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Blackwood
Acacia melanoxylon
Acacia melanoxylon
Reproduces from seed and root suckers. Flowers are honey-scented and predominantly insect pollinated. Not all trees within a given population will flower every year. Seeds are dispersed by gravity, ant activity and birds.
| Details | Description |
| Type | Tree |
| Group | Wattle |
| Identifying Characteristics | |
| Distinctive Features | Seeds have a distinctive red funicle that twice encircles the seed. |
| Life Form Group | Tree |
| Life Form Codes | Understorey Tree or Large Shrub (T) |
| EVC types | EVC 55_63: Higher Rainfall Plains Grassy Woodland EVC 68: Creekline Grassy Woodland |
| Native Status | Native to Australia |
| Taxonomy | |
| Phylum | Charophyta |
| Class | Equisetopsida |
| Order | Fabales |
| Family | Fabaceae |
| Genus | Acacia |
| Species | melanoxylon |
Occurs from northern Queensland through to southern Tasmania. Found at higher altitudes in tropical regions.
Distribution maps indicate current and historic locations where species have been sighted.
Source: Atlas of Living Australia
| Endangered Status | |
| DEPI Advisory List | Not listed |
| FFG Act | Not listed |
| EPBC Act | Not listed |
The conservation status of species is listed within Victoria and Australia.
The Department of Environment and Primary Industry (DEPI) Advisory List consists of non-statutory advisory lists of rare or threatened flora and fauna within Victoria.
The Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 (FFG Act) lists threatened species in Victoria. Under the Act, an Action Statement is produced for each listed species.
The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) is the Australian Government’s key piece of environmental legislation, listing nationally threatened native species and ecological communities.
