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'''''Acacia dealbata''''' ('''Silver Wattle''') is a species of ''[[Acacia]]'', native to southeastern [[Australia]] in [[New South Wales]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Tasmania]], and the [[Australian Capital Territory]].<ref name=anbg>Australian Plant Name Index: [http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?taxon_name=Acacia%20dealbata%25 ''Acacia dealbata'']</ref>

'''''Acacia dealbata''''' ('''Silver Wattle''') is a species of ''[[Acacia]]'', native to southeastern [[Australia]] in [[New South Wales]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Tasmania]], and the [[Australian Capital Territory]].<ref name=anbg>Australian Plant Name Index: [http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?taxon_name=Acacia%20dealbata%25 ''Acacia dealbata'']</ref>

It is a fast growing [[evergreen]] [[tree]] or [[shrub]] growing up to 30 m tall, typically a pioneer species after fire. The [[leaf|leaves]] are bipinnate, glaucous blue-green to silvery grey, 1–12&nbsp;cm (occasionally to 17&nbsp;cm) long and 1–11&nbsp;cm broad, with 6–30 pairs of pinnae, each pinna divided into 10–68 pairs of leaflets; the leaflets are 0.7–6&nbsp;mm long and 0.4–1&nbsp;mm broad. The [[flower]]s are produced in large [[raceme|racemose]] [[inflorescence]]s made up of numerous smaller globose bright yellow flowerheads of 13–42 individual flowers. The [[fruit]] is a flattened [[legume|pod]] 2–11.5&nbsp;cm long and 6–14&nbsp;mm broad, containing several [[seed]]s.<ref name=fa>Flora of Australia Online: [http://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/online-resources/flora/redirect.jsp ''Acacia dealbata'']</ref> Trees generally do not live longer than 30 to 40 years, after which in the wild they are [[Ecological succession|succeeded]] by other species where bushfires are excluded.

It is a fast growing [[evergreen]] [[tree]] or [[shrub]] growing up to 30 m tall, typically a pioneer species after fire. The [[leaf|leaves]] are bipinnate, glaucous blue-green to silvery grey, 1–12 cm (occasionally to 17 cm) long and 1–11 cm broad, with 6–30 pairs of pinnae, each pinna divided into 10–68 pairs of leaflets; the leaflets are 0.7–6 mm long and 0.4–1 mm broad. The [[flower]]s are produced in large [[raceme|racemose]] [[inflorescence]]s made up of numerous smaller globose bright yellow flowerheads of 13–42 individual flowers. The [[fruit]] is a flattened [[legume|pod]] 2–11.5 cm long and 6–14 mm broad, containing several [[seed]]s.<ref name=fa>Flora of Australia Online: [http://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/online-resources/flora/redirect.jsp ''Acacia dealbata'']</ref> Trees generally do not live longer than 30 to 40 years, after which in the wild they are [[Ecological succession|succeeded]] by other species where bushfires are excluded.

==Cultivation==

==Cultivation==

==Varieties==

==Varieties==

[[Image:Kambah Karpet Acacia dealbata.JPG|thumb|left|Kambah Karpet a variety of ''Acacia dealbata'' discovered at the [[Kambah]] Village.]]

[[Image:Kambah Karpet Acacia dealbata.JPG|thumb|Kambah Karpet a variety of ''Acacia dealbata'' discovered at the [[Kambah]] Village.]]

Subspecies:

Subspecies:

There are two [[subspecies]]:

There are two [[subspecies]]:

*''Acacia dealbata'' ''dealbata''. Low to moderate altitudes. Tree to 30 m; leaves mostly 5–12&nbsp;cm long.

*''Acacia dealbata'' ''dealbata''. Low to moderate altitudes. Tree to 30 m; leaves mostly 5–12 cm long.

*''Acacia dealbata'' ''subalpina'' Tindale & Kodela. High altitudes in the [[Snowy Mountains]]. Shrub to 5 m (rarely 10 m) tall; leaves mostly 1.5–8.5&nbsp;cm long.

*''Acacia dealbata'' ''subalpina'' Tindale & Kodela. High altitudes in the [[Snowy Mountains]]. Shrub to 5 m (rarely 10 m) tall; leaves mostly 1.5–8.5 cm long.

==Gallery==

==Gallery==