AusTraits

Acacia melanoxylon

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Family Fabaceae

Taxonomy: Acacia melanoxylon R.Br.

Synonyms: 9 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Acacia arcuata Sieber ex Spreng. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Acacia melanoxylon R.Br. f. melanoxylon (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Acacia melanoxylon R.Br. var. melanoxylon (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Acacia melanoxylon f. frutescens Hochr. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Acacia melanoxylon var. arcuata (Sieber ex Spreng.) Ser. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Acacia melanoxylon var. obtusifolia Ser. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Acacia melanoxylum (R.Br.) Poir. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Mimosa melanoxylon (R.Br.) Poir. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Racosperma melanoxylon (R.Br.) Pedley (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), SA, Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, SA eFlora, Vic Flora, Florabase, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (19), ANBG_2019 (6), ATRP_2020 (1), Andrew_2022 (9), Benwell_2024 (4), Bloomfield_2018 (224), Burrows_2008_2 (4), Burrows_2020 (4), Butler_2004 (5), Campbell_2006 (6), Carey_2003 (3), Cheal_2017 (8), Chen_2017 (4), Clarke_2009 (3), Clarke_2015 (3), Cooper_2013 (15), Doherty_2021 (2), Draper_2023 (3), Edwards_2000 (36), Fonseca_2000 (5), Gallagher_2011_1 (1), Gallagher_2011_3 (1), Gross_2005 (4), Hughes_1992 (4), Ilic_2000 (3), Jordan_2001 (6), Jordan_2007 (8), Kanowski_2000 (133), Kew_2019_1 (10), Kew_2019_4 (1), Kew_2019_5 (1), Kew_2019_6 (3), Kooyman_2011 (14), Lawson_2015 (6), Manea_2011 (1), Maslin_2012 (13), McGlone_2015 (6), Meers_2007 (11), Mokany_2015 (2), Morgan_2011_1 (5), NHNSW_2014_2 (6), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (13), NSWFRD_2014 (14), Pickup_2021 (25), Prior_2022 (42), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (16), RadfordSmith_2024 (41), Read_2003 (63), Richards_2008 (3), Rumman_2018 (4), SAH_2022 (4), SAH_2023 (14), Sams_2017 (8), Schmidt_1993 (1), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Stewart_1995 (8), Tng_2013 (6), WAH_2022_1 (3), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (19), Williams_2005 (5), Williams_2011 (9), Williams_2012 (2), Wright_2000 (9), Wright_2006 (6), Yang_2023 (3), Zanne_2009 (2), Zieminska_2015 (36). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 149 traits from 980 records in 74 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

