Acacia decurrens Calflora

Taxon Report

Acacia decurrens Willd.

Black wattle, Green wattle, Wattle

2018 Thomas Reyes

Acacia decurrens is a tree that is not native to California.


	Plant Range Observation Search ~72 records in California Plant Characteristics

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Genus:	Acacia
Family:	Fabaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Communities: escaped cultivar

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS

Alternate Names:


PLANTS	Mimosa decurrens

Information about Acacia decurrens from other sources


Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (ACDE) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist	ITIS Original Publication citation International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2	Add an Observation Location Suitability Distribution by County
[Wikipedia] Ecology: The foliage serves as food for the caterpillars of the double-spotted line blue (Nacaduba biocellata), moonlight jewel (Hypochrysops delicia), imperial hairstreak (Jalmenus evagoras), ictinus blue (Jalmenus ictinus), amethyst hairstreak (Jalmenus icilius) and silky hairstreak (Pseudalmenus chlorinda).[14] The wood serves as food for larvae of the jewel beetle species Agrilus australasiae, Cisseis cupripennis and C. scabrosula. (link added by Mary Ann Machi) photos / record / common / links /app/up/mg/252/th/mg75852-0.jpg:! 2018 Thomas Reyes:! mg75852:!

Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2024. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 11/21/2024).