Acacia leucoclada
Acacia leucoclada
Safety & Hazards
Especially in times of drought, many Acacia species can concentrate high levels of the toxin Hydrogen cyanide in their foliage, making them dangerous for herbivores to eat.
Botanical Description
Acacia leucoclada is sometimes a shrub growing around 2.5 - 4 metres tall, but more commonly becoming a tree; it usually grows up to 10 metres tall, reaching 20 metres in favoured situations, especially in the north of its range (subspecies argentifolia)[ 286 Title Flora of Australia Publication Author Website http://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/abif/flora/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description The full information from the Flora of Australia - on-line. An excellent resource. , 1301 Title Acacia Search; Evaluation of Acacia as a woody crop option for Southern Australia Publication Author Maslin B.R. & McDonald M.W. Publisher Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation; Western A Year 2004 ISBN 0642 58585 7 Description ]. The single trunk often divides into two main stems at around 2 - 7 metres tall, the straight boles being around 13 - 45cm in diameter. In shady situations the plants develop a rather spindly growth habit (with stems straight and erect), often freely suckering and forming pure stands[ 1301 Title Acacia Search; Evaluation of Acacia as a woody crop option for Southern Australia Publication Author Maslin B.R. & McDonald M.W. Publisher Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation; Western A Year 2004 ISBN 0642 58585 7 Description ]. Unlike most Australian species of Acacia, this species retains its true foliage into maturity and does not produce phyllodes[ 286 Title Flora of Australia Publication Author Website http://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/abif/flora/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description The full information from the Flora of Australia - on-line. An excellent resource. ]. Acacia leucoclada is regarded as having good prospects as a crop plant for high volume wood production[ 1301 Title Acacia Search; Evaluation of Acacia as a woody crop option for Southern Australia Publication Author Maslin B.R. & McDonald M.W. Publisher Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation; Western A Year 2004 ISBN 0642 58585 7 Description ]. It is also grown as a pioneer species for establishing native woodland and can be used in shelterbelts and in soil stabilization projects.