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Casuarina cristata

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Family Casuarinaceae

Taxonomy: Casuarina cristata Miq.

Synonyms: 5 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Casuarina cambagei R.T.Baker (taxonomic synonym)
  • Casuarina cristata Miq. subsp. cristata (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Casuarina lepidophloia F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Casuarina quadrivalvis var. cristata (Miq.) Miq. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Casuarina quadrivalvis var. cristata (Miq.) Miq. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (1), ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (12), ANBG_2019 (5), ATRP_2020 (1), Chen_2017 (5), Clarke_2015 (3), Draper_2023 (4), Dwyer_2018 (8), Fonseca_2000 (5), Ilic_2000 (3), Kew_2019_1 (4), Kew_2019_3 (2), Kew_2019_6 (1), Kooyman_2011 (12), Leishman_1992 (7), NHNSW_2014_2 (2), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (12), NSWFRD_2014 (3), Ooi_2007 (101), SAH_2022 (4), SAH_2023 (10), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Soliveres_2012 (3), Sweedman_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (38), Wright_2000 (10). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 66 traits from 274 records in 30 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
  • sex_type (categorical): dioecious (4) [sources: Draper_2023; NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 8.25 mm (6-10.5 mm) [sources: Chen_2017; ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): nut (1); samara (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chen_2017; NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (3) [sources: Chen_2017; Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (3) [sources: Chen_2017; Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): grey (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 19.2 mm2 (1-37.4 mm2) [sources: Fonseca_2000; Leishman_1992]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 9.15 mm (0.5-17 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 0.87 mm (0.3-1.5 mm) [sources: Fonseca_2000; ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 25 mg (25-25 mg) [sources: Fonseca_2000]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 466.57 g/m2 (230.77-666.67 g/m2) [sources: Dwyer_2018; Fonseca_2000]
  • leaf_type (categorical): scale (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): terete (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): toothed (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_glaucousness (categorical): glaucous (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): whorled (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): cladode (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (3) [sources: Kew_2019_3; White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): tree (12) [sources: ABRS_2022; ATRP_2020; Fonseca_2000; Kooyman_2011; Leishman_1992; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; SAH_2022; Soliveres_2012; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; Leishman_1992; NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (2) [sources: ABRS_1981; Kooyman_2011]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): nitrogen_fixer (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): abiotic (2); wind (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (4) [sources: Draper_2023; Soliveres_2012; White_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): wind (4) [sources: Draper_2023; Soliveres_2012; White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yyyyynnnnnny (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): canopy_seedbank (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • seed_dormancy_class (categorical): non_dormant (1) [sources: Ooi_2007]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • storage_organ (categorical): no_storage_organ (1) [sources: Leishman_1992]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): none (1) [sources: Clarke_2015]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 5.55 mg (0.73-28.6 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1; Leishman_1992; Ooi_2007]
  • seed_length (numerical): 4.36 mm (3-5.23 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_width (numerical): 2.21 mm (1.92-3 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_shape (categorical): fusiform (1); winged (1) [sources: ANBG_2019]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.89 mg/mm3 (0.76-0.99 mg/mm3) [sources: Dwyer_2018; Ilic_2000]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Ooi_20072101M. K. J. Ooi, P. Myerscough, and T. Auld. “Unpublished data: Longterm seed mass field campaign, University of New South Wales”. 2007.
White_20201938M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
ABRS_2023812Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Kooyman_2011812R. Kooyman, M. Rossetto, W. Cornwell, and M. Westoby. “Phylogenetic tests of community assembly across regional to continental scales in tropical and subtropical rain forests”. Global Ecology and Biogeography 20 (2011), pp. 707-716. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00641.x.
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/.
SAH_2023710S. 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/.
Wright_20001010I. J. Wright, H. T. Clifford, R. Kidson, M. L. Reed, B. L. Rice, and M. Westoby. “A survey of seed and seedling characters in 1744 Australian dicotyledon species: Cross-species trait correlations and correlated trait-shifts within evolutionary lineages”. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 69 (2000), pp. 521-547. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2000.tb01222.x.
Dwyer_201828J. M. Dwyer and R. Mason. “Plant community responses to thinning in densely regenerating Acacia harpophylla forest”. Restoration Ecology 26.1 (2018), pp. 97-105. doi: 10.1111/rec.12536.
Leishman_199277M. 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.
ANBG_201955Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
Chen_201755Chen, S.-C., Cornwell, W., Z. H.-X., Moles, and A. T. “Plants show more flesh in the tropics: Variation in fruit type along latitudinal and climatic gradients.”. Ecography 40 (2017), pp. 531-538. doi: abs/10.1111/ecog.02010.
Fonseca_200055C. R. Fonseca, J. M. Overton, B. Collins, and M. Westoby. “Shifts in trait-combinations along rainfall and phosphorus gradients”. Journal of Ecology 88 (2000), pp. 964-977. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2000.00506.x.
Draper_202344J. 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_114Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
NHNSW_202244N. 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/.
SAH_202244S. 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/.
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.
Sweedman_200624L. Sweedman and D. Merritt. Australian Seeds: A Guide to Their Collection, Identification, and Biology. CSIRO Publishing, 2006. ISBN: 9780643094079.
ABRS_202233Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Clarke_201533P. J. Clarke, M. J. Lawes, B. P. Murphy, J. Russell-Smith, C. E. Nano, R. Bradstock, N. J. Enright, J. B. Fontaine, C. R. Gosper, I. Radford, J. J. Midgley, and R. M. Gunton. “A synthesis of postfire recovery traits of woody plants in Australian ecosystems”. Science of The Total Environment 534 (2015), pp. 31-42. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.04.002.
Ilic_200013J. Ilic, D. Boland, M. McDonald, D. G, and P. Blakemore. Woody density phase 1 - State of knowledge. National Carbon Accounting System. Technical Report 18. Tech. rep. Australian Greenhouse Office, Canberra, Australia, 2000.
NSWFRD_201433B. 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.
Soliveres_201233S. Soliveres, D. J. Eldridge, F. Hemmings, and F. T. Maestre. “Nurse plant effects on plant species richness in drylands: The role of grazing, rainfall and species specificity”. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 14 (2012), pp. 402-410. doi: 10.1016/j.ppees.2012.09.003.
Kew_2019_322Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Salt and water tolerance data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
NHNSW_2014_222Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
ABRS_198111B. 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/.
ATRP_202011F. A. Zich, B. P. Hyland, T. Whiffin, and R. A. Kerrigan. Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants, Edition 8. 2020. url: https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/intro/index.html.
Kew_2019_611Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Germination data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.