In the right hands, wattle trees are true champion trees, giving commercial and small-scale growers multiple product options. Unmanaged, these prolific seeders can spread everywhere across the hills and valleys, negatively impacting biodiversity and using up scarce water resources.
However, when managed correctly in a plantation or woodlot environment, they are among the most productive and useful commercial tree species. Wattle is a great crop for small-scale tree farmers operating on tribal land.
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