra wattle > (Acacia baileyana) and Karri wattle (Acacia pentadenia). These species can be > distinguished by the following differences: > > silver wattle (Acacia dealbata subsp. dealbata) has young branches and > foliage tips that are finely hairy and whitish-green or whitish-yellow in > colour (i.e. pruinose). Its silvery-grey leaves have numerous (10-30) pairs > of hairy branchlets (i.e. pinnae). These leaves are shortly stalked (i.e. > petiolate) and there is usually a small raised structure (i.e. gland) near > the top of this leaf stalk (i.e. petiole). There are also similar glands at > the junction of the each of the pairs of branchlets (i.e. jugary glands). The > leaflets are relatively small (1.5-6 mm long) and usually quite elongated in > shape. Its flowers are yellow or golden yellow and borne in small globular > clusters, which are arranged into larger elongated compound clusters (i.e. > racemes or panicles). The pods are relatively large (20-115 mm long and 6-14 > mm wide). > > black wattle (Acacia mearnsii) has young branches and foliage tips that are > finely hairy and yellow or greenish-yellow in colour (i.e. not pruinose). Its > dark green leaves have numerous (7-31) pairs of hairy branchlets (i.e. > pinnae). These leaves are shortly stalked (i.e. petiolate) and there is > usually a small raised structure (i.e. gland) near the top of this leaf stalk > (i.e. petiole). There are also similar glands at the junction of the each of > the pairs of branchlets (i.e. jugary glands), and also between some or all > pairs of branchlets (i.e. interjugary glands). The leaflets are quite small > (1-3.5 mm long) and usually not particularly elongated in shape. Its flowers > are pale yellow or cream-coloured and borne in small globular clusters, which > are arranged into larger elongated compound clusters (i.e. racemes or > panicles). The pods are relatively large (30-150 mm long and 4-8 mm wide). > > Sydney green wattle (Acacia decurrens) has young branches with conspicuous > flanges and foliage tips that are mostly hairless and yellowish in colour > (i.e. not pruinose). Its dark green leaves have several to numerous (3-13) > pairs of hairless branchlets (i.e. pinnae). These leaves are shortly stalked > (i.e. petiolate) and there is usually a small raised structure (i.e. gland) > near the top of this leaf stalk (i.e. petiole). There are also similar glands > at the junction of the each of the pairs of branchlets (i.e. jugary glands). > The leaflets are quite large (5-15 mm long) and very narrow. Its flowers are > yellow or golden yellow and borne in small globular clusters, which are > arranged into larger elongated compound clusters (i.e. racemes or panicles). > The pods are relatively large (20-105 mm long and 4-9 mm wide). > Going by the above keys and links, I think it may be Acacia dealbata subsp. > dealbata > > Hi, Mohina ji, > May I request you to pl. post high res. images to verify and check the > details. > > >> On Sat, 11 Sept 2021 at 17:47, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: >> Forwarding for ID >> Distributed as Acacia decurrens ? >> Group discussion at >> tree for id, mm1 27012012 (google.com) >> >> ---------- Forwarded message --------- >> From: mohina macker <[email protected]> >> Date: Friday, January 27, 2012 at 3:51:43 PM UTC+5:30 >> Subject: tree for id, mm1 27012012 >> To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> >> >> >> tall tree, binsar wildlife sanctuary near almora >> saw these tall trees almost all the way down to haldwani >> which is where the mountains turn into plains >> the bright yellow flowers were just beginning to bloom last week >> wondering if this tree can be identified >> regards >> mohina macker >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "efloraofindia" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/c712c00f-a960-4404-8515-78f4df557f37n%40googlegroups.com. > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. 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