Acacia sorophylla facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Acacia sorophylla |
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Acacia
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sorophylla
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Acacia sorophylla is a type of shrub, which is a small, bushy plant. It belongs to the Acacia family. This plant is special because it is endemic, meaning it is only found in a small part of southwestern Australia.
What It Looks Like
This Acacia is a dense, tangled shrub. It usually grows to be about 0.1 to 0.4 metres (0.3 to 1.3 ft) tall. Its branches are smooth and often bend downwards at their tips. Like many Acacia species, it doesn't have true leaves. Instead, it has special leaf-like parts called phyllodes. These phyllodes grow in groups or clusters on short, knobby twigs. They are thick and don't have visible veins. Each phyllode is shaped like a triangle or a wedge, about 1.5 to 3 mm (0.059 to 0.118 in) long and 0.5 to 1 mm (0.020 to 0.039 in) wide. The plant blooms with yellow flowers from October to December.
Where It Grows
Acacia sorophylla is found in a small area along the southern coast of Western Australia. It grows just inland from a town called Esperance, in a region known as Goldfields-Esperance. You can often find it on hilltops, on limestone hills, across flat plains, and along the edges of salt lakes. It prefers sandy, clay, or chalky soils. Most of these plants grow between Scaddan in the west and Mount Ragged in the Cape Arid National Park to the east. They usually grow as part of shrubby woodlands or low Eucalyptus forests.
