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Eucalyptus capillosa

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Family Myrtaceae

Taxonomy: Eucalyptus capillosa Brooker & Hopper

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Eucalyptus capillosa Brooker & Hopper subsp. capillosa (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Eucalyptus capillosa subsp. polyclada Brooker & Hopper (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (6), ABRS_2023 (40), CPBR_2002 (15), Choat_2012 (5), Gallagher_2015 (1), Ilic_2000 (1), Kew_2019_1 (1), Kew_2019_6 (2), Mitchell_2008 (10), Nicolle_2006 (3), Schulze_2006 (3), Schulze_2006_2 (7), Shedley_2007 (8), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Staples_2019 (80), Stephens_2024 (24), Turner_2010 (28), Vlasveld_2018 (6), WAH_2022_2 (9), WAH_2023_2 (6), Wenk_2022 (6), Wenk_2023 (3). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 55 traits from 268 records in 22 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 (2); resprouts (2) [sources: Nicolle_2006; Schulze_2006_2; Shedley_2007]
  • post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (2) [sources: Shedley_2007]
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (1) [sources: Stephens_2024]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 6.5 mm (5-8 mm) [sources: Stephens_2024]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 5 mm (4-6 mm) [sources: Stephens_2024]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 1271.39 mm2 (706-2785.73 mm2) [sources: Schulze_2006_2; Staples_2019; Turner_2010; Vlasveld_2018]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 87.14 mm (40-125 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; Stephens_2024]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 20 mm (10-45 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; Stephens_2024]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 391.39 mg (223.98-869.2 mg) [sources: Schulze_2006_2; Staples_2019; Turner_2010; Vlasveld_2018]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 1.8 cm (1-2.7 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 303.34 g/m2 (239.3-374.58 g/m2) [sources: Mitchell_2008; Schulze_2006; Schulze_2006_2; Staples_2019; Turner_2010; Vlasveld_2018]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (2); lanceolate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): mallee (5); tree (8) [sources: ABRS_2022; CPBR_2002; Shedley_2007; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (8) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (8) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yynnnynnnnny (1) [sources: Stephens_2024]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): canopy_seedbank (2) [sources: Shedley_2007]
  • storage_organ (categorical): lignotuber (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; Nicolle_2006]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (1) [sources: Nicolle_2006]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 12.43 mg/g (9.92-14.5 mg/g) [sources: Schulze_2006; Schulze_2006_2; Turner_2010]
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -26.16 {delta}[ppth] (-28.83--23.94 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Mitchell_2008; Schulze_2006; Schulze_2006_2; Turner_2010]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.35 mg (0.35-0.35 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_length (numerical): 1.15 mm (0.8-1.5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002]
  • seed_shape (categorical): globoid (2) [sources: ABRS_2023]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.88 mg/mm3 (0.72-0.96 mg/mm3) [sources: Ilic_2000; Mitchell_2008; Staples_2019]
  • huber_value (numerical): 0 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf} (0-0 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf}) [sources: Mitchell_2008]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 10.29 m (2-15 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Staples_2019480T. 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.
ABRS_20231640Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Turner_2010728N. C. Turner, E. Schulze, D. Nicolle, and I. Kuhlmann. “Growth in two common gardens reveals species by environment interaction in carbon isotope discrimination of Eucalyptus”. Tree Physiology 30.6 (2010), pp. 741-747. doi: 10.1093/treephys/tpq029.
Stephens_2024924R. 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_2002515Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research. EUCLID 2.0: Eucalypts of Australia. 2002. url: http://apps.lucidcentral.org/euclid/text/intro/index.html.
Mitchell_20081010P. J. Mitchell, E. J. Veneklaas, H. Lambers, and S. S. O. Burgess. “Using multiple trait associations to define hydraulic functional types in plant communities of south-western Australia”. Oecologia 158 (2008), pp. 385-397. doi: 10.1007/s00442-008-1152-5.
WAH_2022_239Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Shedley_200748E. F. Shedley. Fire and Biodiversity Guidelines for the Avon Basin: Consultant Report to the Avon Catchment Council and the Department of Environment and Conservation, August 2007. Tech. rep. Department of Environment and Conservation, Western Australia, 2007.
Schulze_2006_277E. Schulze, N. C. Turner, D. Nicolle, and J. Schumacher. “Leaf and wood carbon isotope ratios, specific leaf areas and woodgrowth of Eucalyptus species across a rainfall gradient in Australia”. Tree Physiology 26.4 (2006), pp. 479-492. doi: 10.1093/treephys/26.4.479.
ABRS_202236Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Vlasveld_201836C. 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.
WAH_2023_216Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202226E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Choat_201255B. Choat, S. Jansen, T. J. Brodribb, H. Cochard, S. Delzon, R. Bhaskar, S. J. Bucci, T. S. Feild, S. M. Gleason, U. G. Hacke, A. L. Jacobsen, F. Lens, H. Maherali, J. Martinez-Vilalta, S. Mayr, M. Mencuccini, P. J. Mitchell, A. Nardini, J. Pittermann, R. B. Pratt, J. S. Sperry, M. Westoby, I. J. Wright, and A. E. Zanne. “Global convergence in the vulnerability of forests to drought”. Nature 491.7426 (2012), pp. 752-755. doi: 10.1038/nature11688.
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.
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.
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.
Wenk_202313E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.
Kew_2019_612Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Germination data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
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.
Kew_2019_111Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.