AusTraits

Corymbia intermedia

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Family Myrtaceae

Taxonomy: Corymbia intermedia (R.T.Baker) K.D.Hill & L.A.S.Johnson

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Eucalyptus gummifera var. intermedia (R.T.Baker) Domin (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Eucalyptus intermedia R.T.Baker (basionym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (6), ABRS_2023 (34), Benwell_2024 (4), CPBR_2002 (8), Clarke_2015 (6), Cooper_2013 (13), Gallagher_2015 (1), Gross_2005 (4), Ilic_2000 (4), Kew_2019_1 (1), Kew_2019_6 (3), Kooyman_2011 (12), McCarthy_2017 (10), NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (17), NSWFRD_2014 (8), Nicolle_2006 (3), Portelli_2023 (47), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Stephens_2024 (16), Vlasveld_2018 (6), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Westoby_2014 (69), Williams_2012 (3), Wright_2000 (10), Zieminska_2013 (30). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 101 traits from 329 records in 28 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): resprouts (6) [sources: Benwell_2024; Clarke_2015; NSWFRD_2014; Nicolle_2006; Williams_2012]
  • post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (1); post_fire_recruitment_absent (3) [sources: Benwell_2024; Clarke_2015; Williams_2012]
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; Stephens_2024]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (2) [sources: Gross_2005; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_dry_mass (numerical): 1129.02 mg (949.2-1227.5 mg) [sources: Portelli_2023]
  • fruit_length (numerical): 15.5 mm (10-21 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; Stephens_2024]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 12.12 mm (8-16 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; Stephens_2024]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 12.5 mm (10-15 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (6) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (4) [sources: Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (7) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): white (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 2362.74 mm2 (987.93-3260 mm2) [sources: McCarthy_2017; Portelli_2023; Vlasveld_2018; Westoby_2014]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 120 mm (80-160 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; NHNSW_2023; Stephens_2024]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 25.67 mm (13-42 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023; Stephens_2024]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 468.56 mg (273.7-532 mg) [sources: Portelli_2023; Vlasveld_2018]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 1.62 cm (0.8-2.5 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 150.87 g/m2 (93.8-184.98 g/m2) [sources: McCarthy_2017; Portelli_2023; Vlasveld_2018; Westoby_2014]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (3); narrowly_ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): tree (8) [sources: ABRS_2022; CPBR_2002; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (2) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2014_2]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
  • dispersers (categorical): wind (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yyyyyyynnnyy (1); yyyyyyynnyyy (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; Stephens_2024]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): canopy_seedbank (1); none (1) [sources: Benwell_2024; NSWFRD_2014]
  • storage_organ (categorical): lignotuber (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Nicolle_2006]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_buds (1); basal_stem_buds (2); epicormic_buds (4) [sources: Clarke_2015; NSWFRD_2014; Nicolle_2006; Williams_2012]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 12.63 mg/g (10.42-14.84 mg/g) [sources: Westoby_2014]
  • leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 0.73 mg/g (0.57-0.9 mg/g) [sources: Westoby_2014]
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -27 {delta}[ppth] (-27.19--26.81 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Westoby_2014]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 4.93 mg (4.63-5.8 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1; Portelli_2023]
  • seed_length (numerical): 7.56 mm (4-11 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_width (numerical): 1.5 mm (1-2 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid (1); winged (2) [sources: ABRS_2023]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.68 mg/mm3 (0.51-0.87 mg/mm3) [sources: Ilic_2000; Kooyman_2011; Portelli_2023; Westoby_2014; Zieminska_2013]
