Family:
Fabaceae
Acacia pendula
Boree
Other Names: Weeping Myall, Myall, Balaar, Nilyah, Bastard Gidgee, Silver-leaf Boree
Name Origin:
pendula – From Latin pendulus, pendulous or hanging, referring to habit.
Regional Subspecies:
n/a
Habit:
Erect or spreading tree, 5-13 m high. Rounded grey-green crown of conspicuously drooping ‘leaves’ and branchlets. Fissured grey bark. Golden-yellow flowers, mainly summer to autumn. Relatively slow-growing.
Habitat and Site Preference:
Major river floodplains and Riverine Plain, often in large stands on heavy clay soils. Prefers good soils (alluvial, clays, or black soils) with adequate groundwater. Frost resistant. Prefers 250 – 500 mm rainfall in the Riverina.
Seed Collection and Propagation:
Collect early Oct-Jan. Propagate from seed (6-28 viable/gram), immerse in hot water at 90°C for one minute before drying and sowing. Regenerates from seed if livestock excluded, coppices after fire.
Values and Uses:
Useful medium-level cover in windbreaks. Improves soil fertility (legume). Excellent habitat, providing pollen and seeds for wildlife. Excellent fuelwood. Timber used for fence posts, trinket boxes, and similar items. First Nations used wood for boomerangs. Very attractive ornamental due to weeping foliage. Valuable drought fodder.