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Here are our favorite small shrubs for gardens of any size: Even if you don’t have a huge yard, you can enjoy the beauty of small shrubs in your small space garden or landscaping ideas, ...
Acacia equisetifolia is a small shrub in the genus Acacia.It is endemic the Northern Territory, [4] and is critically endangered under the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, [1] [4] being known only from Graveside Gorge in the Kakadu National Park, where it grows on sandstone slopes and ledges at the tops of sheer cliffs. [5]
Acacia s.l. (pronounced / ə ˈ k eɪ ʃ ə / or / ə ˈ k eɪ s i ə /), known commonly as mimosa, acacia, thorntree or wattle, [2] is a polyphyletic genus of shrubs and trees belonging to the subfamily Mimosoideae of the family Fabaceae. It was described by the Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus in 1773 based on the African species Acacia nilotica.
An older concept of Acacia included about 1350 species from Australia, Africa, tropical America and Asia, but following decisions made at the 2011 International Botanical Congresses, the name Acacia was reserved for species found in Australia, New Guinea and Southeast Asia. [2] [3]
Acacia attenuata is a slender shrub that typically grows to a height of 3–4 m (9.8–13.1 ft) and has glabrous branchlets. Its phyllodes are lance-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, or narrowly oblong, 90–150 mm (3.5–5.9 in) long, 7–21 mm (0.28–0.83 in) wide, and often has juvenile bipinnate leaves that persist for a long period.
The resinous shrub has a spreading habit and typically grows to a height of 0.3 to 0.6 m (1 ft 0 in to 2 ft 0 in) with a width of 1 to 3.6 m (3 ft 3 in to 11 ft 10 in). The generally smooth pale grey-brown coloured bark is minutely fissured. The angular yellow to red-brown branchlets have small resinous hairs and obscure ridges.
Acacia aspera is a spreading shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.5–2 m (1 ft 8 in – 6 ft 7 in) and has branchlets that are hairy and ribbed. Its phyllodes are oblong to narrowly oblong or elliptic, 6–30 mm (0.24–1.18 in) long and mostly 2–4 mm (0.079–0.157 in) wide with a prominent midrib.
Acacia acinacea is a bushy or straggling, open shrub that typically grows to a height of around 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in). Its phyllodes are asymmetric, narrowly oblong to lance-shaped or egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, 4–15 mm (0.16–0.59 in) long and 2 to 8 mm (0.079 to 0.315 in) wide.