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Bullhorn Acacia

Vachellia cornigera

Found in suburban woodlands. Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Florida edition What its natural habitat tells you

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Not native

Not native to Florida. How scores work Is it native here?

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At a glance

Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Light · Soil · Life cycle · Leaves · Bloom

This plant is missing most of its facts, so Quercus is looking them up in old botany books.

Recorded in 3 Florida counties.

Natural habitats

Places it grows wild. Not a planting requirement. Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

Forests and woodlands

Trail on Little Kennesaw Mountain.
Named place / source context. Shown: Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park, Georgia, a neighboring state.Trail on Little Kennesaw Mountain., Unidentified in HFC record, undated. Public domain. Source record.

All habitats

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

17CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including FL

Genus host records with ranges including FL · Vachellia

  • Amyelois transitellaNavel Orangeworm
  • Cyclargus ammonNickerbean Blue, Miami Blue
  • Cyclophora nanariaDwarf Tawny Wave
  • Ithome concolorellaKiawe Flower Moth
  • Leptotes cassiusCassius Blue, Tropical Striped Blue
  • Mesophleps adustipennisSoybean Webworm Moth
  • Ministrymon aziaGray Ministreak, Azia Hairstreak, Light-Banded Hairstreak
  • Oiketicus abbotiiAbbot's Bagworm Moth
  • Platynota rostranaOmnivorous Platynota
  • Polyhymno luteostrigellaPolyhymno Moth
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  • Psamatodes abydataDot-Lined Angle
  • Rudenia leguminanaBlack-Tipped Rudenia Moth
  • Apotoforma rotundipennis
  • Cydia largo
  • Isogona scindens
  • Megalorhipida leucodactylus
  • Melipotis famelica
Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
—BeesSoutheastern regional records
—Specialist beesPollen specialists
3BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

Recorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim · Vachellia

  • Callipepla gambeliiGambel's Quail
  • Ortalis vetulaPlain Chachalaca
  • Zenaida asiaticaWhite-winged Dove
Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)

Direct food only: birds recorded eating this genus across North America. Caterpillars on host plants also feed nesting birds. NC Native Plant Society: butterfly gardening

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family
Fabaceae

Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.

Conservation status

Florida rankSNA
Global rankNot available
FL statusNot verified
Federal statusNot verified

Conservation source

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