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Vachellia farnesiana (Linnaeus) Wight & Arnott var. farnesiana. Common name: Common Sweet Acacia, Huisache, Opoponax, Cashia, Aroma, Cassie, Yellow Opopanax. Phenology: Jan-Dec. Habitat: Sandy flats on barrier islands, maritime scrub, shell middens. Distribution: E. GA, along the coast, south to s. FL; the GA occurrence appears native (see Duncan 1985); Bahamas; West Indies; sw. US, Mexico, Central America, and South America.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = POWO; Mimosa farnesiana L. = Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd. — SE3, Isely (1969), Isely (1998); = Vachellia farnesiana (L.) Wight & Arn. — S, WI; < Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd. — Bah, Mex, NS, WH3; < Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd. ssp. farnesiana — Ebinger, Seigler, & Clarke (2002); < Vachellia farnesiana (L.) Wight & Arn. — S13; < Vachellia farnesiana (L.) Wight & Arn. var. farnesiana — FNA11.1, K4, Seigler & Ebinger (2005). Basionym: Mimosa farnesiana L. 1753

Links to other floras: < Vachellia farnesiana var. farnesiana - FNA11.1

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Great Plains: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)

Heliophily ⓘ: 9

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