Epacris crassifolia
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Family Ericaceae
Taxonomy: Epacris crassifolia R.Br.
Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30
Distribution (APC): NSW
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Hughes_1992 (3), Kubiak_2009 (3), NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (16), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 24 traits from 37 records in 8 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): fire_killed (2) [sources: Kubiak_2009]
flower morphology
- flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
- sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 2.3 mm (1.8-2.8 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): capsule (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 9 mm (5-13 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 3.35 mm (1.7-5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- petiole_length (numerical): 0.12 cm (0.06-0.18 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); obovate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_base_shape (categorical): cuneate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
- leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): concave (1); flat (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (3) [sources: Hughes_1992; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): decumbent (1); prostrate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022]
- flowering_time (categorical): ynnnnnnnnnyy (2) [sources: Hughes_1992; NHNSW_2014_2]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 0.6 m (0.2-1 m) [sources: Hughes_1992; NHNSW_2023]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| NHNSW_2023 | 12 | 16 | N. 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/. |
| NHNSW_2014_2 | 4 | 4 | Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/. |
| NHNSW_2022 | 4 | 4 | N. 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/. |
| Sjostrom_2006 | 4 | 4 | A. 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. |
| Hughes_1992 | 3 | 3 | L. Hughes and B. Rice. “Unpublished data: Traits data for 643 species, Macquarie University”. 1992. |
| Kubiak_2009 | 2 | 3 | P. J. Kubiak. “Fire responses of bushland plants after the January 1994 wildfires in northern Sydney”. Cunninghamia 11.1 (2009), pp. 131-165. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |