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Acacia saligna

Description
Life form	shrub, tree	Physiology	evergreen, single stem, multi stem
Habit	erect	Category	forest/wood, environmental
Life span	perennial	Plant attributes	grown on small scale

Ecology
	Optimal		Absolute			Optimal	Absolute
	Min	Max	Min	Max	Soil depth	medium (50-150 cm)	shallow (20-50 cm)
Temperat. requir.	20	32	5	36	Soil texture	medium, light	heavy, medium, light
Rainfall (annual)	400	700	300	1000	Soil fertility	low	low
Latitude	28	25	33	34	Soil Al. tox
Altitude	---	---	-	2600	Soil salinity	low (<4 dS/m)	medium (4-10 dS/m)
Soil PH	5.5	7	4.5	8	Soil drainage	well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry)	well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry)
Light intensity	very bright	cloudy skies	very bright	light shade

Climate zone	tropical wet & dry (Aw), steppe or semiarid (Bs), subtropical dry winter (Cw)	Photoperiod	short day (<12 hours), neutral day (12-14 hours), long day (>14 hours)
Killing temp. during rest	no input	Killing temp. early growth	no input
Abiotic toler.	fire, wind, drought, coastal salt spray	Abiotic suscept.
Introduction risks.	can become a weed

Cultivation
			Min	Max
Product. system		Crop cycle	120	240
Cropping system	Subsystem	Companion species	Level of mechanization	Labour intensity

(at most All5102550100)

Uses
Main use	Detailed use	Used part
animal food (feed)	vitamins	leaves
animal food (feed)	minerals	leaves
fuels	fuelwood	bark
fuels	charcoal	bark
material	gums/resins	stems
environmental	nitrogen fixation	roots
environmental	shade & shelter	entire plant
environmental	erosion control	entire plant
environmental	windbreak	entire plant
environmental	agroforestry	entire plant