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Dichelachne crinita

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Family Poaceae

Taxonomy: Dichelachne crinita (L.f.) Hook.f.

Synonyms: 9 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Agrostis crinita (L.f.) R.Br. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Anthoxanthum crinitum L.f. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Dichelachne comata Trin. & Rupr. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Dichelachne longiseta Trin. & Rupr. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Muchlenbergia crinita F.M.Bailey (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Muehlenbergia mollicoma Veldkamp (taxonomic synonym)
  • Muhlenbergia crinita (L.f.) Trin. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Muhlenbergia mollicoma Nees (taxonomic synonym)
  • Stipa micrantha var. crinita (L.f.) F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)
Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Dichelachne micrantha (Cav.) Domin (misapplied)

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

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (11), Barrett_2009 (1), Burrows_2008_2 (4), Burrows_2020 (4), Cheal_2017 (5), Cross_2009 (4), Doherty_2021 (2), Draper_2023 (3), GrassBase_2014 (8), Jordan_2001 (7), Kew_2019_1 (2), Kew_2019_6 (4), Kubiak_2009 (5), Meers_2007 (11), Mokany_2008 (43), Mokany_2015 (2), Morgan_2011_1 (5), Munroe_2019 (1), NHNSW_2014 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (1), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (6), NSWFRD_2014 (12), Osborne_2014 (1), Pickup_2021 (3), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (8), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (7), Simpson_2021 (3), Sjostrom_2006 (4), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wheeler_2002 (10), White_2020 (18), Williams_2005 (5), Williams_2011 (9), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (4). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 74 traits from 235 records in 41 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): partial_resprouting (2); resprouts (8) [sources: Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020; Cheal_2017; Doherty_2021; Kubiak_2009; Meers_2007; NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021; Simpson_2021]
  • post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (1); post_fire_recruitment_absent (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021]
  • fire_time_from_fire_to_flowering (numerical): 30 mo (30-30 mo) [sources: Burrows_2020]
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): green (1) [sources: eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (2); monoecious (1) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 3.15 mm (2.8-3.5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): caryopsis (6) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006; WAH_2023_2]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): green (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 197.03 mm2 (27.49-376.4 mm2) [sources: Meers_2007; Mokany_2008; Mokany_2015]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 163.81 mm (55-350 mm) [sources: Mokany_2008; ABRS_2023; GrassBase_2014; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 3.46 mm (2-7 mm) [sources: Mokany_2008; ABRS_2023; GrassBase_2014; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 12.23 mg (10-15.2 mg) [sources: Mokany_2008]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 82.18 g/m2 (49.33-131.41 g/m2) [sources: Cross_2009; Meers_2007; Mokany_2008]
  • leaf_mass_fraction (numerical): 0.12 g/g (0.08-0.15 g/g) [sources: Mokany_2008]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.34 g/g (0.31-0.36 g/g) [sources: Mokany_2008]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): linear (1) [sources: Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): sheathing (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (2); involute (1) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_arrangement (categorical): scattered (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_inclination_angle (numerical): 74.67 deg (61-82 deg) [sources: Mokany_2008]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (4); c4 (1) [sources: Mokany_2008; Munroe_2019; Osborne_2014; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): graminoid (7); herb (7); tussock (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; Barrett_2009; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; Wheeler_2002; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • life_form (categorical): hemicryptophyte (4); therophyte (1) [sources: Meers_2007; Mokany_2008; Morgan_2011_1; Williams_2005; Williams_2011]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (14); short_lived_perennial (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020; Cheal_2017; Cross_2009; Jordan_2001; Morgan_2011_1; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Simpson_2021; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023; Wheeler_2002; Williams_2005]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (6) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (4) [sources: Meers_2007; Mokany_2008; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • root_structure (categorical): non_mycorrhizal (2) [sources: Meers_2007; Williams_2011]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): abiotic (1); self (1); wind (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • pollination_system (categorical): abiotic (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (2); epizoochory (5) [sources: Draper_2023; Meers_2007; Morgan_2011_1; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020; Williams_2005; Williams_2011]
