AusTraits

Eucalyptus amygdalina

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Family Myrtaceae

Taxonomy: Eucalyptus amygdalina Labill.

Synonyms: 6 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Eucalyptus amygdalina Labill. var. amygdalina (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Eucalyptus glandulosa Desf. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eucalyptus globularis DC. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eucalyptus salicifolia Cav. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eucalyptus salicifolia Cav. var. salicifolia (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eucalyptus salicifolius Cav. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): Tas

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (18), ANBG_2019 (4), Blackman_2023 (8), CPBR_2002 (8), Gallagher_2015 (1), Ilic_2000 (1), Jordan_2001 (6), Kew_2019_1 (3), Kirkpatrick_2020 (3), McGlone_2015 (6), Mokany_2015 (2), Nicolle_2006 (3), Prior_2016 (3), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Staples_2019 (75), Stephens_2021 (1), Stephens_2024 (16), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Westoby_2014 (31), Wright_2000 (3), Zieminska_2013 (30). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 81 traits from 232 records in 23 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 (2) [sources: Kirkpatrick_2020; Nicolle_2006; Prior_2016]
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (1) [sources: Stephens_2024]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (2); monoecious (1) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 5.5 mm (4-7 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Stephens_2024]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 5.75 mm (4-7 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Stephens_2024]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 721.46 mm2 (286.68-920 mm2) [sources: Blackman_2023; Mokany_2015; Staples_2019; Westoby_2014]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 86 mm (28-120 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; Stephens_2024]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 8.38 mm (2-13 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; Stephens_2024]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 91.39 mg (55.5-168.6 mg) [sources: Staples_2019]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 0.85 cm (0.7-1 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 198.38 g/m2 (160.37-308.78 g/m2) [sources: Blackman_2023; Staples_2019; Westoby_2014]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): falcate (1); linear (1); narrowly_lanceolate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; McGlone_2015]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): mallee (2); tree (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; CPBR_2002; McGlone_2015; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; Jordan_2001; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • flowering_time (categorical): ynnnnnynnnyy (2) [sources: Stephens_2021; Stephens_2024]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): canopy_seedbank (1); soil_seedbank_absent (1) [sources: Kirkpatrick_2020]
  • serotiny (categorical): serotinous (1) [sources: Kirkpatrick_2020]
  • storage_organ (categorical): lignotuber (1) [sources: Nicolle_2006]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_buds (1); basal_stem_buds (1); epicormic_buds (2) [sources: Nicolle_2006; Prior_2016]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 10.2 mg/g (10.2-10.2 mg/g) [sources: Westoby_2014]
  • leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 0.69 mg/g (0.69-0.69 mg/g) [sources: Westoby_2014]
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -27.27 {delta}[ppth] (-27.27--27.27 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Westoby_2014]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 2.84 mg (0.44-8.3 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1; Mokany_2015]
  • seed_length (numerical): 1.68 mm (1-2 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; Jordan_2001; CPBR_2002]
  • seed_width (numerical): 1.01 mm (0.94-1.07 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; Jordan_2001]
  • seed_shape (categorical): polyhedral (1) [sources: ANBG_2019]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.62 mg/mm3 (0.54-0.64 mg/mm3) [sources: Blackman_2023; Ilic_2000; Zieminska_2013]
  • huber_value (numerical): 0 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf} (0-0 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf}) [sources: Westoby_2014]
  • stem_vessel_density (numerical): 112.24 {count}/mm2 (73.93-172.5 {count}/mm2) [sources: Zieminska_2013]
  • stem_vessel_diameter (numerical): 40.82 um (33.69-47.18 um) [sources: Zieminska_2013]
  • stem_vessel_lumen_fraction (numerical): 0.14 mm2/mm2 (0.12-0.15 mm2/mm2) [sources: Zieminska_2013]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 24.17 m (15-30 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; McGlone_2015]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Staples_2019375T. Staples, J. M. Dwyer, J. R. England, and M. M. Mayfield. “Productivity does not correlate with species and functional diversity in Australian reforestation plantings across a wide climate gradient”. Global Ecology and Biogeography 28.10 (2019), pp. 1417-1429. doi: 10.1111/geb.12962.
Westoby_20143131S. 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.
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.
ABRS_20231218Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.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).
Blackman_202388C. J. Blackman, B. Halliwell, G. E. Hartill, and T. J. Brodribb. “Petiole XLA (xylem to leaf area ratio) integrates hydraulic safety and efficiency across a diverse group of eucalypt leaves”. Plant, Cell & Environment 47.1 (2023), pp. 49-58. ISSN: 1365-3040. doi: 10.1111/pce.14713.
CPBR_200258Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research. EUCLID 2.0: Eucalypts of Australia. 2002. url: http://apps.lucidcentral.org/euclid/text/intro/index.html.
Jordan_200166G. 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.
McGlone_201566M. S. McGlone, S. J. Richardson, G. J. Jordan, and G. L. Perry. “Is there a `suboptimal' woody species height? A response to Scheffer et al.”. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 30.1 (2015), pp. 4-5. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2014.09.007.
ANBG_201944Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
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.
Kew_2019_113Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Kirkpatrick_202033J. Kirkpatrick. “Unpublished data: Fire response traits for woody Tasmanian endemic species, University of Tasmania”. 2020.
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.
Prior_201633L. D. Prior, G. J. Williamson, and D. M. J. S. Bowman. “Impact of high-severity fire in a Tasmainian dry eucalypt forest”. Australian Journal of Botany 64 (2016), pp. 193-205. doi: 10.1071/BT15259.
Wright_200033I. 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.
Mokany_201522K. Mokany, J. J. Thomson, A. J. J. Lynch, G. J. Jordan, and S. Ferrier. “Linking changes in community composition and function under climate change”. Ecological Applications 25.8 (2015), pp. 2132-2141. doi: 10.1890/14-2384.1.
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.
Ilic_200011J. 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.
Stephens_202111R. Stephens. “Unpublished data: Flowering time data from TERN plots, Macquarie University.”. 2021.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.