Orange wattle is a very adaptable tree or a spreading shrub that can happily grow in various soil types. It can thrive even in very poor and dry soils. This plant can be found in a variety of different habitats, including forests, grasslands, wetlands, shrublands, cultivated land, disturbed sites, arid regions and coastal areas. Due to its ability to fix nitrogen, orange wattle is used for improving soil fertility and as animal fodder. As it can tolerate drought and poor soils, it is also planted as a windbreak plant, for reducing erosion and stabilizing sand dunes. Orange wattle produces a very large number of puffy, bright yellow flowers that produce a lot of sweet nectar that attracts insects and pollinators. Numerous clusters of attractive flowers appear during late winter and spring, providing colors to parks and gardens when there is little other vegetation. Orange wattle produces an abundance of seeds that create very persistent seed banks in the soil. The seeds are fire-tolerant and usually spread with the help of water and birds. This plant can also reproduce vegetatively, via root suckers, and it quickly regenerates after being cut or burned. Exceptional tolerance to unfavorable environmental conditions and its prolific seed production made this small, spreading tree a very weedy and invasive species in many parts of the world.