Asplenium flaccidum

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Family Aspleniaceae

Taxonomy: Asplenium flaccidum G.Forst.

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

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

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Mokany_2015 (2), NHNSW_2022 (2), NHNSW_2023 (6), Pickup_2021 (5), Smith_1996 (97), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (18). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 46 traits from 133 records in 8 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 (2) [sources: Pickup_2021; White_2020]
post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (1) [sources: Pickup_2021]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 556.83 mm2 (78.54-1786 mm2) [sources: Mokany_2015; Smith_1996]
leaf_length (numerical): 512.31 mm (30-900 mm) [sources: Smith_1996; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 44.5 mm (16-68 mm) [sources: Smith_1996]
leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 133.25 mg (11-226 mg) [sources: Smith_1996]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 128.73 g/m2 (128.73-128.73 g/m2) [sources: Smith_1996]
leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.22 g/g (0.16-0.24 g/g) [sources: Smith_1996]
leaf_water_content_per_dry_mass (numerical): 3.7 g/g (3.14-5.27 g/g) [sources: Smith_1996]
leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_inclination_angle (numerical): 50.5 deg (20-70 deg) [sources: Smith_1996]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): fern (2); herb (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Pickup_2021; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
plant_growth_substrate (categorical): epiphyte (1) [sources: White_2020]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): abiotic (1) [sources: White_2020]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (1) [sources: White_2020]
dispersers (categorical): wind (1) [sources: White_2020]
seedbank_location (categorical): none (1) [sources: Pickup_2021]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (2) [sources: Pickup_2021; White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]

nutrient and stable isotope

leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 12.84 mg/g (12.84-12.84 mg/g) [sources: Smith_1996]
leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 1.2 mg/g (1.2-1.2 mg/g) [sources: Smith_1996]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.9 m (0.9-0.9 m) [sources: Mokany_2015]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
Smith_1996	17	97	B. Smith. “Community-level convergence and community structure of temperate Nothofagus forests”. PhD. University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, 1996. url: http://web.nateko.lu.se/personal/benjamin.smith/thesis/thesis.html.
White_2020	18	18	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
NHNSW_2023	6	6	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/.
Pickup_2021	5	5	M. Pickup and T. McDonald. Bushfire impacts — A national model for assessing local landscape restoration priorities. Project Phoenix Report. Greening Australia, 2021. url: https://www.greeningaustralia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/1.02R2.pdf.
Mokany_2015	2	2	K. Mokany, J. J. Thomson, A. J. J. Lynch, G. J. Jordan, and S. Ferrier. “Linking changes in community composition and function under climate change”. Ecological Applications 25.8 (2015), pp. 2132-2141. doi: 10.1890/14-2384.1.
NHNSW_2022	2	2	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/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.