Tree identification manual - North East Downs Landcare Group

Willow leaf wattle, Oleander wattle, Pechey wattle
Botanical name
Acacia neriifolia
Areas
3, 4, 5, 6 & 5
Usual flowering time
Late winter-early spring.
Distribution
Occurs in uneven belts from Central Queensland to Central NSW on the Great Dividing Range. It grows on
hilly to mountainous sites in soils of varying fertility. It prefers well drained acid soils.
Description
Height: Up to 8 metres tall.
Bark: Older bark is rough and brown, younger bark deep green and smooth.
Leaves: Thin and strap like, slightly pendulous.
Inflorescence: Light yellow flowers borne in open bunches.
Fruit: Pods flat but raised over seeds. Seeds longitudinal and rectangular.
Distinctive features
Found in high rainfall areas around Great Dividing Range, fast growing plant in disturbed areas. Pendulous
glossy leaves which are strap like and quite dense. Green smooth bark which has a bluish tinge.
Vegetation community
Associated with most eucalypt forests including Sydney blue gum, tallowwood, stringybark.
Associated soils
Deep friable Red Earths and better drained soil types along Great Dividing Range.
Local example
Oleander wattle is common between Pechey and Cabarlah. Young plants can be found along the roadside in
the pine plantations at Pechey.
NOTES: An attractive wattle which colonises disturbed areas and grows into a good windbreak species.
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