Willow wattle - Acacia saligna ( edit )

Botany
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Sub-family: Mimosoideae
(subfam & crops)
Species: Acacia saligna
Common name: Willow wattle

Vertical photograph ( אד )

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Be' er Sheva, Israel - 09 August 2016 (more photos)

Origin
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Southern Australia
(other crops from this region )

Uses

Main use:
fuel
Harvest method:
total removing
Shelf life:
no shelf life
Yield first season:
inapplicable
Yield top season:
4 meters/trunk fuel
Parameter Concerning part Quality Crop's name Proportion Top-50
Edibility
inedible
Medicinal
no part
no effect
 - n/a -
0%
0%
 medicals
Lipids wood
(steam distillation
)
low
acacia seed oil
6%
12%
 liphids
Apiculture:
inapplicable
 honey
Fruit:
inedible
 fruits
Nut:
inedible
 nuts
Fodder:
fodder
Wood stem / wood
fair
acacia fuel wood
 550ρ 650ρ timber
Fuel: stem / wood 3.5 credits 4,200 kcal/kg fuelwood
Minor uses:








  • timber
  • fuel
  • fodder
  • ornamental
  • gum/resin
  • apiculture
  • mulch
  • mycorrhizal spread
  • tannin

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Plant Details
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Be' er Sheva, Israel - 09 August 2016 (more photos)

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Crown
Parameter Value Unit Top-50
Height:
8
 m tallest
Crown width:
5
 m widest
Planting distance:
300
 cm
Row distance:
300
 cm
Growing speed:
medium
 fastest
Shade tolerance:
full sun
 umbra

Roots
Parameter Value Top-50
RootSystem:
deep
 hexagon
MycorRhiza:
high endo-mycorrhizae
 AM-plants
Symbiotic fungi:
M-fungi
N-fixing:
able to
 N-plants
Symbiotic bacteria:
N-bact.

Crop Timing
Parameter Value Unit Top-50
First flowering: 2 - 3 Years latest
Soonest commercial removal:
8
 Years fastest
Lifespan:
25
 Years oldest
InterCropModel(ICM):

Regeneration
Parameter Value Top-50
Flower morphology: hermaphroditic
 specials
Pollinators:
bees
 specials
Allelopathy: not allelopathic resists
Abscission: evergreen specials
Invasiveness: very invasive weeds
Thorns: no thorns fencers

Environment
Parameter min optimal max Unit Top-50
Altitude: 1m 150.5 m 300m meters above sea-level highest
Temperature: 1°C 23°C 36°C Celcius hardiest
Rainfall: 350 mm 475 mm 600 mm mm/year (litres/m2) dryest
Soil-pH: 6.5 8.5 pH dryest
Soil-texture:
sand
Climate:
tropical

Seeds
Parameter Value Unit
Seed storage:
orthodox
Seed viability:
30
 months
Seed weight:
15,000
18,000
 seeds/kg

Tolerances
Parameter Value Top-50
Salt tolerance:
a bit tolerant
 tolerants
Wind tolerance:
a bit tolerant
 tolerants
Fire tolerance:
a bit tolerant
 tolerants

Pests and Diseases
Pests:
Coptotermes curvignathus
 Diseases:

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Additional Photos
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