Green Wattle vs Silver wattle

Acacia trineura compared with Acacia dealbata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Green Wattle	Silver 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 trineura	Acacia dealbata

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Green Wattle

LC — Least Concern

Silver wattle

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Green Wattle	Silver wattle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Green Wattle

Habitat

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

Silver wattle

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (11 countries), Asia (6 countries), Europe (11 countries), North America (Costa Rica, Guatemala, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand), and South America (5 countries).