 Best Sellers Blackwood, Australian Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon Detailed Listing For Botanical Name: Acacia melanoxylon Common Name: Blackwood, Australian Blackwood Germination Test Type:  Cut (Full Seed) Minimum Hardiness Zone: 8 Harvest hemisphere: Northern In Stock: Available Prices | | Growing Info, follow in order: Scarification: Pour boiling water over seed , let stand in water for 24 hours, repeat process on seed that did not imbibe. Stratification: none required. Germination: sow seed 1/4 deep, tamp the soil, mulch the seed bed. Other: if boiling water treatment does not allow seed to imbibe, sulfuric acid treatment is required. |
Physical Characteristics : An evergreen Tree growing to 30 m (98ft 5in) at a fast rate. It is hardy to zone 8. It is in leaf 12-Jan It is in flower in April. The flowers are hermaphrodite (have both male and female organs)It can fix Nitrogen. The plant prefers light (sandy) and medium (loamy) soils and requires well-drained soil.The plant prefers acid and neutral soils..It cannot grow in the shade.It requires dry or moist soil. Conservation Plant Characteristics
Acacia melanoxylon R. Br.
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ACME | Summary | | Duration | Perennial | | Growth Habit | Tree | | Native Status | L48 (I), HI (I) | | Federal T/E Status | | | National Wetland Indicator | | | | | Morphology/Physiology | | Active Growth Period | Spring and Summer | | After Harvest Regrowth Rate | | | Bloat | None | | C:N Ratio | High | | Coppice Potential | Yes | | Fall Conspicuous | No | | Fire Resistant | No | | Flower Color | White | | Flower Conspicuous | Yes | | Foliage Color | Dark Green | | Foliage Porosity Summer | Moderate | | Foliage Porosity Winter | Moderate | | Foliage Texture | Fine | | Fruit/Seed Color | Brown | | Fruit/Seed Conspicuous | Yes | | Growth Form | Multiple Stem | | Growth Rate | Rapid | | Height at 20 Years, Maximum (feet) | 40 | | Height, Mature (feet) | 40.0 | | Known Allelopath | No | | Leaf Retention | Yes | | Lifespan | Short | | Low Growing Grass | No | | Nitrogen Fixation | Medium | | Resprout Ability | Yes | | Shape and Orientation | Erect | | Toxicity | None | | | | Growth Requirements | | Adapted to Coarse Textured Soils | Yes | | Adapted to Fine Textured Soils | Yes | | Adapted to Medium Textured Soils | Yes | | Anaerobic Tolerance | None | | CaCO3 Tolerance | Low | | Cold Stratification Required | No | | Drought Tolerance | High | | Fertility Requirement | Low | | Fire Tolerance | Medium | | Frost Free Days, Minimum | 180 | | Hedge Tolerance | Medium | | Moisture Use | Medium | | pH, Minimum | 6.0 | | pH, Maximum | 8.3 | | Planting Density per Acre, Minimum | 300 | | Planting Density per Acre, Maximum | 1200 | | Precipitation, Minimum | 16 | | Precipitation, Maximum | 40 | | Root Depth, Minimum (inches) | 28 | | Salinity Tolerance | Low | | Shade Tolerance | Intolerant | | Temperature, Minimum (°F) | 14 | | | | Reproduction | | Bloom Period | Early Spring | | Commercial Availability | No Known Source | | Fruit/Seed Abundance | High | | Fruit/Seed Period Begin | Summer | | Fruit/Seed Period End | Fall | | Fruit/Seed Persistence | Yes | | Propagated by Bare Root | Yes | | Propagated by Bulb | No | | Propagated by Container | Yes | | Propagated by Corm | No | | Propagated by Cuttings | Yes | | Propagated by Seed | Yes | | Propagated by Sod | No | | Propagated by Sprigs | No | | Propagated by Tubers | No | | Seed per Pound | 31200 | | Seed Spread Rate | Slow | | Seedling Vigor | Medium | | Small Grain | No | | Vegetative Spread Rate | Moderate | | | | Suitability/Use | | Berry/Nut/Seed Product | No | | Christmas Tree Product | No | | Fodder Product | No | | Fuelwood Product | | | Lumber Product | No | | Naval Store Product | No | | Nursery Stock Product | Yes | | Palatable Browse Animal | Low | | Palatable Graze Animal | | | Palatable Human | No | | Post Product | No | | Protein Potential | Low | | Pulpwood Product | No | | Veneer Product | No | | |
Description Acacia melanoxylon (Leguminosae) grows as an unarmed, evergreen tree 8-15 (sometimes up to 45) m high, with a straight trunk and dense and pyramidal to cylindrical crown , sometimes with heavy spreading branches. The leaves are bipinnate (feathery) on seedlings and coppice shoots turn into phyllodes . Phyllodes are 7-10 cm long, greyish turning dark dull-green, straight to slightly curved, with 3-7 prominent longitudinal veins and fine net-veins between; often bipinnate on young plants and coppice shoots. Pale yellow, globular flower heads are followed by Reddish-brown pods, narrower than phyllodes, slightly constricted, twisted; flat roundish shiny black seeds 2-3 mm long, seeds almost encircled by pinkish-red seed stalks (aril)" (Henderson, 1995. In PIER, 2002). It has a shallow root system with dense, surface feeder roots. Acacia melanoxylon R. Br. ex Ait. f. foliage and seed pods Acacia melanoxylon R. Br. ex Ait. f. seeds |
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