Eucalyptus amplifolia subsp. amplifolia

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Family Myrtaceae

Taxonomy: Eucalyptus amplifolia Naudin subsp. amplifolia

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)

Eucalyptus amplifolia Naudin var. amplifolia (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (21), CPBR_2002 (8), Clarke_2015 (2), Gallagher_2015 (1), Kew_2019_1 (1), Mesaglio_2022 (1), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (16), NSWFRD_2014 (7), Nicolle_2006 (3), Portelli_2023 (36), Stephens_2024 (4), Vlasveld_2018 (8), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (18). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 57 traits from 135 records in 17 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 (3) [sources: Clarke_2015; NSWFRD_2014; Nicolle_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_dry_mass (numerical): 90.32 mg (57.98-141.8 mg) [sources: Portelli_2023]
fruit_length (numerical): 5 mm (4-6 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
fruit_width (numerical): 6.5 mm (5-8 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
fruit_height (numerical): 6.5 mm (5-8 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): capsule (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 3219.1 mm2 (2189.33-4427 mm2) [sources: Portelli_2023; Vlasveld_2018]
leaf_length (numerical): 151.25 mm (50-250 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; NHNSW_2023; Stephens_2024]
leaf_width (numerical): 55.88 mm (15-180 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; NHNSW_2023; Stephens_2024]
leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 564.38 mg (398.57-917.8 mg) [sources: Portelli_2023; Vlasveld_2018]
petiole_length (numerical): 2 cm (1-3 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 183.25 g/m2 (100.81-240.51 g/m2) [sources: Portelli_2023; Vlasveld_2018]
leaf_shape (categorical): falcate (1); lanceolate (2); narrowly_ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): undulate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): tree (6) [sources: ABRS_2022; CPBR_2002; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: White_2020]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (1); barochory (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
dispersers (categorical): wind (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnnyn (1); ynnnnnnnnnyy (1) [sources: Mesaglio_2022; White_2020]
seedbank_location (categorical): canopy_seedbank (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (1) [sources: White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
storage_organ (categorical): lignotuber (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Nicolle_2006]
bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (1); epicormic_buds (3) [sources: Clarke_2015; NSWFRD_2014; Nicolle_2006]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.41 mg (0.39-0.43 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1; Portelli_2023]
seed_length (numerical): 1.1 mm (0.7-1.5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002]
seed_shape (categorical): polyhedral (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

stem morphology

wood_density (numerical): 0.53 mg/mm3 (0.52-0.56 mg/mm3) [sources: Portelli_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 30 m (30-30 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; NHNSW_2023]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
Portelli_2023	11	36	A. 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_2023	17	21	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
White_2020	18	18	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
NHNSW_2023	11	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/.
CPBR_2002	5	8	Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research. EUCLID 2.0: Eucalypts of Australia. 2002. url: http://apps.lucidcentral.org/euclid/text/intro/index.html.
Vlasveld_2018	5	8	C. 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.
NSWFRD_2014	7	7	B. 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.
Stephens_2024	2	4	R. 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).
ABRS_2022	3	3	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_2022	3	3	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/.
Nicolle_2006	3	3	D. 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.
Clarke_2015	2	2	P. 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.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Gallagher_2015	1	1	R. Gallagher and R. Lanfear. “Unpublished data: Trait campaign with the Royal Botanical Gardens & Macquarie University”. 2015.
Kew_2019_1	1	1	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Mesaglio_2022	1	1	T. Mesaglio. “Unpublished data: Comprehensive biodiversity survey of Wategora Reserve and Everley Park along Duck River, western Sydney”. 2022. doi: 10.32942/X29886.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.