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Acacia pubifolia - flower
Common Name: Velvet Wattle
EPBC Act - Vulnerable
NSW TSC - Endangered
Family: Fabaceae
Warrabah - 4-10-2006 - AH(6)
Only known from three locations. From memory they are on the Qld / NSW border near Wallangarah, on Gulf Creek Road in Torrington State Conservation Area and this population within and near the eastern boundary of Warrabah National Park.
This Warrabah Population has until recently been heavily grazed by goats. This is slowly decreasing with actions in place to reduce goat numbers in the area. An area with Acacia pubifolia has been added to the Park a few years ago. The population appears to produce little if any seeds. It appears to more often add to the number of visible plants through new shoots from the roots. Very few if any new seedlings found although more time needs to be spent confirming this.
Until recently a small section of this Warrabah population was fenced from stock grazing on private land. This work was carried out by an NPWS Ranger Paul Davies (now retired) with the cooperation of the land owner. A few years ago a survey of the area by a botanist, Lachlan Copeland, identified a number of additional small populations in the area both on the northern and southern sides of the Namoi River. Following this survey, a section of land containing Acacia pubifolia on the southern side of the Namoi River immediately adjacent to Warrabah National Park was added to the Park specifically to provide additional protection to this species.
Acacia pubifolia - flower
Common Name: Velvet Wattle
EPBC Act - Vulnerable
NSW TSC - Endangered
Family: Fabaceae
Warrabah - 4-10-2006 - AH(6)
Only known from three locations. From memory they are on the Qld / NSW border near Wallangarah, on Gulf Creek Road in Torrington State Conservation Area and this population within and near the eastern boundary of Warrabah National Park.
This Warrabah Population has until recently been heavily grazed by goats. This is slowly decreasing with actions in place to reduce goat numbers in the area. An area with Acacia pubifolia has been added to the Park a few years ago. The population appears to produce little if any seeds. It appears to more often add to the number of visible plants through new shoots from the roots. Very few if any new seedlings found although more time needs to be spent confirming this.
Until recently a small section of this Warrabah population was fenced from stock grazing on private land. This work was carried out by an NPWS Ranger Paul Davies (now retired) with the cooperation of the land owner. A few years ago a survey of the area by a botanist, Lachlan Copeland, identified a number of additional small populations in the area both on the northern and southern sides of the Namoi River. Following this survey, a section of land containing Acacia pubifolia on the southern side of the Namoi River immediately adjacent to Warrabah National Park was added to the Park specifically to provide additional protection to this species.