Cedar wattle vs Green wattle

Acacia elata compared with Acacia decurrens

Key Differences

• Cedar wattle is Not Evaluated while Green wattle is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cedar wattle	Green wattle
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order same	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family same	Fabaceae	Fabaceae
Genus same	Acacia	Acacia
Species	Acacia elata	Acacia decurrens

Evolutionary Relationship

Cedar wattle and Green wattle share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Acacia.

Conservation Status

Cedar wattle

NE — Not Evaluated

Green wattle

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cedar wattle	Green wattle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cedar wattle

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Eswatini, South Africa, Zimbabwe), Asia (India), Europe (Portugal), and North America (United States).

Green wattle

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, among 5 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Indomalayan and Neotropic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (7 countries), Asia (6 countries), Europe (6 countries), North America (Haiti, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Fiji, Micronesia, New Zealand), and South America (4 countries).

Cedar wattle

The Cedar Wattle (Acacia elata) is a species in the genus Acacia. Native to ['Eswatini', 'India', 'Portugal', 'South Africa', 'United States'].

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 6 countries:

🇸🇿 Eswatini 🇮🇳 India 🇵🇹 Portugal 🇿🇦 South Africa 🇺🇸 United States 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe