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Rice's Wattle

Acacia riceana

Rice's Wattle
Photo: Stella Fish, CC BY 4.0

Rice's wattle (Acacia riceana) is a small, fast-growing evergreen shrub to small tree in the legume family, endemic to southeast Tasmania. It is grown as a hardy native shrub in cool temperate gardens, and general care notes are drawn from horticultural knowledge of wattles since the sources focus on its natural range.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then mostly rely on rainfall; wattles dislike wet, waterlogged roots.
Soil
Well-drained soil, tolerates poor and sandy soils.
Temperature
Cool temperate climate; tolerates frost well, native from sea level to 900 m.
How easy
Easy
Native range
S. Tasmania
Climate
temperate

About

Acacia riceana, commonly known as Rice's wattle, is a small, fast-growing, evergreen shrub to small tree in the legume family endemic to the southeast corner of Tasmania.

Where it grows

Acacia riceana is endemic to the southeast corner of Tasmania, where it grows from sea level to 900 m (3000 ft). Its main populations center around the Derwent, Huon and Prosser River Valleys, although small populations are also located on the slopes of the Ironbound Range in the state's far south. The species also grows densely on slopes overlooking the D'Entrecasteaux Channel from Southport to Margate. Outlying populations grow on the Tasman/Forester Peninsula and South Bruny Island with the most remote being located on Maria Island.

Other Acacia plants

Acacia abbatiana · Acacia abbreviata · Acacia abrupta · Acacia acanthaster · Harrow Wattle · Acacia acellerata · Gold-dust acacia · Acacia aciphylla · Acacia acoma · Acacia acradenia · Strap Leaved Wattle · Acacia acuaria

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Acacia riceana by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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