Vachellia farnesiana (Linnaeus) Wight & Arnott. Common Sweet Acacia, Huisache, Opoponax, Cashia, Aroma, Cassie, Yellow Opopanax. Phen: Jan-Dec. Hab: Sandy flats on barrier islands, maritime scrub, shell middens. Dist: E. GA, along the coast, south to s. FL; the GA occurrence appears native (see Duncan 1985); Bahamas; West Indies.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy: = S, WI; = Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd. – SE3, Isely (1969), Isely (1998); < Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd. – Bah, K1, Mex, WH3; < Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd. ssp. farnesiana – Ebinger, Seigler, & Clarke (2002); ~ Acacia minuta; < Vachellia farnesiana (L.) Wight & Arn. – S13; < Vachellia farnesiana (L.) Wight & Arn. var. farnesiana – FNA11.1, K3, K4, Seigler & Ebinger (2005)

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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