Callitris gracilis

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Family Cupressaceae

Taxonomy: Callitris gracilis R.T.Baker

Synonyms: 8 (APC 2026-07-30)

Callitris gracilis R.T.Baker subsp. gracilis (nomenclatural synonym)
Callitris gracilis subsp. murrayensis (J.Garden) K.D.Hill (taxonomic synonym)
Callitris preissii subsp. murrayensis J.Garden (taxonomic synonym)
Callitris preissii var. murrayensis (J.Garden) Silba (taxonomic synonym)
Callitris propinqua R.Br. ex R.T.Baker & H.G.Sm. (taxonomic synonym)
Frenela crassivalvis Miq. (taxonomic synonym)
Frenela gulielmi Parl. (taxonomic synonym)
Widdringtonia equisetiformis Mast. (taxonomic synonym)

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

Callitris preissii Miq. (misapplied)
Callitris robusta R.Br. ex F.M.Bailey (doubtful misapplied)

Distribution (APC): SA, NSW, Vic

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (4), ABRS_2022 (8), ABRS_2023 (12), ANBG_2019 (1), Cheal_2017 (8), Collette_2021 (1), Dong_2017 (8), McGlone_2015 (6), Munroe_2019 (1), NHNSW_2022 (9), NHNSW_2023 (28), RBGK_2014 (1), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (9), Staples_2019 (79), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (54). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 50 traits from 235 records in 18 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 (4) [sources: Cheal_2017; White_2020]
post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (1) [sources: Cheal_2017]

flower morphology

sex_type (categorical): monoecious (2) [sources: ABRS_2022]

fruit morphology

fruit_width (numerical): 28.5 mm (25-40 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): strobilus (6) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (4) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 492.15 mm2 (171.83-1508.16 mm2) [sources: Staples_2019]
leaf_length (numerical): 3.5 mm (1-8 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; ABRS_1981; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 1 mm (1-1 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015]
leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 165.8 mg (47.8-515.8 mg) [sources: Staples_2019]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 306.72 g/m2 (262.6-410.18 g/m2) [sources: Dong_2017; Staples_2019]
leaf_type (categorical): scale (1) [sources: McGlone_2015]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: ABRS_1981]
leaf_glaucousness (categorical): glaucous (1); not_glaucous (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): whorled (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (6) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (4) [sources: Munroe_2019; White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): tree (11) [sources: ABRS_2022; McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_history (categorical): perennial (8) [sources: ABRS_2022; Cheal_2017; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (7) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: ABRS_1981]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (4) [sources: Dong_2017; White_2020]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (3) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): abiotic (3) [sources: White_2020]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (3) [sources: White_2020]
dispersers (categorical): wind (3) [sources: White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (4) [sources: Cheal_2017; White_2020]
seed_dormancy_class (categorical): non_dormant (1) [sources: Collette_2021]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (3) [sources: White_2020]

nutrient and stable isotope

leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 12.81 mg/g (12.81-12.81 mg/g) [sources: Dong_2017]
leaf_delta13C (numerical): -29.12 {delta}[ppth] (-29.12--29.12 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Dong_2017]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 9.01 mg (8.93-9.1 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019; RBGK_2014]
seed_shape (categorical): winged (6) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]

stem morphology

wood_density (numerical): 0.59 mg/mm3 (0.51-0.65 mg/mm3) [sources: Staples_2019]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 20 m (20-20 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (3) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
Staples_2019	4	79	T. 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_2020	18	54	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
NHNSW_2023	8	28	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/.
ABRS_2023	5	12	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_2022	3	9	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_2023	8	9	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
ABRS_2022	4	8	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	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.
Dong_2017	8	8	N. Dong, I. C. Prentice, B. J. Evans, S. Caddy-Retalic, A. J. Lowe, and I. J. Wright. “Leaf nitrogen from first principles: field evidence for adaptive variation with climate”. Biogeosciences 14.2 (2017), pp. 481-495. doi: 10.5194/bg-14-481-2017.
McGlone_2015	6	6	M. 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.
ABRS_1981	3	4	B. A. Barlow, H. T. Clifford, A. S. George, and A. K. A. McCusker. Flora of Australia. 1981. url: http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/flora/main/.
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/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
ANBG_2019	1	1	Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
Collette_2021	1	1	J. 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.
Munroe_2019	1	1	S. E. M. Munroe, F. A. McInerney, J. Andrae, N. Welti, G. R. Guerin, E. Leitch, T. Hall, S. Szarvas, R. Atkins, S. Caddy-Retalic, and B. Sparrow. “The Photosynthetic Pathways of Plant Species Surveyed in Australia's National Terrestrial Monitoring Network”. Scientific Data 8 (2021), p. 97. doi: 10.1038/s41597-021-00877-z.
RBGK_2014	1	1	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID). 2014. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.