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Blackwood (Acacia melanoxylon
This evergreen tree has dark, grey-green leaves and creamy yellow flowers from July to October. Features a dense canopy that provides excellent shade and shelter and habitat reinforcement / extension. Can be used under powerlines and on nature strips but will require formative pruning to develop a single trunk.
Evergreen/deciduous: evergreen
Maintenance: low
Pest and disease: borers
Height: 12-25 x 6-10 m
Growth rate: medium
Canopy density: high
Origin: south-east Australia (indigenous to the City of Whitehorse)
Drought tolerances: average
Water-logging tolerances: high
Wind tolerances: average
Frost tolerances: high
Pollution tolerances: unknown