AusTraits

Diplachne fusca

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Family Poaceae

Taxonomy: Diplachne fusca (L.) P.Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult.

Synonyms: 9 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Diplachne parviflora (R.Br.) Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Diplachne reptatrix (L.) Druce (taxonomic synonym)
  • Festuca fusca L. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Festuca reptatrix L. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Leptochloa fusca (L.) Kunth (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Triodia ambigua R.Br. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Triodia parviflora R.Br. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Uralepis drummondii Steud. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Uralepis fusca (L.) Steud. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW (native and naturalised), ACT (formerly naturalised), Vic

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (9), Draper_2023 (3), GrassBase_2014 (6), Jurado_1991 (6), Jurado_1992 (3), Kew_2019_3 (3), Metcalfe_2020_2 (18), Munroe_2019 (2), NHNSW_2022 (8), NHNSW_2023 (14), NTH_2022 (3), NTH_2023 (11), Osborne_2014 (1), RBGK_2014 (2), SAH_2014 (1), SAH_2022 (6), SAH_2023 (7), Simpson_2021 (2), Sjostrom_2006 (4), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wenk_2023_2 (2), White_2020 (56), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 48 traits from 180 records in 27 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 (1); resprouts (1) [sources: Simpson_2021; White_2020]
flower morphology
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 1.6 mm (1.5-1.8 mm) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2; NTH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): caryopsis (9) [sources: ABRS_2023; Metcalfe_2020_2; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006; WAH_2023_2]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1); indehiscent (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): brown (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 675.15 mm2 (600.3-750 mm2) [sources: Jurado_1991; Metcalfe_2020_2]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 267 mm (50-550 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; GrassBase_2014; Metcalfe_2020_2; NTH_2023; SAH_2014]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 2.7 mm (0.5-5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; GrassBase_2014; Metcalfe_2020_2; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): linear (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): sheathing (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
  • leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): conduplicate (1); convolute (2); flat (3); involute (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (6) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c4 (6) [sources: Munroe_2019; Osborne_2014; White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): graminoid (8); herb (7); tussock (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; Jurado_1991; Metcalfe_2020_2; NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
  • life_form (categorical): hemicryptophyte (1); therophyte (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
  • life_history (categorical): annual (4); biennial (2); perennial (9) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; SAH_2022; Simpson_2021; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (8) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (3) [sources: White_2020]
  • root_structure (categorical): non_mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (3) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): abiotic (3); self (1); wind (2) [sources: Draper_2023; Metcalfe_2020_2; White_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (3); epizoochory (3) [sources: Draper_2023; Jurado_1991; Metcalfe_2020_2; White_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): mammals (3); wind (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnnnnny (1); yyyyyyyyyyyy (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (3) [sources: White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (4) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2; White_2020]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.33 mg (0.15-0.41 mg) [sources: Jurado_1991; Metcalfe_2020_2; RBGK_2014]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
White_20202056M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
Metcalfe_2020_21718D. Metcalfe. “Unpublished data: Traits of Poaceae spp, CSIRO”. 2020.
NHNSW_2023614N. 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/.
NTH_2023911D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/.
ABRS_202379Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_202248N. 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_202337S. 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/.
GrassBase_201436W. Clayton, M. Vorontsova, and K. H. &. H. Williamson. GrassBase - The online world grass flora. 2006. url: http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db.html.
Jurado_199166E. Jurado. “Diaspore weight, dispersal, growth form and perenniality of central Australian plants”. Journal of Ecology 79 (1991), pp. 811-828.
SAH_202236S. 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.
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.
Jurado_199213E. Jurado and M. Westoby. “Germination biology of selected central Australian plants”. Austral Ecology 17.3 (1992), pp. 341-348. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.1992.tb00816.x.
Kew_2019_333Royal 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/.
NTH_202233D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/.
WAH_2022_233Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
WAH_2023_223Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Munroe_201912S. 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.
RBGK_201412Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID). 2014. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Simpson_202122K. J. Simpson, E. C. Jardine, S. Archibald, E. J. Forrestel, C. E. R. Lehmann, G. H. Thomas, and C. P. Osborne. “Resprouting grasses are associated with less frequent fire than seeders”. New Phytologist 230 (2021), pp. 832-844. doi: 10.1111/nph.17069.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Wenk_2023_212E. Wenk and D. Coleman. “Unpublished: Rain and flood-related flowering cues for Australia's flora, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2023.
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.
SAH_201411J. P. Jessop and H. R. Toelken. Flora of South Australia, 4th edition, 4 vols. Electronic version curated by J. Kellermann, State Herbarium of South Australia.. Government Printer, Adelaide, 1986.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.
eFLOWER_Dun_202211L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.