fire response
  • resprouting_capacity (categorical): fire_killed (12); partial_resprouting (9); resprouts (13) [sources: Benwell_2024; Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020; Campbell_2006; Carey_2003; Cheal_2017; Clarke_2015; Doherty_2021; Meers_2007; NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021; Prior_2022; White_2020; Williams_2012; Yang_2023]
  • post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (12); post_fire_recruitment_absent (1) [sources: Benwell_2024; Campbell_2006; Carey_2003; Cheal_2017; Clarke_2015; Pickup_2021; Williams_2012; Yang_2023]
  • fire_time_from_fire_to_flowering (numerical): 24 mo (24-24 mo) [sources: Burrows_2020]
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (1); yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1); monoecious (3) [sources: Gross_2005; Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 110 mm (30-150 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 6.6 mm (3.5-10 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): legume (11) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; RadfordSmith_2024; SAH_2023; Sams_2017; Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (7) [sources: Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; Jordan_2001; Sams_2017; Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (6) [sources: Chen_2017; Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; Sams_2017; Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 1479.64 mm2 (550.58-3298.67 mm2) [sources: Andrew_2022; Edwards_2000; Fonseca_2000; Jordan_2007; Kanowski_2000; Meers_2007; Mokany_2015; RadfordSmith_2024; Read_2003; Tng_2013; Wright_2006]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 108.57 mm (40-160 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; Maslin_2012; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 17.95 mm (6-30 mm) [sources: Fonseca_2000; McGlone_2015; ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; Maslin_2012; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 153.54 mg (69.28-198 mg) [sources: Fonseca_2000; RadfordSmith_2024; Read_2003]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 140.71 g/m2 (69.1-197.63 g/m2) [sources: Bloomfield_2018; Edwards_2000; Fonseca_2000; Gallagher_2011_3; Jordan_2007; Kanowski_2000; Meers_2007; RadfordSmith_2024; Read_2003; Sams_2017; Tng_2013; Wright_2006; Zieminska_2015]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.42 g/g (0.33-0.52 g/g) [sources: Bloomfield_2018; RadfordSmith_2024; Read_2003]
  • leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (2) [sources: Rumman_2018; Stewart_1995]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); falcate (3); lanceolate (3); narrowly_elliptical (3); oblanceolate (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (2); simple (5) [sources: ABRS_2023; Andrew_2022; Edwards_2000; Kooyman_2011; Maslin_2012; McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1); phyllode (6) [sources: ABRS_2023; Andrew_2022; Maslin_2012; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; Read_2003; SAH_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (3) [sources: Stewart_1995; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (9); tree (24) [sources: ABRS_2022; ATRP_2020; Butler_2004; Campbell_2006; Clarke_2009; Cooper_2013; Edwards_2000; Fonseca_2000; Hughes_1992; Kooyman_2011; Maslin_2012; McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021; RBGV_2022; Rumman_2018; SAH_2022; Stewart_1995; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • life_form (categorical): phanerophyte (4) [sources: Meers_2007; Morgan_2011_1; Williams_2005; Williams_2011]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (14) [sources: ABRS_2022; Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020; Cheal_2017; Jordan_2001; Maslin_2012; Morgan_2011_1; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023; Williams_2005]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (7) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): dense (1); erect (1); spreading (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (6) [sources: Edwards_2000; Jordan_2007; Kooyman_2011; Maslin_2012; RadfordSmith_2024; Stewart_1995]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): nitrogen_fixer (6) [sources: Edwards_2000; Meers_2007; Read_2003; Stewart_1995; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • root_structure (categorical): ectomycorrhizal (2) [sources: Meers_2007; Schmidt_1993]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (2) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • pollination_system (categorical): biotic_unspecialised (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (5); myrmecochory (2); zoochory (2) [sources: Butler_2004; Draper_2023; Kew_2019_5; Meers_2007; Morgan_2011_1; RadfordSmith_2024; White_2020; Williams_2005; Williams_2011]
  • dispersers (categorical): ants (1); birds (1); flying_vertebrates (1); invertebrates (1); vertebrates (2) [sources: Butler_2004; Campbell_2006; Cooper_2013; Draper_2023; Sams_2017; White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnyyynn (1); nnnnnnnyyyyn (1); nnnnnnyyyyyy (2); yyyyynnnnnyy (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; Hughes_1992; NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (8) [sources: Benwell_2024; Campbell_2006; NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021]
  • serotiny (categorical): not_serotinous (1) [sources: Hughes_1992]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): long_persistent (1); persistent (7) [sources: Cheal_2017; NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021; White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (3); vegetative (2) [sources: Meers_2007; Morgan_2011_1; NHNSW_2014_2; White_2020; Williams_2005]
  • clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): non_clonal (1); root_buds (1) [sources: Meers_2007; Williams_2011]
  • storage_organ (categorical): lignotuber (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_buds (3); basal_stem_buds (2); bud-bearing_root (8); epicormic_buds (2); none (13) [sources: Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020; Campbell_2006; Carey_2003; Clarke_2009; Clarke_2015; Doherty_2021; NSWFRD_2014; Prior_2022; Yang_2023]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 24.61 mg/g (19.84-29.09 mg/g) [sources: Bloomfield_2018; Edwards_2000; Kanowski_2000; Read_2003; Richards_2008]
  • leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 0.96 mg/g (0.21-2.1 mg/g) [sources: Bloomfield_2018; Edwards_2000; Kanowski_2000; Read_2003; Richards_2008]
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -29.93 {delta}[ppth] (-30.19--29.73 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Rumman_2018; Stewart_1995; Tng_2013]
physiology
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 12.77 mg (6.5-19.6 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019; Andrew_2022; Kew_2019_1; Meers_2007; Williams_2005]
  • seed_length (numerical): 4.31 mm (3-5 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; Jordan_2001; ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; Maslin_2012; RBGV_2023]
  • seed_width (numerical): 2.31 mm (1.57-3 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; Butler_2004; Jordan_2001; Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid (3); polyhedral (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; ANBG_2019; Maslin_2012; RBGV_2023]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.54 mg/mm3 (0.41-0.79 mg/mm3) [sources: Ilic_2000; Kooyman_2011; Lawson_2015; RadfordSmith_2024; Sams_2017; Tng_2013; Wright_2006; Zanne_2009; Zieminska_2015]
  • huber_value (numerical): 0 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf} (0-0 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf}) [sources: Wright_2006; Zieminska_2015]
  • stem_vessel_density (numerical): 54.12 {count}/mm2 (28.84-93.06 {count}/mm2) [sources: Zieminska_2015]
  • stem_vessel_diameter (numerical): 39.85 um (38.48-40.75 um) [sources: Zieminska_2015]
  • stem_vessel_lumen_fraction (numerical): 0.07 mm2/mm2 (0.04-0.12 mm2/mm2) [sources: Zieminska_2015]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 22.23 m (1.5-45 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; Hughes_1992; Kooyman_2011; Maslin_2012; McGlone_2015; Mokany_2015; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; WAH_2023_2]
  • plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
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Kanowski_200023133J. Kanowski. “Ecological determinants of the distribution and abundance of the folivorous marsupials endemic to the rainforests of the Atherton uplands, north Queensland.”. PhD. James Cook University, Townsville, 1999.
Read_20031963J. Read and G. D. Sanson. “Characterizing sclerophylly: the mechanical properties of a diverse range of leaf types”. New Phytologist 160.1 (2003), pp. 81-99. doi: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.2003.00855.x.
Prior_2022342L. D. Prior, S. M. Foyster, J. M. Furlaud, G. J. Williamson, and D. M. Bowman. “Using permanent forest plots to evaluate the resilience to fire of Tasmania's tall wet eucalypt forests”. Forest Ecology and Management 505 (2022), p. 119922. doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119922.
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