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§1 Plant

Acacia longifolia (Andrews) Willd.

vernacular Sydney golden wattle — species · Fabaceae


USDA
ACLO
GBIF
2978730
Rank
species
Sydney golden wattle (Acacia longifolia)
Platephotograph · Reiner RichterCC BY-NC-SA source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Shrub, Tree
Duration
Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Fabaceae Lindl.
Genus
Acacia
§2a

Native status, by region

  • L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
§2b

County-level range

· 10 counties across 1 state
Legend Native · 0 Introduced · 10 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
High
Shade
High
Moisture use
Medium
Fire
Medium
Salinity
Low
Anaerobic
None
CaCO₃
Low
Hedging
High
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
14 °F minimum
Frost-free days
180 min.
Precipitation
16–40 in/yr
pH range
6–8.3
Root depth
24 in min.
Fertility need
Low
Soil texture
coarse, medium, fine
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Multiple Stem
Growth rate
Rapid
Lifespan
Short
Mature height
20 ft
Height @ 20 y
20 ft
Foliage texture
Fine
Foliage colour
Green
Porosity (summer)
Dense
Porosity (winter)
Dense
Flower colour
Yellow
Fruit colour
Brown
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
Medium
Toxicity
None
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Summer
Seed abundance
High
Seed begins
Summer
Seed ends
Fall
Spread rate
Slow
Stratify
No
Seeds / lb
33,000
Propagation
seed, cuttings, bare root, container
§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability
Routinely Available
Nursery stock
Yes
Browse palatability
Low
Palatable, human
No
Protein potential
Low
Lumber
No
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 10 counties across 1 state.


§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/ACLO ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/2978730 ↗

Record version

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usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26

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