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Allocasuarina paludosa

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Family Casuarinaceae

Taxonomy: Allocasuarina paludosa (Sieber ex Spreng.) L.A.S.Johnson

Synonyms: 8 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Casuarina distyla var. paludosa (Sieber ex Spreng.) Benth. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Casuarina distyla var. prostrata Maiden & Betche (taxonomic synonym)
  • Casuarina dumosa Miq. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Casuarina paludosa Sieber ex Spreng. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Casuarina paludosa Sieber ex Spreng. var. paludosa (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Casuarina pumila Otto & A.Dietr. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Casuarina pumila Otto & A.Dietr. var. pumila (taxonomic synonym)
  • Casuarina pumila var. hirtella Miq. (taxonomic synonym)
Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Casuarina bicuspidata Benth. (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): SA, NSW, Vic, Tas

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (5), ABRS_2023 (10), ANBG_2019 (6), Cheal_2017 (8), Chen_2017 (4), Clarke_2015 (2), Collette_2021 (1), Draper_2023 (4), Jordan_2001 (7), Kew_2019_1 (3), McGlone_2015 (6), NHNSW_2014_2 (5), NSWFRD_2014 (9), Ooi_2007 (101), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (11), SAH_2022 (4), SAH_2023 (6), Sjostrom_2006 (3), Staples_2019 (80), TMAG_2009 (13), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (20), Williams_2011 (8). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 64 traits from 323 records in 25 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 (4) [sources: Cheal_2017; Clarke_2015; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (2) [sources: Cheal_2017; Clarke_2015]
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): red_brown (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): dioecious (5); monoecious (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; Draper_2023; Jordan_2001; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_type (categorical): samara (5) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chen_2017; RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006; TMAG_2009]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (3) [sources: Chen_2017; Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1); indehiscent (2) [sources: Chen_2017; RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): black (1); brown (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 96.34 mm2 (50.84-173.76 mm2) [sources: Staples_2019]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 7.48 mm (0.9-14 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; ABRS_2023; SAH_2023; TMAG_2009]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 0.78 mm (0.4-1 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; ABRS_2023; TMAG_2009]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 39.1 mg (14.9-75.4 mg) [sources: Staples_2019]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 389.17 g/m2 (287.42-523.9 g/m2) [sources: Staples_2019]
  • leaf_type (categorical): scale (2) [sources: McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): terete (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): whorled (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): cladode (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; TMAG_2009]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (2) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (9) [sources: ABRS_2022; McGlone_2015; NSWFRD_2014; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; TMAG_2009; Wenk_2022; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • life_form (categorical): phanerophyte (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (7) [sources: ABRS_2022; Cheal_2017; Jordan_2001; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; TMAG_2009; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): spreading (1) [sources: ABRS_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: TMAG_2009]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): nitrogen_fixer (2) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): abiotic (1); insect (1); wind (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • pollination_system (categorical): abiotic (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (4); endozoochory (1); zoochory (1) [sources: Draper_2023; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • dispersers (categorical): abiotic (1); animals (1); vertebrates (1); wind (3) [sources: Draper_2023; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnyyyyyy (1); yyyyyyyyyyyy (1) [sources: TMAG_2009; White_2020]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): canopy_seedbank (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): long_persistent (1); transient (2) [sources: Cheal_2017; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • seed_dormancy_class (categorical): non_dormant (2) [sources: Collette_2021; Ooi_2007]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): non_clonal (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): bud-bearing_root (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 1.12 mg (0.51-1.98 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019; Kew_2019_1; Ooi_2007]
  • seed_length (numerical): 4.28 mm (3-5 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; Jordan_2001; RBGV_2023]
  • seed_width (numerical): 1.67 mm (0.8-2.54 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; Jordan_2001]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ovoid (1); winged (2) [sources: ANBG_2019; RBGV_2023]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.68 mg/mm3 (0.64-0.75 mg/mm3) [sources: Staples_2019]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Ooi_20072101M. K. J. Ooi, P. Myerscough, and T. Auld. “Unpublished data: Longterm seed mass field campaign, University of New South Wales”. 2007.
Staples_2019480T. Staples, J. M. Dwyer, J. R. England, and M. M. Mayfield. “Productivity does not correlate with species and functional diversity in Australian reforestation plantings across a wide climate gradient”. Global Ecology and Biogeography 28.10 (2019), pp. 1417-1429. doi: 10.1111/geb.12962.
White_20202020M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
TMAG_20091113Tasmanian Herbarium. Flora of Tasmania Online. 2009. url: http://www.tmag.tas.gov.au/floratasmania.
RBGV_2023911VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
ABRS_2023710Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NSWFRD_201489B. Kenny, C. Orscheg, E. Tasker, M. A. Gill, and R. Bradstock. NSW Flora Fire Response Database, v2.1. database. NSW Department of Planning Industry and Environment, 2014.
Cheal_201788D. Cheal. Growth stages and tolerable fire intervals for Victoria's native vegetation data sets. Fire and adaptive management, report no. 84. Victorian Government Department of Sustainability and Environment Melbourne, 2010.
Williams_201188R. P. Duncan, S. E. Clemants, R. T. Corlett, A. K. Hahs, M. A. McCarthy, M. J. McDonnell, M. W. Schwartz, K. Thompson, P. A. Vesk, and N. S. G. Williams. “Plant traits and extinction in urban areas: a meta-analysis of 11 cities”. Global Ecology and Biogeography 20.4 (2011), pp. 509-519. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00633.x.
Jordan_200177G. J. Jordan. “An investigation of long-distance dispersal based on species native to both Tasmania and New Zealand”. Australian Journal of Botany 49.3 (2001), pp. 333-340. doi: 10.1071/bt00024.
ANBG_201966Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
McGlone_201566M. S. McGlone, S. J. Richardson, G. J. Jordan, and G. L. Perry. “Is there a `suboptimal' woody species height? A response to Scheffer et al.”. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 30.1 (2015), pp. 4-5. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2014.09.007.
SAH_202346S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
ABRS_202255Australian 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_255Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Chen_201744Chen, S.-C., Cornwell, W., Z. H.-X., Moles, and A. T. “Plants show more flesh in the tropics: Variation in fruit type along latitudinal and climatic gradients.”. Ecography 40 (2017), pp. 531-538. doi: abs/10.1111/ecog.02010.
Draper_202344J. T. Draper, S. Delean, J. G. Conran, P. Weinstein, and B. S. Simpson. “Life-history characteristics and climate correlates of dioecious plant species in central southern Australia”. Australian Journal of Botany unknown.unknown (2023), p. unknown. doi: 10.1071/BT22110.
RBGV_202244VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
SAH_202244S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
Kew_2019_113Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Sjostrom_200633A. Sjöström and C. L. Gross. “Life-history characters and phylogeny are correlated with extinction risk in the Australian angiosperms”. Journal of Biogeography 33.2 (2006), pp. 271-290. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01393.x.
Clarke_201522P. J. Clarke, M. J. Lawes, B. P. Murphy, J. Russell-Smith, C. E. Nano, R. Bradstock, N. J. Enright, J. B. Fontaine, C. R. Gosper, I. Radford, J. J. Midgley, and R. M. Gunton. “A synthesis of postfire recovery traits of woody plants in Australian ecosystems”. Science of The Total Environment 534 (2015), pp. 31-42. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.04.002.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Collette_202111J. C. Collette and M. K. J. Ooi. “Distribution of seed dormancy classes across a fire-prone continent: effects of rainfall seasonality and temperature”. Annals of Botany 127.5 (2021), pp. 613-620. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcaa203.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.