Acer negundo

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Family Sapindaceae

Taxonomy: Acer negundo L.

Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30

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

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (5), ABRS_2023 (21), Kubiak_2009 (1), Mesaglio_2022 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (5), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (21), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (15), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 24 traits from 80 records in 11 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): resprouts (1) [sources: Kubiak_2009]

flower morphology

flower_colour (categorical): green (1); yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
sex_type (categorical): dioecious (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 35 mm (30-40 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): samara (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
fruit_colour (categorical): yellow (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 130 mm (30-300 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 44.38 mm (20-80 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
petiole_length (numerical): 8.33 cm (5-12 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (2); lanceolate (2); ovate (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): obtuse (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): toothed (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (2); lobed_shallow (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): tree (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): open (1) [sources: ABRS_2022]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnynnn (1); nnnnnnnnyyyn (1) [sources: Mesaglio_2022; NHNSW_2014_2]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 14.5 m (8-20 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
ABRS_2023	13	21	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_2023	12	21	N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
RBGV_2023	12	15	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
ABRS_2022	5	5	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_2014_2	5	5	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2022	4	4	N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
RBGV_2022	4	4	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Kubiak_2009	1	1	P. J. Kubiak. “Fire responses of bushland plants after the January 1994 wildfires in northern Sydney”. Cunninghamia 11.1 (2009), pp. 131-165.
Mesaglio_2022	1	1	T. Mesaglio. “Unpublished data: Comprehensive biodiversity survey of Wategora Reserve and Everley Park along Duck River, western Sydney”. 2022. doi: 10.32942/X29886.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.