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Acacia salicina
Also called Willow Acacia, Broughton Willow Wattle, Broughton Willow, Murray Willow, Sally Wattle, Willow Wattle
Cooba is a thornless Australian shrub or small tree, 3 to 10 m tall, grown for landscaping in dry areas and valued for erosion control. It is a fast grower that suits full sun and dry, well-drained sites.
Acacia salicina is a thornless species of Acacia native to Australia. It is a large shrub or small evergreen tree growing up to 13.7 m (45 ft) tall. It is a fast grower, dropping lots of leaf litter, with a life span of about 10–50 years. In its native range, A. salicina flowers from February to June. In the Northern Hemisphere, A. salicina flowers primarily from October to January and the seed pods are often visible from April to July. The tree's seeds are shiny, black and have a crimson appendage-like aril.
A. salicina is "closely related" to Acacia ligulata and Acacia bivenosa.
Acacia salicina is found throughout Australia, growing in regions receiving in excess of 1500mm annually in northern Queensland and as low as 100mm annually in central Australia. Its natural altitude range is from 50-300m above sea level. It does well in full sun exposure and tolerates frosts down to -6.7 deg. C (20 deg. F).
Erosion management: Acacia salicina can be used to help stabilize riverbanks and other areas.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Acacia salicina 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.
