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The tree is available commercially as seedlings [5] or in seed form and has many desirable properties in areas of low rainfall since it is drought tolerant. It is also frost tolerant and will grow in heavy clay soils. It is useful as a shelter-tree or as a windbreak and attracts native birds, particularly parrots who use the seeds as a food source.
The tree is found in north western parts of South Australia, [4] southern parts of the Northern Territory and eastern parts of the Pilbara and Goldfields regions of Western Australia. [3] It is usually found in areas with about 220–350 mm/year of average rainfall. [6]
In Australia, Acacia forest is the second most common forest type after eucalypt forest, covering 980,000 square kilometres (378,380 sq mi) or 8% of total forest area. Acacia is also the nation's largest genus of flowering plants with almost 1 000 species found.
Jadernička moravská, Sorb tree: Malus domestica, Sorbus domestica [51] [52] Nepal: Rhododendron: Rhododendron [16] New Zealand: Silver fern: Cyathea dealbata Nicaragua: Lemonwood: Calycophyllum candidissimum [53] North Korea: Pine: Pinus [54] Pakistan: Deodar: Cedrus deodara [55] Palestine: Olive: Olea europaea Panama: Panama tree: Sterculia ...
Pages in category "Trees of Australia" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,179 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The major tree genera are listed below by taxonomic family ... in Royal National Park, Australia. Ebenaceae (Persimmon family) Diospyros, Persimmon; Ericaceae ...
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There are about 75 native mistletoes that parasitise Australian tree species, including two terrestrial parasitic trees, one of which is the spectacular Western Australian Christmas tree. Australia's salt marshes and wetlands are covered by a large variety of salt and drought tolerant species from the Amaranthaceae which include the saltbushes ...