AusTraits

Eucalyptus coolabah

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Family Myrtaceae

Taxonomy: Eucalyptus coolabah Blakely & Jacobs

Synonyms: 10 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Eucalyptus coolabah Blakely & Jacobs subsp. coolabah (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Eucalyptus coolabah Blakely & Jacobs var. coolabah (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Eucalyptus coolabah subsp. arida (Blakely) L.A.S.Johnson & K.D.Hill (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eucalyptus coolabah subsp. excerata L.A.S.Johnson & K.D.Hill (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eucalyptus coolabah var. arida Blakely (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eucalyptus gymnoteles L.A.S.Johnson & K.D.Hill (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eucalyptus raveretiana var. jerichoensis Domin (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eucalyptus sp. A (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eucalyptus sp. A Kimberley Flora (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eucalyptus sp. A Kimberley Flora (Perry 2445) (taxonomic synonym)
Misapplied names: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Eucalyptus coolabah Blakely & Jacobs - Eucalyptus microtheca F.Muell. (misapplied)
  • Eucalyptus microtheca F.Muell. (pro parte misapplied)

Distribution (APC): WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, NT eFlora, SA eFlora, Florabase, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (20), ANBG_2019 (5), CPBR_2002 (8), Cernusak_2011 (126), Clarke_2015 (6), Creek_2018 (10), Crowley_2007 (2), Curtis_2012 (14), Dong_2017 (8), Draper_2023 (3), Gallagher_2015 (1), Ilic_2000 (3), Kew_2019_1 (1), Kew_2019_6 (3), Munroe_2019 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2022 (12), NHNSW_2023 (28), NTH_2022 (3), NTH_2023 (19), Nano_2011 (5), Nicolle_2006 (3), RussellSmith_2012 (4), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Stephens_2024 (16), Sweedman_2006 (4), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (95). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 97 traits from 419 records in 32 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 (5); resprouts (7) [sources: Clarke_2015; Crowley_2007; Nano_2011; Nicolle_2006; RussellSmith_2012; White_2020]
  • post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment_absent (3) [sources: Clarke_2015; Nano_2011]
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; Stephens_2024]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 3 mm (2-4 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; Stephens_2024]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 3.5 mm (2-5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; Stephens_2024]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 3 mm (2-4 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (7) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (7) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 1789.38 mm2 (1592-2337 mm2) [sources: Cernusak_2011; Curtis_2012]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 117.28 mm (40-170 mm) [sources: Curtis_2012; ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; Stephens_2024]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 17.16 mm (5-30 mm) [sources: Curtis_2012; ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; Stephens_2024]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 434.2 mg (292-559 mg) [sources: Cernusak_2011; Curtis_2012]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 1.4 cm (0.8-2 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 269.61 g/m2 (183.49-319.77 g/m2) [sources: Cernusak_2011; Curtis_2012; Dong_2017]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.54 g/g (0.54-0.54 g/g) [sources: Curtis_2012]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): falcate (2); lanceolate (3); narrowly_lanceolate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (5) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2; NTH_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (6) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (6) [sources: Munroe_2019; White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (1); tree (15) [sources: ABRS_2022; CPBR_2002; Curtis_2012; NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (9) [sources: ABRS_2022; Curtis_2012; NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (8) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (6) [sources: Dong_2017; White_2020]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (5) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): bird (1); insect (6); mammal (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (6) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): passive (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnnnnny (5); yyyyynynynyy (1) [sources: Stephens_2024; White_2020]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (6) [sources: RussellSmith_2012; White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (5) [sources: White_2020]
