Coastal wattle vs

Acacia cyclops compared with Nitzschia angularis

Key Differences

• Coastal wattle is Least Concern while is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Coastal wattle
Kingdom	Plantae (植物)	Chromista (クロミスタ)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (被子植物門)	Ochrophyta (オクロ植物)
Class	Magnoliopsida (モクレン綱)	Bacillariophyceae (クサリケイソウ綱)
Order	Fabales (マメ目)	Bacillariales (Bacillariales)
Family	Fabaceae	Bacillariaceae
Genus	Acacia	Nitzschia
Species	Acacia cyclops	Nitzschia angularis

Conservation Status

Coastal wattle

LC — Least Concern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Coastal wattle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Coastal wattle

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 8 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (13 countries), Asia (Israel), Europe (4 countries), and North America (United States).

Habitat

Native to Asia and Europe and South America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Norway, Sweden, and Taiwan.

Coastal wattle

Coastal wattle (Acacia cyclops) is a dense, fast-growing shrub in the family Fabaceae, native to the southwestern and southern coastal regions of Western Australia, from Shark Bay south to the Nullarbor Plain. It grows on coastal dunes, sandy scrubland, and limestone substrates near the sea, where it tolerates salt spray, wind, and summer drought. Coastal wattle produces distinctive circular seeds with bright red arillate coatings, making them highly attractive to birds. Although valued in its native range for coastal stabilisation and revegetation, the species has become highly invasive in southern Africa, particularly South Africa, where it was introduced for dune stabilisation in the 19th century and has since spread extensively across the Cape Floristic Region, displacing native fynbos vegetation. It is listed among the 100 worst invasive species globally by the IUCN Invasive Species Specialist Group. In Australia, it is assessed as Least Concern. Management of invasive populations in South Africa involves mechanical removal and biological control efforts aimed at protecting the critically threatened fynbos biome.

Nitzschia angularisは角張った端部と殻の竜骨に沿って位置する特徴的な縫合線を持つ細長い羽状淡水珪藻である。河川、池、栄養豊富な湖を含む富栄養から中栄養の淡水環境に生息する。この光合成珪藻は中程度に栄養が豊富な淡水条件と関連している。