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Acacia mearnsii

Description
Life form	shrub, tree	Physiology	evergreen, single stem, multi stem
Habit	erect	Category	materials, ornamentals/turf, forest/wood, environmental, weed
Life span	perennial	Plant attributes

Ecology
	Optimal		Absolute			Optimal	Absolute
	Min	Max	Min	Max	Soil depth	deep (>>150 cm)	medium (50-150 cm)
Temperat. requir.	18	30	5	35	Soil texture	heavy, medium, light	heavy, medium, light
Rainfall (annual)	700	1600	300	3000	Soil fertility	moderate	low
Latitude	20	-	44	50	Soil Al. tox
Altitude	---	---	-	2800	Soil salinity	low (<4 dS/m)	low (<4 dS/m)
Soil PH	5	6.5	4.5	7.5	Soil drainage	well (dry spells)	well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry)
Light intensity	very bright	cloudy skies	very bright	light shade

Climate zone	steppe or semiarid (Bs), subtropical humid (Cf), subtropical dry winter (Cw), temperate oceanic (Do)	Photoperiod	long day (>14 hours)
Killing temp. during rest	-4	Killing temp. early growth	-1
Abiotic toler.	drought	Abiotic suscept.
Introduction risks.	can become a weed

Cultivation
			Min	Max
Product. system		Crop cycle	270	300
Cropping system	Subsystem	Companion species	Level of mechanization	Labour intensity

(at most All5102550100)

Uses
Main use	Detailed use	Used part
fuels	fuelwood	bark
fuels	charcoal	bark
environmental	agroforestry	entire plant
environmental	erosion control	entire plant
environmental	shade & shelter	entire plant
environmental	soil improvers	entire plant
environmental	ornamental/turf	entire plant
environmental	firebreaks	entire plant
material	timber wood	bark
material	dye/tannin	stems
material	paper	bark