  • storage_organ (categorical): lignotuber (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023; Nicolle_2006]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (3); epicormic_buds (6) [sources: Clarke_2015; Crowley_2007; Nano_2011; Nicolle_2006]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 11.82 mg/g (9.9-12.96 mg/g) [sources: Cernusak_2011; Dong_2017]
  • leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 0.58 mg/g (0.46-0.76 mg/g) [sources: Cernusak_2011]
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -28.31 {delta}[ppth] (-29.29--27.1 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Cernusak_2011; Dong_2017]
physiology
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.48 mg (0.47-0.5 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019; Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_length (numerical): 1.56 mm (1-2 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; NTH_2023]
  • seed_width (numerical): 1.13 mm (1.13-1.13 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ovoid (3); ovoid_flattened (2); polyhedral (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; ANBG_2019; NTH_2023]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.96 mg/mm3 (0.89-0.99 mg/mm3) [sources: Ilic_2000]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Cernusak_201121126L. A. Cernusak, L. B. Hutley, J. Beringer, J. A. Holtum, and B. L. Turner. “Photosynthetic physiology of eucalypts along a sub-continental rainfall gradient in northern Australia”. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 151.11 (2011), pp. 1462-1470. doi: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2011.01.006.
White_20201995M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
NHNSW_20231128N. 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/.
ABRS_20231620Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NTH_20231519D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.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).
Curtis_20121414E. M. Curtis, A. Leigh, and S. Rayburg. “Relationships among leaf traits of Australian arid zone plants: alternative modes of thermal protection”. Australian Journal of Botany 60.6 (2012), pp. 471-483. doi: 10.1071/bt11284.
NHNSW_2022312N. 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/.
Creek_20181010D. Creek, C. J. Blackman, T. J. Brodribb, B. Choat, and D. T. Tissue. “Coordination between leaf, stem, and root hydraulics and gas exchange in three arid-zone angiosperms during severe drought and recovery”. Plant, Cell & Environment 41 (2018), pp. 2869-2881. doi: 10.1111/pce.13418.
CPBR_200258Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research. EUCLID 2.0: Eucalypts of Australia. 2002. url: http://apps.lucidcentral.org/euclid/text/intro/index.html.
Dong_201788N. Dong, I. C. Prentice, B. J. Evans, S. Caddy-Retalic, A. J. Lowe, and I. J. Wright. “Leaf nitrogen from first principles: field evidence for adaptive variation with climate”. Biogeosciences 14.2 (2017), pp. 481-495. doi: 10.5194/bg-14-481-2017.
Clarke_201536P. 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.
ANBG_201955Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
Nano_201135C. E. M. Nano and P. J. Clarke. “How do drought and fire influence the patterns of resprouting in Australian deserts?”. Plant Ecology 212 (2011), pp. 2095-2110. doi: 10.1007/s11258-011-9988-x.
NHNSW_2014_244Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
RussellSmith_201244J. Russell-Smith, M. R. Gardener, C. Brock, K. Brennan, C. P. Yates, and B. Grace. “Fire persistence traits can be used to predict vegetation response to changing fire regimes at expansive landscape scales - an Australian example”. Journal of Biogeography 39 (2012), pp. 1657-1668. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02714.x.
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.
Sweedman_200624L. Sweedman and D. Merritt. Australian Seeds: A Guide to Their Collection, Identification, and Biology. CSIRO Publishing, 2006. ISBN: 9780643094079.
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.
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.
Ilic_200013J. 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_613Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Germination data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
NTH_202233D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/.
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.
WAH_2022_233Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Crowley_200722G. Crowley, M. Gardener, and M. Marrinan. Tropical savannas fire response database. 2007. url: [www.landmanager.org.au](www.landmanager.org.au).
WAH_2023_212Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
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/.
Munroe_201911S. E. M. Munroe, F. A. McInerney, J. Andrae, N. Welti, G. R. Guerin, E. Leitch, T. Hall, S. Szarvas, R. Atkins, S. Caddy-Retalic, and B. Sparrow. “The Photosynthetic Pathways of Plant Species Surveyed in Australia's National Terrestrial Monitoring Network”. Scientific Data 8 (2021), p. 97. doi: 10.1038/s41597-021-00877-z.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.