This native tree is commonly known as feather wattle.
Acacia oshanesii is described as a "dicot" in the Leguminosae family.
Flagged as a potential locally significant species in the Fraser Coast Region. In the Queensland Nature Conservation Act it is classified as Least Concern. Under the Federal Environment Protection Biodiversity Conservation Act it is not classified.
Another common name is "corkwood wattle" (Pedley, L. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Mimosaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1). The Fraser Coast region is at the northern limit of this species apart from a disjunct record from near Monto to the north (Australian Virtual Herbarium).
It has been recorded in the Wide Bay district in the Queensland Herbarium Census and is listed as occurring in the Fraser Coast region in Queensland Herbarium Wildlife Online.
Reported at 10 Fraser Coast localities: Antigua, Bauple Forest, Doongul, Duckinwilla, Howard, Point Vernon, Talegalla Weir, Teddington, Urraween, Yerra.
Fraser Coast distribution based on unverified field reports.
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