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  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Legumes, Milkworts, and Allies
  6. Legumes
  7. Thorn-tree Subfamily
  8. Wattles

genus

Wattles

Acacia

Traits
Includes
1 native 21 introduced 5 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Plurinerves 1 native
  • Alatae
  • Juliflorae
  • Phyllodineae
  • Pulchellae
  • Botrycephalae

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Trees
Plant type
Perennial Shrub Tree Vine Wildflower

From USDA PLANTS.

Top native wattles All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

  • Koa Acacia koa caterpillars 10 food 2 flowers 1
  • Koaiʻa Acacia koaia caterpillars 1

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