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Golden Wattle
Acacia pycnantha
Acacia pycnantha
The style emerges first enabling the flower to receive pollen from another plant. The stamens emerge the following day. Pollination is carried out by bees, hoverflies and birds.
| Details | Description |
| Type | Shrub |
| Group | Wattle |
| Identifying Characteristics | |
| Distinctive Features | Often has white, pruinose bark on branches near crown. |
| Life Form Group | Shrub |
| Life Form Codes | Medium Shrub (MS) |
| EVC types | EVC 55_61: Plains Grassy Woodland EVC 55_63: Higher Rainfall Plains Grassy Woodland EVC 803: Plains Woodland |
| Native Status | Native to Australia |
| Taxonomy | |
| Phylum | Charophyta |
| Class | Equisetopsida |
| Order | Fabales |
| Family | Fabaceae |
| Genus | Acacia |
| Species | pycnantha |
Found across most of Victoria and south-eastern South Australia including the Eyre Peninsula and Kangaroo Island. Also found in southern inland New South Wales and parts of the Australian Capital Territory.
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.