  • huber_value (numerical): 0 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf} (0-0 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf}) [sources: Westoby_2014]
  • stem_vessel_density (numerical): 153.5 {count}/mm2 (149.52-159.02 {count}/mm2) [sources: Zieminska_2013]
  • stem_vessel_diameter (numerical): 36.85 um (31.87-41.25 um) [sources: Zieminska_2013]
  • stem_vessel_lumen_fraction (numerical): 0.17 mm2/mm2 (0.12-0.2 mm2/mm2) [sources: Zieminska_2013]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 32 m (30-35 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Westoby_20143369S. M. Gleason, D. W. Butler, K. Zieminska, P. Waryszak, and M. Westoby. “Stem xylem conductivity is key to plant water balance across Australian angiosperm species”. Functional Ecology 26 (2012), pp. 343-352. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2012.01962.x.
Portelli_20231147A. M. Portelli, S. M. Windecker, L. J. Pollock, W. C. Neal, W. K. Morris, R. Khot, and P. A. Vesk. “From mallees to mountain ash, specific leaf area is coordinated with eucalypt tree stature, resprouting, stem construction, and fruit size”. Australian Journal of Botany 71.8 (2023). Ed. by D. Williams, pp. 506-522. ISSN: 1444-9862. doi: 10.1071/bt23028.
ABRS_20231734Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Zieminska_20131030K. Ziemińska, D. W. Butler, S. M. Gleason, I. J. Wright, and M. Westoby. “Fibre wall and lumen fractions drive wood density variation across 24 Australian angiosperms”. AoB PLANTS 5 (2013), p. plt046. doi: 10.1093/aobpla/plt046.
NHNSW_20231217N. 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/.
Stephens_2024916R. E. Stephens, H. Sauquet, B. Laugier, C. Gosper, and R. V. Gallagher. “Eucalypt flower size and colour shaped more by pollination than abiotic environment”. in review (2024).
Cooper_20131013W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
Kooyman_2011912R. 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.
McCarthy_2017210J. K. McCarthy, J. M. Dwyer, and K. Mokany. “A regional-scale assessment of using metabolic scaling theory to predict ecosystem properties”. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 286.1915 (2019), p. 20192221. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2019.2221.
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.
CPBR_200258Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research. EUCLID 2.0: Eucalypts of Australia. 2002. url: http://apps.lucidcentral.org/euclid/text/intro/index.html.
NSWFRD_201488B. 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.
ABRS_202236Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Clarke_201536P. 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.
Vlasveld_201836C. Vlasveld, B. O'Leary, F. Udovicic, and M. Burd. “Leaf heteroblasty in eucalypts: biogeographic evidence of ecological function”. Australian Journal of Botany 66.3 (2018), pp. 191-201. doi: 10.1071/bt17134.
Benwell_202444A. Benwell. “Fire responses of flora in a sclerophyll-rainforest vegetation complex in the Nightcap Range, North Coast, New South Wales”. Australian Journal of Botany 72.1 (2024). Ed. by D. Williams. ISSN: 1444-9862. doi: 10.1071/bt23049.
Gross_200544C. L. Gross. “A comparison of the sexual systems in the trees from the Australian tropics with other tropical biomes-more monoecy but why?”. American Journal of Botany 92.6 (2005), pp. 907-919. doi: 10.3732/ajb.92.6.907.
Ilic_200014J. 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.
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.
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/.
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/.
Nicolle_200633D. Nicolle. “A classification and census of regenerative strategies in the eucalypts (Angophora, Corymbia and Eucalyptus - Myrtaceae), with special reference to the obligate seeders”. Australian Journal of Botany 54.4 (2006), pp. 391-407. doi: 10.1071/bt05061.
Williams_201233P. R. Williams, M. Parsons, R. Jensen, and C. Tran. “Mechanisms of rainforest persistence and recruitment in frequently burnt wet tropical eucalypt forests”. Austral Ecology 37.2 (2012), pp. 268-275. ISSN: 1442-9993. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2011.02271.x.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Gallagher_201511R. Gallagher and R. Lanfear. “Unpublished data: Trait campaign with the Royal Botanical Gardens & Macquarie University”. 2015.
Kew_2019_111Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. 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.