Description
Small to medium tree to 15m. Long wire-like branchlets. Deeply furrowed bark. Trees are either male or female.
Foliage
Branchlets dull-green and cylindrical, fairly thick, long, wiry and ascending.
Male flower spikes; long, yellowish to red spikes, 2.5cm long in Spring. Female flower is very small; cones short and round.
Habitat
Scattered across the mid to the northern plains. More common on sandy soils.
Special Notes
Improves soil fertility through nitrogen fixation.Hardy, tolerates drought, frost, strong winds and brief seasonal inundation.
Value to Wildlife
Attracts seed-eating birds including parrots, cockatoos and finches.