The genus Acacia as invader: the characteristic case of Acacia dealbata Link in Europe

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Table II

Flowering phenology and longevity of A. dealbata. Flower-head longevity is the total period in days from the opening of the first flower on a flower head to senescence of the flower head: duration of female phase is based on stigma extension and visible state in open flowers; duration of male phase is based on the physical state of the stamens in open flowers.

	Location	Flower-head	Duration of female	Duration of male
		longevity (days)	phase (days)	phase (days)
A. dealbata	Southern Victoria (Australia)^a	8–15	1–8	1–8

A. dealbata	Galicia (NW Spain)^b	10–22	5–13	3–14

Data from Stone et al. (2003).

Data from authors (2007). The overlap time between the two phases was 2–4 d.