  • dispersers (categorical): mammals (1); wind (2) [sources: Draper_2023; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyyyn (2); yynnnnnnnnyy (1); yyynnnnnnyyy (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014; NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank_absent (1) [sources: Williams_2005]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (3); vegetative (1) [sources: Meers_2007; Morgan_2011_1; White_2020; Williams_2005]
  • clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): rhizome (2) [sources: Meers_2007; Williams_2011]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_buds (1); bud-bearing_root (3); root_crown (1) [sources: Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020; Doherty_2021; NSWFRD_2014; Simpson_2021]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.49 mg (0.35-0.65 mg) [sources: Cross_2009; Kew_2019_1; Meers_2007; Mokany_2015]
  • seed_length (numerical): 4.32 mm (2.8-5.5 mm) [sources: Jordan_2001; GrassBase_2014]
  • seed_width (numerical): 1.5 mm (1.5-1.5 mm) [sources: Jordan_2001]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Mokany_20081943K. Mokany and J. Ash. “Are traits measured on pot grown plants representative of those in natural communities?”. Journal of Vegetation Science 19 (2008), pp. 119-126. doi: 10.3170/2007-8-18340.
White_20201818M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
NSWFRD_20141112B. 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_2023811Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Meers_20071111T. Meers. “Role of plant functional traits in determining the response of vegetation to land use change on the Delatite Peninsula, Victoria.”. PhD. University of Melbourne, 2007.
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.
Williams_201199R. P. Duncan, S. E. Clemants, R. T. Corlett, A. K. Hahs, M. A. McCarthy, M. J. McDonnell, M. W. Schwartz, K. Thompson, P. A. Vesk, and N. S. G. Williams. “Plant traits and extinction in urban areas: a meta-analysis of 11 cities”. Global Ecology and Biogeography 20.4 (2011), pp. 509-519. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00633.x.
GrassBase_201448W. Clayton, M. Vorontsova, and K. H. &. H. Williamson. GrassBase - The online world grass flora. 2006. url: http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db.html.
RBGV_202378VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
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.
SAH_202367S. 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/.
NHNSW_202356N. 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/.
Cheal_201755D. 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.
Kubiak_200935P. J. Kubiak. “Fire responses of bushland plants after the January 1994 wildfires in northern Sydney”. Cunninghamia 11.1 (2009), pp. 131-165.
Morgan_2011_155J. Morgan. “Unpublished data: Grassy woodland traits, La Trobe University”. 2011.
Williams_200555N. S. G. Williams, J. W. Morgan, M. J. McDonnell, and M. A. McCarthy. “Plant traits and local extinctions in natural grasslands along an urban-rural gradient”. Journal of Ecology 93.6 (2005), pp. 1203-1213. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2005.01039.x.
Burrows_2008_244N. D. Burrows, G. Wardell-Johnson, and B. Ward. “Post-fire juvenile period of plants in south-west Australia forests and implications for fire management”. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 91 (2008), pp. 163-174. ISSN: 0035922X. url: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19156 (visited on 03/27/2025).
Burrows_202044N. Burrows. Data from 'Plant Ecological Attributes' theme, NatureMap, DBCA, WA. 2020.
Cross_200944E. Cross. “The characteristics of natives and invaders: A trait-based investigation into the theory of limiting similarity.”. Honours. La Trobe University, 2009.
Kew_2019_614Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Germination data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
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.
eFLOWER_Dun_202234L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
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.
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.
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Pickup_202133M. Pickup and T. McDonald. Bushfire impacts — A national model for assessing local landscape restoration priorities. Project Phoenix Report. Greening Australia, 2021. url: https://www.greeningaustralia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/1.02R2.pdf.
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/.
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WAH_2022_233Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
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Doherty_202122M. Doherty. “Fire Severity and Plant Community Dynamics in the Australian Alps, Southeastern New South Wales”. PhD. Australian National University, 2021. url: http://hdl.handle.net/1885/224564.
Kew_2019_112Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
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Munroe_201911S. 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.
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NHNSW_2014_211Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Osborne_201411C. Osborne, A. Salomaa, T. Kluyver, V. Visser, E. Kellogg, O. Morrone, M. Vorontsova, W. Clayton, and D. Simpson. “A global database of C4 photosynthesis in grasses”. New Phytologist 204 (2014), pp. 441-446. doi: 10.1111/nph.12942.
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