• Not Evaluated
    NE
  • No Alien Population
    NA
  • Data Deficient
    DD
  • Minimal Concern
    MC
  • Minor
    MN
  • Moderate
    MO
  • Major
    MR
  • Massive
    MV
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  • Distribution
  • Impact
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Common name
Golden wattle (English), Golden wattle (English)
Synonym
Acacia falcinella ,Meisn.
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Recommended citation: Global Invasive Species Database (2024) Species profile: Acacia pycnantha. Downloaded from http://www.iucngisd.org/gisd/species.php?sc=1758 on 29-04-2024.

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NATIVE RANGE
  • australia
Informations on Acacia pycnantha has been recorded for the following locations. Click on the name for additional informations.
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Bibliography
1 references found for Acacia pycnantha

Management information
Lazzaro L, Giuliani C, Benesperi R, Calamassi R, Foggi B (2015) Plant species loss and community nestedness after leguminous tree Acacia pycnantha invasion in a Mediterranean ecosystem. Folia Geobotanica 50: 229-238. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12224-015-9222-z
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MR
Acacia pycnantha
Golden wattle, Golden wattle
Date assessed
2020-09-27
Year published
2022
Eicat category
MR (Major)
Justification for EICAT assessment


A. pycnantha exerted detrimental impacts on the native vegetation, mainly causing a severe species loss in the understorey community and the impoverishment of the invaded ecosystems (Lazzaro et al., 2015). Plant community composition severely changed moving along the invasion gradient.
Confidence rating
Low
Mechanism(s) of maximum impact
Poisoning/toxicity
Countries of most severe impact
Italy
Description of impacts
There was only one impact entry for the species thus not a lot of research on the species. The invader caused a change in native species composition, outcompeting them.
Assessor
Cally Jansen
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Recommended citation
Cally Jansen (2024). Acacia pycnantha. IUCN Environmental Impact Classification for Alien Taxa (EICAT).