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mostly occur in groups of two to five on an axillary axis that is 2 to 15 mm (0.079 to 0.591 in) in length. The cylindrical flowers heads have a length of 2 to 3.5 mm (0.079 to 0.138 in) and are densely packed with bright yellow flowers. Following flowering, usually from
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prolifically which is a good food source for native moths, butterflies and insects, attracting insectivorous birds. Other birds including native pigeons and parrots consume the seeds. The timber is a good fuel and produces a hot fire. The dark brown wood is dense and very hard and heavy and used to
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rather than true leaves. The green to bright green phyllodes have a narrowly elliptic to more or less linear shape and are straight to slightly curved. The phyllodes are glabrous with a length of 9 to 20 cm (3.5 to 7.9 in) and a width of 2 to 8 mm (0.079 to 0.315 in) with many
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The shrub or tree typically grows to a height of 3 to 8 m (9.8 to 26.2 ft) and a maximum height of 10 m (33 ft) and has a single stem with an erect to spreading habit. It has dark greyish brown to black coloured bark on the trunk which is corrugated. The
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298:to February, glabrous, papery and brittle
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464:and on recharge areas. It is also
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568:. Royal Botanic Gardens, Victoria
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737:Currawang, Lancewood, Spearwood"
633:"Acacia doratoxylon - Currawang"
472:for native species. It produces
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327:and transferred back to genus
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396:spreading as far west as the
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381:Australian Capital Territory
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315:in 1825 in B. Field's work
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325:Racosperma doratoxylon
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359:groups including the
357:Indigenous Australian
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216:Occurrence data from
662:"Acacia doratoxylon"
562:A.Cunn. Coast Myall"
400:and as far north as
389:Great Dividing Range
375:to central parts of
335:originates from the
230:, commonly known as
458:land rehabilitation
175:A. doratoxylon
1015:Acacia~doratoxylon
911:Acacia doratoxylon
832:Acacia doratoxylon
802:Acacia doratoxylon
768:Acacia doratoxylon
735:Acacia doratoxylon
704:A.Cunn. Currawang"
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275:Description
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134:Subfamily:
82:Angiosperms
1136:Categories
1036:Plant List
776:15 October
770:Spearwood"
750:15 October
717:15 October
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610:15 October
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539:15 October
501:References
426:Beechworth
407:Eucalyptus
402:Brewarrina
254:Juliflorae
24:Currawang
1041:ild-39325
989:200142142
817:Q15289810
413:Callitris
343:meaning
300:seed pods
290:phyllodes
258:Australia
240:spearwood
236:lancewood
232:currawang
169:Species:
52:Kingdom:
1101:VicFlora
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1088:Tropicos
1010:NSWFlora
963:470208-1
811:Wikidata
566:VicFlora
530:PlantNet
491:List of
485:See also
385:Victoria
351:meaning
307:Taxonomy
282:glabrous
128:Fabaceae
124:Family:
95:Eudicots
1080:389-345
924:2979186
867:Ecocrop
526:A.Cunn"
495:species
479:drought
470:habitat
462:erosion
394:Wollemi
373:endemic
341:doratos
288:it has
200:A.Cunn.
157:Genus:
118:Fabales
114:Order:
56:Plantae
1142:Acacia
1049:PLANTS
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1002:694541
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950:211018
885:645800
493:Acacia
474:pollen
418:mallee
379:, the
371:It is
339:words
329:Acacia
286:Acacia
270:- bark
249:Acacia
162:Acacia
108:Rosids
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1054:ACDO2
906:FoAO2
898:ACADO
872:75756
859:64C8Y
846:62188
443:frost
361:Koori
349:xylon
345:spear
337:Greek
145:Clade
102:Clade
89:Clade
76:Clade
63:Clade
1062:POWO
997:NCBI
984:IUCN
971:ITIS
958:IPNI
932:GRIN
919:GBIF
893:EPPO
841:APNI
778:2019
752:2019
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449:Uses
410:and
383:and
353:wood
347:and
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