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Encyclopedia > Cootamundra wattle
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Cootamundra Wattle
Acacia baileyana
Cootamundra Wattle
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Acacia
Species: baileyana
Binomial name
Acacia baileyana
F.Muell.

The Cootamundra Wattle (Acacia baileyana) is a shrub or tree in the Family Fabaceae. The Cootamundra is but one of nearly 1000 species of Acacia found in Australia. The Cootamundra Wattle is indigenous to New South Wales but has been widely planted in other Australian states. In many areas of Victoria Cootamundra Wattle has become naturalised and is regarded as weed, outcompeing indigenous Victorian species. Cootamundra wattle tree in full flower, photographed by user:Karen Johnson in a local park in Melbourne Australia. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Divisions Green algae land plants (embryophytes) non-vascular embryophytes Hepatophyta - liverworts Anthocerophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses vascular plants (tracheophytes) seedless vascular plants Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongue ferns seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering... Classes Magnoliopsida - Dicots Liliopsida - Monocots The flowering plants (also angiosperms or Magnoliophyta) are one of the major groups of modern plants, comprising those that produce seeds in specialized reproductive organs called flowers, where the ovulary or carpel is enclosed. ... Orders see text Dicotyledons or dicots are flowering plants whose seed contains two embryonic leaves or cotyledons. ... Families Fabaceae (legumes) Quillajaceae Polygalaceae (milkwort family) Surianaceae The Fabales are an order of flowering plants, included in the rosid group of dicotyledons. ... Subfamilies Faboideae Caesalpinioideae Mimosoideae References GRIN-CA 2002-09-01 The name Fabaceae belongs to either of two families, depending on viewpoint. ... Species About 1,300; see List of Acacia species Acacia is a genus of shrubs and trees of Gondwanian origin belonging to the subfamily Mimosoideae of the Pea Family Fabaceae, first described from Africa by Linnaeus in 1773. ... In biology, binomial nomenclature is a standard convention used for naming species. ... Baron Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von Mueller (German: Müller) (June 30, 1825 - October 10, 1896) was a German-Australian physician, geographer, and most notably botanist. ... Subfamilies Faboideae Caesalpinioideae Mimosoideae References GRIN-CA 2002-09-01 The name Fabaceae belongs to either of two families, depending on viewpoint. ...


Wattles have (usually) grey-green foliage in a variety of shapes and sizes, and cream to golden flowers. The small flowers are arranged in spherical to cylindrical inflorescences, with only the stamens prominent. Wattle flowers profusely for a very short period of time, and many people are allergic to some or all species. Wattles have been extensively introduced into New Zealand and are regarded by many New Zealanders as one of the most typical features of their home landscape. An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers on a branch of a plant. ... Stamens of the Amaryllis with prominent anthers carrying pollen. ... An allergy or Type I hypersensitivity is an immune malfunction whereby a persons body is hypersensitised to react immunologically to typically nonimmunogenic substances. ... Sweet clover (Melilotus sp. ...

Close up of flowers of a Cootamundra wattle
Close up of flowers of a Cootamundra wattle

close up shot of Cootamundra wattle blossom, photographed by user:Karen Johnson File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... close up shot of Cootamundra wattle blossom, photographed by user:Karen Johnson File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...

See also


  Results from FactBites:
 
Wattle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (259 words)
A wattle is often constructed of natural plant materials such as hay bales, or plant material grubbed from a construction site and arranged in piles on a downflow slope.
Wattle in Australia is the name of a species of Acacia, probably because this plant was commonly used in wattle-and-daub in early period house construction.
Wattle is the name for a fleshy growth hanging from the neck or throat of several groups of birds, including chickens, turkeys and vultures, as well as Australia's wattlebirds and three New Zealand species (kokako, saddleback and huia).
Cootamundra Shire Council: About: General Information (370 words)
Cootamundra is home of the Cootamundra Wattle Acacia Baileyana which is probably the best known of all cultivated acacias.
The Cootamundra Wattle is naturally restricted to the South Western Slopes of New South Wales and it is cultivated widely both in Australia and overseas.
Today, Cootamundra as it is known, boasts a population of around 7500 in the whole shire with a further 2000 in the surrounding district.
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