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Wattle
What eats wattle?
Wattle seeds are eaten by parrots and pigeons and Black Cockatoos and Gang Gangs tear open the bark to search for grubs in the wood of older wattle tr...
Where is the Golden Wattle found?
The golden wattle (Acacia pycnantha Benth.) is an evergreen, spreading shrub or small tree. It grows in the under storey of open forest, woodland and ...
What is the wattle used for?
The wood from wattles was used to produce spears, boomerangs, spear throwers, clubs, shields, handles for axes and chisels, coolamons, digging sticks,...
Is the golden wattle tree poisonous to animals?
Several wattles have become troublesome overseas, especially in South Africa where, for example, the Golden Wattle (Acacia pycnantha) and Sydney Golde...
How long can a Black wattle live for?
Black Wattles live for about 30 to 40 years. This isn't long for a big tree, but in this time they will have created conditions that will allow other ...
What kinds of animals live in wattles trees?
A study conducted near Melbourne identified sixty species of moths, some rare, on wattles. Thirty-six species of wattle are known to be food plants fo...