Austrostipa rudis subsp. nervosa

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Family Poaceae

Taxonomy: Austrostipa rudis subsp. nervosa (Vickery) S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Everett

Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)

Stipa nervosa Vickery (nomenclatural synonym)
Stipa nervosa Vickery var. nervosa (nomenclatural synonym)
Stipa rudis subsp. nervosa (Vickery) J.Everett & S.W.L.Jacobs (nomenclatural synonym)

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

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (2), ABRS_2023 (7), Cheal_2017 (2), GrassBase_2014 (8), Meers_2007 (11), NHNSW_2014 (1), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (4), NSWFRD_2014 (9), Osborne_2014 (1), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (60), Williams_2011 (12). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 44 traits from 130 records in 16 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 (6) [sources: Cheal_2017; Meers_2007; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
fire_time_from_fire_to_flowering (numerical): 12 mo (12-12 mo) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 3.75 mm (3-4.5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): caryopsis (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 464.3 mm2 (464.3-464.3 mm2) [sources: Meers_2007]
leaf_length (numerical): 350 mm (200-400 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; GrassBase_2014]
leaf_width (numerical): 3.5 mm (2-5 mm) [sources: GrassBase_2014]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 141.24 g/m2 (141.24-141.24 g/m2) [sources: Meers_2007; Williams_2011]
leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): involute (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (4); c4 (1) [sources: Osborne_2014; White_2020; Williams_2011]
plant_growth_form (categorical): graminoid (3); herb (5); tussock (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020; Williams_2011]
life_form (categorical): hemicryptophyte (2) [sources: Meers_2007; Williams_2011]
life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): tufted (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (5) [sources: Meers_2007; White_2020; Williams_2011]
root_structure (categorical): non_mycorrhizal (2) [sources: Meers_2007; Williams_2011]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (3) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): abiotic (3) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_system (categorical): abiotic (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): epizoochory (6); myrmecochory (1) [sources: Meers_2007; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020; Williams_2011]
dispersers (categorical): ants (1); mammals (3) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnnnyyy (3); yynnnnnnyyyy (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (3) [sources: White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (3); vegetative (1) [sources: Meers_2007; White_2020]
clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): rhizome (2) [sources: Meers_2007; Williams_2011]
storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
bud_bank_location (categorical): rhizome (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 1.47 mg (1.47-1.47 mg) [sources: Meers_2007; Williams_2011]
seed_length (numerical): 4.5 mm (3-6 mm) [sources: GrassBase_2014]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.9 m (0.6-1.2 m) [sources: GrassBase_2014]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (3) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
White_2020	20	60	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
Williams_2011	12	12	R. 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.
Meers_2007	11	11	T. Meers. “Role of plant functional traits in determining the response of vegetation to land use change on the Delatite Peninsula, Victoria.”. PhD. University of Melbourne, 2007.
NSWFRD_2014	9	9	B. 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.
GrassBase_2014	4	8	W. Clayton, M. Vorontsova, and K. H. &. H. Williamson. GrassBase - The online world grass flora. 2006. url: http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db.html.
ABRS_2023	6	7	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	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.. 2023. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
RBGV_2023	4	4	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2022	3	3	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	3	3	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
ABRS_2022	2	2	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Cheal_2017	2	2	D. 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.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
NHNSW_2014	1	1	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/search/simple.htm.
Osborne_2014	1	1	C. Osborne, A. Salomaa, T. Kluyver, V. Visser, E. Kellogg, O. Morrone, M. Vorontsova, W. Clayton, and D. Simpson. “A global database of C4 photosynthesis in grasses”. New Phytologist 204 (2014), pp. 441-446. doi: 10.1111/nph.12942.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.