Acacia excelsa

Botanical Description

Acacia excelsa is an evergreen tree, usually with a weeping habit, growing up to 20 metres tall[ 386 Title Forest Stewardship Council. Publication Author Website http://www.fsc.dk/index.php?id=256&PHPSESSID=367043b95e93a891cf96369e9264cd03 Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description The site contains information on the properties of some less well-known tropical timbers. The Forest Stewardship Council works actively to protect tropical forests by encouraging sustainable harvesting of the trees. ]. Although it produces true leaves as a seedling, llike most members of this section of the genus, the mature plant does not have true leaves but has leaf-like flattened stems called 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. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for its attractivewood, which is used for cabinet making etc. Acacia excelsa is a large tree with a widely scattered distribution in southern inland parts of Queensland and New South Wales. It is known to occur within protected areas, its seeds are banked as a conservation measure and the distribution of this species does not meet the criteria to warrant a threatened category and it is known from many localities. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2013)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].