Coastal wattle vs

Acacia cyclops compared with Diderma meyerae

Key Differences

• Coastal wattle is Least Concern while is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Coastal wattle
Kingdom	Plantae (식물)	Protozoa (원생동물)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (피자식물문)	Mycetozoa
Class	Magnoliopsida (목련강)	Myxomycetes (Myxomycetes)
Order	Fabales (콩목)	Physarales (Physarales)
Family	Fabaceae	Didymiaceae
Genus	Acacia	Diderma
Species	Acacia cyclops	Diderma meyerae

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 Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

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.

Diderma meyerae는 Physarales목에 속하는 원형질 점균으로, 습한 환경의 부후 식물 잔해 위에 이중 외피를 가진 소형 유경 포자낭을 형성한다. 삼림의 낙엽과 목재 기질에 서식한다.