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Scientific name: | Parkinsonia aculeata L. |
Common Name: | parkinsonia, Jerusalem-thorn |
Status: | Declared Noxious weed. The Agriculture Victoria website has information about the noxious weed classification of this species. |
Habitat: | Semi-arid to subhumid tropics and subtropics. Thrives on a wide range of soil types, varying from sands to self-mulching clays. Mostly found in better watered areas receiving run-off and near creeks, rivers, bores or dams. (Parsons & Cuthbertson 2001). Great temperature range from very hot to several degrees below freezing with frosts. Native to semi-desert vegetation, especially desert valleys and desert grassland zones (World Agroforestry Centre n.d.) |