Acacia cyclops
Report an issueBy recorded trees in the inventory.
Coastal wattle · also Cyclops wattle, One-eyed wattle, Red-eyed wattle
Acacia cyclops is a dense shrub or small tree with narrowly oblong to elliptic phyllodes and spherical heads of golden yellow flowers. Its spreading branches form a rounded canopy. It is native to coastal regions of Western and South Australia, and is valued in urban landscapes for its drought tolerance, evergreen foliage, and ability to attract pollinators and birds.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 120.01%—9.0 in
No city in this list records planting dates for this species, so age is blank throughout.
Traits
- Form
- Spreading
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Mature height
- 10–20 ft
- Canopy spread
- 15–20 ft
- Water needs
- Low
- Drought tolerance
- High
- Wildlife value
- High
- Tolerates
- coastal, salt
- Blooms
- Mar, Apr, May
Trunk diameters across every city: median 9.0 in, mean 9.2 in, 90th percentile 12 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands & Scrub
- Southwest Australia savanna
- Southwest Australia woodlands
Other Acacia in the catalogue
35 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
