Friends of Baluk Willam Nature Conservation Reserve
Species Database

This database has been compiled to showcase some of the species found in the reserve.

Prickly Wattle


Title	Prickly Wattle
Category	Shrub
Subject	Wattle
Common Name	Prickly Hedge Wattle or Kangaroo Thorn
Scientific Name	Acacia paradoxa
Flowering Time	aug,sep
Photo Date	26-Aug-2008 15:55
Photographer	R Richter
Post Date	28-Aug-2008
Description	Grows to about 3m high with small, ovate phyllodes (leaves) and short spines along slender branches. Produces bright golden-yellow globular flowers along the branches in late winter and early spring.
Distribution	A few throughout the reserve but a large copse in the middle.