Black wattle
Acacia decurrens
Tree11.5×6 mzone 8–9full sun
Profile
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Height
- 11.5 m
- Spread
- 6 m
- Growth
- very fast
- Lifespan
- 40 years
- First yield
- after 3 years
- Hardiness
- zone 8–9
- Shade tolerance
- full sun
- Soil
- Sand, Silt
- Soil moisture
- very dry – moist
- pH
- 5.9 – 7
evergreen
Uses
Origin & habitat
Sheltered woodland, mainly on sandstone. Usually on cool, moist hills and erosion gullies in Australia.
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