Nursery growth is slow with seedlings often taking 6-8 months to reach 20 cm tall. When transplanted to the field the seedlings usually require several months without severe moisture stress to survive and in and areas may need supplementary irrigation. Established seedlings have the ability to survive severe drought. They develop a long tap root and an extensive lateral root system in the top 30 cm of the soil. Acacia aneura needs to be protected from browsing animals while young.
Growth rate is generally slow but is related to moisture conditions.
Cultivated specimens receiving regular irrigation have reached 10 m tall and 10 cm dbh in 10 years. In its natural habitat A. aneura is subject to partial defoliation by a range of insects and root damage by termites. A. aneura is unlikely to become a serious weed. Ydeinig and J.D. Turner. Forest trees of Australia.