Austrostipa scabra subsp. scabra

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Family Poaceae

Taxonomy: Austrostipa scabra (Lindl.) S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Everett subsp. scabra

Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)

Stipa horridula Pilg. (taxonomic synonym)
Stipa scabra Lindl. subsp. scabra (nomenclatural synonym)
Stipa scabra Lindl. var. scabra (nomenclatural synonym)

Misapplied names: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)

Stipa variabilis Hughes (pro parte misapplied)
Stipa variabilis Hughes (misapplied)

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

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (2), ABRS_2023 (6), Cheal_2017 (8), Crowley_2007 (1), GrassBase_2014 (7), Leishman_1992 (6), NHNSW_2014 (1), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (4), Nano_2011 (1), Osborne_2014 (1), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (5), SAH_2023 (4), Vesk_2004 (16), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wenk_2023_2 (1), White_2020 (36), Williams_2011 (10). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 46 traits from 124 records in 22 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); resprouts (1) [sources: Cheal_2017; Crowley_2007; Nano_2011]
post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (1) [sources: Cheal_2017]

fruit morphology

fruit_type (categorical): caryopsis (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; WAH_2023_2]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 604.15 mm2 (86.4-1100 mm2) [sources: Leishman_1992; Vesk_2004]
leaf_length (numerical): 312.5 mm (150-600 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; GrassBase_2014; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 0.95 mm (0.5-2 mm) [sources: GrassBase_2014; SAH_2023]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 110.05 g/m2 (104.71-121.65 g/m2) [sources: Vesk_2004]
leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.38 g/g (0.36-0.42 g/g) [sources: Vesk_2004]
leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): conduplicate (1); involute (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (3); c4 (1) [sources: Osborne_2014; White_2020; Williams_2011]
plant_growth_form (categorical): graminoid (6); herb (5); tussock (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; Leishman_1992; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Vesk_2004; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; White_2020; Williams_2011]
life_form (categorical): hemicryptophyte (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
life_history (categorical): biennial (1); perennial (5) [sources: Cheal_2017; Leishman_1992; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): tufted (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (3) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2011]
root_structure (categorical): arbuscular_mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (2) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): abiotic (2) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_system (categorical): abiotic (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): epizoochory (3) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2011]
dispersers (categorical): mammals (2) [sources: White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnyyynn (2) [sources: White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): long_persistent (1); persistent (2) [sources: Cheal_2017; White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (2) [sources: White_2020]
clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): non_clonal (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
storage_organ (categorical): no_storage_organ (1) [sources: Leishman_1992]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.38 mg (0.38-0.38 mg) [sources: Leishman_1992]
seed_length (numerical): 3.5 mm (2.5-4.5 mm) [sources: GrassBase_2014]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.45 m (0.3-0.6 m) [sources: GrassBase_2014; WAH_2023_2]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (2) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
White_2020	18	36	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
Vesk_2004	4	16	P. A. Vesk, M. R. Leishman, and M. Westoby. “Simple traits do not predict grazing response in Australian dry shrublands and woodlands”. Journal of Applied Ecology 41.1 (2004), pp. 22-31. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2004.00857.x.
Williams_2011	10	10	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.
Cheal_2017	8	8	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.
GrassBase_2014	4	7	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	6	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Leishman_1992	6	6	M. R. Leishman and M. Westoby. “Classifying plants into groups on the basis of associations of individual traits-Evidence from Australian semi-arid woodlands”. Journal of Ecology 80 (1992), pp. 417-424. doi: 10.2307/2260687.
RBGV_2023	5	5	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.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/.
SAH_2023	3	4	S. 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/.
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/.
WAH_2022_2	3	3	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
WAH_2023_2	2	3	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.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.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Crowley_2007	1	1	G. Crowley, M. Gardener, and M. Marrinan. Tropical savannas fire response database. 2007. url: [www.landmanager.org.au](www.landmanager.org.au).
NHNSW_2014	1	1	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/search/simple.htm.
Nano_2011	1	1	C. E. M. Nano and P. J. Clarke. “How do drought and fire influence the patterns of resprouting in Australian deserts?”. Plant Ecology 212 (2011), pp. 2095-2110. doi: 10.1007/s11258-011-9988-x.
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.
Wenk_2023_2	1	1	E. Wenk and D. Coleman. “Unpublished: Rain and flood-related flowering cues for Australia's flora, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2023.