Flockton Wattle - profile

Indicative distribution

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The areas shown in pink and/purple are the sub-regions where the species or community is known or predicted to occur. They may not occur thoughout the sub-region but may be restricted to certain areas. ( click here to see geographic restrictions). The information presented in this map is only indicative and may contain errors and omissions.

Scientific name: Acacia flocktoniae

Conservation status in NSW: Vulnerable

Commonwealth status: Vulnerable

Profile last updated: 12 Jul 2019

Description

Flockton Wattle can be an erect or somewhat pendulous shrub 2 - 4 m tall, with somewhat winged branchlets. The wattle ‘leaves’ (phyllodes) are straight, between 5 - 10 cm long and 2 - 5 mm wide. Sprays of 5 - 10 golden-yellow globular flower-heads appear between June and August.

Distribution

The Flockton Wattle is found only in the Southern Blue Mountains (at Mt Victoria, Megalong Valley and Yerranderie).

Habitat and ecology

Grows in dry sclerophyll forest on sandstone.

Regional distribution and habitat

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Threats

Inappropriate fire regimes including low frequency and low intensity fire and fire- operations.
Loss of habitat connectivity and fragmentation leading to loss of genetic diversity and inbreeding depression.
Removal of individuals and disturbance to habitat along the roadside due to road maintenance and widening and grading of tracks.
Habitat loss due to clearing for development.
Disturbance from recreational users including campers causing erosion damage on creek banks and illegal bushwalkers and dirt bikers damaging plants and degrading habitat.
Insufficient understanding of distribution and/ or abundance.
Inbreeding depression due to fragmentation.
Grazing and disturbance (e.g. animal tracks and soil erosion impacting habitat structure) caused by introduced animals (e.g. deer, goats, rabbits, hares, and partly by pigs).
Encroachment of exotic weeds, especially blackberry and honeysuckles into habitat, limiting recruitment.

Recovery strategies

Priority actions are the specific, practical things that must be done to recover a threatened species, population or ecological community. The Office of Environment and Heritage has identified 7 priority actions to help recover the Flockton Wattle in New South Wales.

Activities to assist this species

Ensure that personnel planning and undertaking hazard reduction burns are able to identify the species and are aware of its habitat.
Implement mosaic burning of appropriate habitat on a 10 to 40 year cycle, burning only a small proportion of the habitat in any one year. Following occurrence of wildfire, monitoring is required prior to additional ecological burns.
Investigate appropriate fire regime for the species.
Mark sites and potential habitat onto maps used for planning hazard reduction work.

Information sources

Armitage, I. (1977) Acacias of NSW. (Society for growing Australian Plants, NSW)
Bell, S.A.J. (2008) Rare or threatened vascular plant species of Wollemi National Park, central eastern New South Wales. Cunninghamia 10(3): 331–371
Fairley, A. (2004) Seldom seen: rare plants of greater Sydney. (Reed New Holland, Sydney)
Kodela, P.G. and Harden, G.J. (2002) Acacia. Pp 381-476 in Harden, G.J. (ed.) Flora of New South Wales. Volume 2. Revised Edition (New South Wales University Press, Sydney)
Tame, T. (1992) Acacias of South East Australia. (Kangaroo Press, Kenthurst)

IBRA Bioregion	IBRA Subregion	Known or predicted	Geographic restrictions region

South Eastern Highlands	Bathurst	Known	None
South Eastern Highlands	Bungonia	Known	None
South Eastern Highlands	Kanangra	Known	None
Sydney Basin	Burragorang	Known	None
Sydney Basin	Cumberland	Known	None
Sydney Basin	Kerrabee	Predicted	None
Sydney Basin	Sydney Cataract	Known	None
Sydney Basin	Wollemi	Known	None

Images

Flower, buds and foliage, Flockton Wattle <a href="http://www.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/" class="linkBlack100" target="_blank">Botanic Gardens Trust</a>

Flower, buds and foliage, Flockton Wattle Botanic Gardens Trust
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