AusTraits

Celtis australis

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Family Cannabaceae

Taxonomy: Celtis australis L.

Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30

Distribution (APC): NSW (naturalised), ACT (naturalised), Vic (doubtfully naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (2), ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (20), Kubiak_2009 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (2), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (15), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (12), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 21 traits from 65 records in 11 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): monoecious (1) [sources: ABRS_2022]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 20.25 mm (9-30 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 20.25 mm (9-30 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 20.25 mm (9-30 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): drupe (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): black (2); brown (2); purple (1); red (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 88.33 mm (40-150 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 25 mm (10-40 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 1.35 cm (0.8-2 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (3); ovate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): cordate (1); cuneate (1); oblique (1); rounded (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): toothed (1); toothed_serrate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_1981; NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): tree (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: ABRS_1981]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 22.5 m (20-25 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
ABRS_20231420Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_20231215N. 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_20231012VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
ABRS_202244Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
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/.
ABRS_198122B. 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/.
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.
Kubiak_200911P. J. Kubiak. “Fire responses of bushland plants after the January 1994 wildfires in northern Sydney”. Cunninghamia 11.1 (2009), pp. 131-165.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.