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Carex tereticaulis

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Family Cyperaceae

Taxonomy: Carex tereticaulis F.Muell.

Synonyms: 6 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Carex appressa var. elatior Nees (taxonomic synonym)
  • Carex halmaturina F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Carex halmaturina F.Muell. ex Boeckeler (taxonomic synonym)
  • Carex tereticaulis F.Muell. var. tereticaulis (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Carex tereticaulis var. typica Domin (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Vignea tereticaulis (F.Muell.) Soják (nomenclatural synonym)

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

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Catford_2014 (10), Cochrane_2019 (7), Draper_2023 (3), Jordan_2001 (7), Kew_2019_1 (4), Kew_2019_6 (3), Mokany_2015 (3), Morgan_2011_1 (5), NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (12), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (12), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (3), Sjostrom_2006 (4), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_2 (5), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wheeler_2002 (10), White_2020 (20). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 53 traits from 127 records in 23 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
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): red_brown (1); white_cream (1); yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1); monoecious (3) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006; WAH_2022_2]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 3.1 mm (2.2-4 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 1.8 mm (1.3-2.3 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 1.8 mm (1.3-2.3 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): nut (3); utricle (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): brown (2); orange (1); yellow (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 1148.45 mm2 (37.7-2259.2 mm2) [sources: Catford_2014; Mokany_2015]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 183.33 mm (100-200 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 3.67 mm (2-5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 882.8 mg (882.8-882.8 mg) [sources: Catford_2014]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 390.76 g/m2 (390.76-390.76 g/m2) [sources: Catford_2014]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): linear (1) [sources: Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): sheathing (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; Wheeler_2002]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): graminoid (6); herb (5); tussock (1) [sources: Catford_2014; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; Wheeler_2002; White_2020]
  • life_form (categorical): hemicryptophyte (1) [sources: Morgan_2011_1]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (10) [sources: Catford_2014; Cochrane_2019; Jordan_2001; Morgan_2011_1; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (5) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): rhizomatous (2) [sources: Catford_2014; WAH_2022_2]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1); vertebrate (1); wind (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): hydrochory (1); myrmecochory (1); undefined (1); zoochory (1) [sources: Draper_2023; Morgan_2011_1; White_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): ants (1); invertebrates (1); water (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyynn (1); nnnnnnnnyyyn (1); yynnnnnnyyyy (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; WAH_1998; White_2020]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1); vegetative (2) [sources: Catford_2014; Morgan_2011_1; White_2020]
  • storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; WAH_2023_2]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 1.21 mg (0.87-1.47 mg) [sources: Catford_2014; Cochrane_2019; Kew_2019_1; Mokany_2015]
  • seed_length (numerical): 3.75 mm (3.75-3.75 mm) [sources: Jordan_2001]
  • seed_width (numerical): 2 mm (2-2 mm) [sources: Jordan_2001]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
White_20202020M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
NHNSW_2023812N. 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_2023812VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Catford_20141010J. A. Catford, W. K. Morris, P. A. Vesk, C. J. Gippel, and B. J. Downes. “Species and environmental characteristics point to flow regulation and drought as drivers of riparian plant invasion”. Diversity and Distributions 20 (2014), pp. 1084-1096. doi: 10.1111/ddi.12225.
Wheeler_2002810J. R. Wheeler, N. G. Marchant, and M. Lewington. Flora of the south west: Bunbury, Augusta, Denmark. Australian Biological Resources Study ; University of Western Australia Press, 2002. ISBN: 9780642568168.
Cochrane_201957A. Cochrane. “Effects of temperature on germination in eight Western Australian herbaceous species”. Folia Geobotanica 54.1-2 (2019), pp. 29-42. doi: 10.1007/s12224-019-09335-6.
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.
Morgan_2011_155J. Morgan. “Unpublished data: Grassy woodland traits, La Trobe University”. 2011.
WAH_2022_255Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Kew_2019_114Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
NHNSW_2014_244Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Sjostrom_200644A. 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.
Draper_202333J. 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.
Kew_2019_613Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Germination data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Mokany_201533K. 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_202233N. 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_202233VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
SAH_202233S. 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/.
SAH_202333S. 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/.
WAH_2023_222Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
WAH_199811Western Australian Herbarium. FloraBase: The Western Australian flora. 1998. url: http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.