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Acacia subporosa
Also called Sticky Bower Wattle, Bower Wattle
Acacia subporosa is a tree or shrub of south eastern Australia, grown as a street tree or screen and typically reaching 4 to 12 m tall. It thrives in moist, well-drained soil in a sunny spot, and is a rare native in Victoria.
Acacia subporosa, also commonly known as river wattle, bower wattle, narrow-leaf bower wattle and sticky bower wattle, is a tree or shrub of the genus Acacia and the subgenus Plurinerves that is endemic to an area of south eastern Australia. It is considered to be rare in Victoria
The tree is used as street trees or as a screening plant, it can grow at a rate of about 24 in (610 mm) per annum and live for almost 50 years. The plant is susceptible to root rot and shothole borer.
It is native to coastal areas of south eastern New South Wales and north western Victoria. The range of the plant extends from around Bega in the north to around Howe Hill on the north eastern tip of the Victoria-New South Wales border in the south in the far east Gippsland area. It is commonly situated along creeks and streams in gullies or on low hillsides found near the margins of rainforest communities growing in moist sandy or shale-based soils and conglomerates. It is often associated with Acacia longifolia.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Acacia subporosa 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.
