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A spindly acacia tree in the desert (red sand) and surrounded by similar trees.
An Acacia stenophylla, also known as Shoe-String Acacia, in Currawinya National Park, Queensland.

Shoestring acacia: taxonomic profile

A seven-page profile of the Shoestring acacia, a common watercourse-fringing tree in inland arid areas of eastern Australia, which is tolerant of saline, alkaline and waterlogged soils and survives periodic flooding.

Acacia stenophylla is an erect or spreading shrub or small tree to 20 metre tall with a rounded crown.

This profile details how it is is very widely distributed in inland arid areas from north-eastern Western Australia, east through Northern Territory to Queensland (west of the Great Divide) and south to the Murray-Lachlan-Darling River system in New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia.

This document provides detailed information on:

  • taxonomy and ecology
  • reproduction and establishment
  • hydrology and salinity
  • conservation status
  • uses (including ethnobotanical)
  • summary
  • references.

Discover more about Terrestrial biodiversity in the Murray-Darling Basin.

 

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