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Eucalyptus arenacea

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Family Myrtaceae

Taxonomy: Eucalyptus arenacea Marginson & Ladiges

Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Eucalyptus baxteri (Benth.) Maiden & Blakely ex J.M.Black (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): SA, Vic

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (24), ANBG_2019 (4), CPBR_2002 (8), Cheal_2017 (8), Clarke_2015 (3), Draper_2023 (3), Gallagher_2015 (1), Kew_2019_1 (1), McGlone_2015 (6), Nicolle_2006 (3), Pollock_2012 (242), Portelli_2023 (87), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (17), Richards_2021 (42), Schulze_2006 (3), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Staples_2019 (5), Stephens_2024 (16), Vlasveld_2018 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (19). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 80 traits from 507 records in 24 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
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (1) [sources: Stephens_2024]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_dry_mass (numerical): 315.67 mg (170-468 mg) [sources: Pollock_2012; Portelli_2023]
  • fruit_length (numerical): 7.92 mm (4-10 mm) [sources: Pollock_2012; ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; Stephens_2024]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 9.43 mm (7-12 mm) [sources: Pollock_2012; ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; Stephens_2024]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 11 mm (11-11 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (2); caryopsis (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 2023.29 mm2 (700-3827 mm2) [sources: Pollock_2012; Portelli_2023; Richards_2021]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 86.5 mm (35-120 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; RBGV_2023; Stephens_2024]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 25.8 mm (12-40 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; RBGV_2023; Stephens_2024]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 576.01 mg (161-1116 mg) [sources: Pollock_2012; Portelli_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 1.75 cm (1-2.5 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 283.62 g/m2 (180.02-361.28 g/m2) [sources: Pollock_2012; Portelli_2023; Richards_2021; Schulze_2006]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.58 g/g (0.57-0.59 g/g) [sources: Richards_2021]
  • leaf_water_content_per_dry_mass (numerical): 0.72 g/g (0.7-0.75 g/g) [sources: Richards_2021]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): falcate (1); lanceolate (2); narrowly_ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (1); oblique (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; McGlone_2015; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): mallee (4); tree (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; CPBR_2002; McGlone_2015; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; Cheal_2017; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): bird (1); insect (2); mammal (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (2) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): passive (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
  • flowering_time (categorical): ynnnnnyyyyyy (2) [sources: Stephens_2024; White_2020]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): long_persistent (1); transient (1) [sources: Cheal_2017; 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 (2) [sources: Clarke_2015; Nicolle_2006]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 10.93 mg/g (8.2-15 mg/g) [sources: Richards_2021; Schulze_2006]
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -27.78 {delta}[ppth] (-29.06--26.84 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Richards_2021; Schulze_2006]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 1.88 mg (0.78-2.96 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1; Pollock_2012; Portelli_2023]
  • seed_length (numerical): 2.37 mm (1.8-3 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002]
  • seed_width (numerical): 1.53 mm (1.53-1.53 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019]
  • seed_shape (categorical): polyhedral (2); sectoroid (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; ANBG_2019; RBGV_2023]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.72 mg/mm3 (0.51-0.91 mg/mm3) [sources: Portelli_2023; Staples_2019]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Pollock_20129242L. J. Pollock, W. K. Morris, and P. A. Vesk. “The role of functional traits in species distributions revealed through a hierarchical model”. Ecography 35.8 (2011), pp. 716-725. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2011.07085.x.
Portelli_20231187A. 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.
Richards_20211442J. H. Richards, J. J. Henn, Q. M. Sorenson, M. A. Adams, D. D. Smith, K. A. McCulloh, and T. J. Givnish. “Mistletoes and their eucalypt hosts differ in the response of leaf functional traits to climatic moisture supply”. Oecologia 195 (2021), pp. 759-771. doi: 10.1007/s00442-021-04867-1.
ABRS_20231824Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
White_20201919M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
RBGV_20231417VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.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).
CPBR_200258Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research. EUCLID 2.0: Eucalypts of Australia. 2002. url: http://apps.lucidcentral.org/euclid/text/intro/index.html.
Cheal_201788D. 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.
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.
Staples_201915T. 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.
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.
Clarke_201533P. 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.
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.
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.
RBGV_202233VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Schulze_200633E. Schulze, N. C. Turner, D. Nicolle, and J. Schumacher. “Species differences in carbon isotope ratios, specific leaf area and nitrogen concentrations in leaves of Eucalyptus growing in a common garden compared with along an aridity gradient”. Physiologia Plantarum 127.3 (2006), pp. 434-444. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-3054.2006.00682.x.
Vlasveld_201822C. 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.
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.
Kew_2019_111Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.