Understand its historical role in early construction methods, not common now.

Historical Use

Mainly used in the UK and Australia, less known in other English-speaking countries.

Cultural Specificity

Imagine a rustic, handmade appeal, often reflecting environmental harmony.

Material Description

Wattles are distinctive visual features of certain birds, often colorful and droopy.

Visual Attribute

Can signify the species or sex of the bird, as not all birds have wattles.

Species Indicator

The wattle tree symbolizes the Australian environment, especially in spring.

Nature's Symbol

Wattles are known for their striking yellow flowers that are visually noticeable.

Floral Feature

 around since I've spotted her when I was trying to climb over the log there's another termite mound around here so we don't need to go over the log anymore thank goodness where is it so since you're sitting a lot higher than I am he I can't even see the time behind the wattle that one okay cool so

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 weeping wattle and I was hoping to find a fruit chaffeur or two which are little beet he's often very prettily colored but I haven't found any fruit chef is here but what we have found or some drop tailed ants now if your own walk with us this morning which of course you should

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 would not be the right turn of phrase but he he's going to choose a jackal Barry he runs the risk of a lion climbing up it I sometimes wonder you know if that's not why do we often find a pit kills in peltor forums which are the weeping wattles because they're almost always a

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 wattle in a thick patch of grass I mean if you didn't know he was there you could so so easily miss him so that's where he is I'm parked here because it's the one patch of shade but since the sun's very kindly gone behind a cloud I can't actually take you for a better

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 the black wattle is an invasive tree often used for timber and firewood. This beautiful tree, and other thirsty invasives, are depleting the country's already record-low water supply. Because of their impact on human health, ecosystems, and infrastructure,

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 forever remain for I hope forever without fences so we spoke about the waffled stylings to move on to happier times we spoke about the wattle starlings following the zebra and they are but let me see if I can get us to where they're flocking around the

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 and well done the toilet paper tree the African weeping wattle and is a very important tree our cheerful for shade it is browsed upon the pods will give you a bad tummy if you eat them and the shade element that it brings them and just in

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 bird Sydney is a bird that is as beautiful as your male line and could rival it for good looks especially when it sets amongst the greenery of that weeping wattle to have that bright kind of iridescent blue ring and that red

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 When we reject granite and limestone and sandstone and wood and copper and terra-cotta and brick and wattle and plaster, we simplify architecture and we impoverish cities. It's as if you reduced all of the world's cuisines

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 mortals for sure it's the most brightly coloured of the vultures with an unusual neon bright orange wattle extending out from just below its nostrils and as for those grand wings