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Eucalyptus crebra

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Family Myrtaceae

Taxonomy: Eucalyptus crebra F.Muell.

Synonyms: 24 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Eucalyptus crebra F.Muell. var. crebra (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Eucalyptus crebra var. macrocarpa Domin (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eucalyptus drepanophylla F.Muell. ex Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eucalyptus drepanophylla F.Muell. ex Benth. var. drepanophylla (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eucalyptus racemosa var. longiflora Blakely (doubtful taxonomic synonym)
  • Eucalyptus racemosa var. macrocarpa (Domin) Blakely (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eucalyptus sp. (Battle Camp K.Hill+ 1086) (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eucalyptus sp. (Beerburrum A.R.Bean 11657) (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eucalyptus sp. (Boynedale M.I.H.Brooker 9767) (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eucalyptus sp. (Caldervale D.Jermyn AQ582304) (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eucalyptus sp. (Clermont A.R.Bean 508) (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eucalyptus sp. (Gregory Springs A.R.Bean 1074) (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eucalyptus sp. (Irvinebank L.Pedley 1921) (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eucalyptus sp. (Jimboomba A.R.Bean 7772) (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eucalyptus sp. (Mt Surprise M.I.H.Brooker 3409) (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eucalyptus sp. (Mutchilba B.Hyland 5060) (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eucalyptus sp. (Pentland M.I.H.Brooker 8968) (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eucalyptus sp. (Rossmoya N.H.Speck 1757) (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eucalyptus sp. (Scartwater L.Pedley X6404) (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eucalyptus sp. (St Lawrence N.H.Speck 1745) (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eucalyptus sp. (Stannary Hills G.W.Althofer 402) (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eucalyptus sp. (Texas K.M.Sparshott+ KMS488) (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eucalyptus xanthoclada Brooker & A.R.Bean (taxonomic synonym)
  • Metrosideros salicifolia Sol. ex Gaertn. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (6), ABRS_2023 (34), Bourne_2017 (9), CPBR_2002 (8), Clarke_2015 (6), Cooper_2013 (11), Everingham_2020 (329), Gallagher_2015 (3), Gross_2005 (4), Ilic_2000 (3), Kew_2019_1 (5), Kew_2019_6 (3), Kooyman_2011 (12), Leishman_2007 (7), Moore_2019 (728), Munroe_2019 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (16), NSWFRD_2014 (8), Nicolle_2006 (6), Ooi_2007 (101), Rosell_2014 (8), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Stephens_2024 (17), Stewart_1995 (6), Tng_2013 (6), Tomlinson_2013 (19), Tomlinson_2019 (352), Vlasveld_2018 (8), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Westoby_2014 (36), White_2020 (54), Wright_2000 (12), Zeppel_2008 (10). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 133 traits from 1,842 records in 36 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 (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; Stephens_2024]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (2) [sources: Gross_2005; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 5 mm (2-7 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; Stephens_2024]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 4.75 mm (2.5-6 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; Stephens_2024]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 4.5 mm (3-6 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (7) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (4) [sources: Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (7) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 1154.35 mm2 (232.7-2825.41 mm2) [sources: Everingham_2020; Moore_2019; Tng_2013; Tomlinson_2013; Vlasveld_2018; Westoby_2014]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 107.5 mm (50-180 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023; Stephens_2024]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 13.29 mm (6-27 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023; Stephens_2024]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 197.87 mg (12-436.4 mg) [sources: Everingham_2020; Moore_2019; Vlasveld_2018]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 1.38 cm (1-2 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 157.34 g/m2 (21.49-281.99 g/m2) [sources: Everingham_2020; Leishman_2007; Moore_2019; Tng_2013; Tomlinson_2013; Tomlinson_2019; Vlasveld_2018; Westoby_2014]
  • leaf_area_ratio (numerical): 8.69 mm2/mg (8.69-8.69 mm2/mg) [sources: Tomlinson_2013]
  • leaf_mass_fraction (numerical): 0.54 g/g (0.54-0.54 g/g) [sources: Tomlinson_2013]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.34 g/g (0.34-0.34 g/g) [sources: Tomlinson_2013]
  • leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: Stewart_1995]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (3); narrowly_lanceolate (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (5) [sources: Munroe_2019; Stewart_1995; White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): tree (13) [sources: ABRS_2022; CPBR_2002; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; Leishman_2007; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Stewart_1995; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (4) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2014_2; Stewart_1995; Tomlinson_2013]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (4) [sources: Stewart_1995; White_2020]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (3) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (3) [sources: White_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (1); barochory (3) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): wind (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnyyyynnnn (1); nnnyyyyyyyyn (3); nynyyyyyyyyn (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; Stephens_2024; White_2020]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): canopy_seedbank (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (4) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • seed_dormancy_class (categorical): non_dormant (1) [sources: Ooi_2007]
  • seed_viability (numerical): 0.66 {count}/{count} (0.56-0.76 {count}/{count}) [sources: Everingham_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (3) [sources: White_2020]
  • storage_organ (categorical): lignotuber (2) [sources: Nicolle_2006]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (2); epicormic_buds (5) [sources: Clarke_2015; NSWFRD_2014; Nicolle_2006]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 12.21 mg/g (8.19-30.66 mg/g) [sources: Leishman_2007; Moore_2019; Tomlinson_2013; Tomlinson_2019; Westoby_2014]
  • leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 1.66 mg/g (0.58-5.38 mg/g) [sources: Tomlinson_2013; Tomlinson_2019; Westoby_2014]
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -28.06 {delta}[ppth] (-31.89--24.29 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Stewart_1995; Tng_2013; Westoby_2014]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 1.49 mg (0.06-3.5 mg) [sources: Everingham_2020; Kew_2019_1; Ooi_2007]
  • seed_length (numerical): 1.2 mm (0.8-2 mm) [sources: CPBR_2002; Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_width (numerical): 1 mm (1-1 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.67 mg/mm3 (0.33-0.95 mg/mm3) [sources: Everingham_2020; Ilic_2000; Kooyman_2011; Rosell_2014; Tng_2013; Westoby_2014]
  • huber_value (numerical): 0 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf} (0-0 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf}) [sources: Westoby_2014; Zeppel_2008]
  • stem_mass_fraction (numerical): 0.63 g/g (0.34-0.93 g/g) [sources: Everingham_2020; Tomlinson_2013]
  • stem_vessel_density (numerical): 96.79 {count}/mm2 (96.79-96.79 {count}/mm2) [sources: Bourne_2017]
  • stem_vessel_diameter (numerical): 34.3 um (34.3-34.3 um) [sources: Bourne_2017]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Moore_20197728B. D. Moore and J. L. DeGabriel. “Unpublished data: Leaf traits of the Eucalyptus series Siderophloiae, Western Sydney University”. 2019.
Tomlinson_201911352K. W. Tomlinson, F. J. Sterck, E. R. M. Barbosa, S. de Bie, H. H. T. Prins, and F. van Langevelde. “Seedling growth of savanna tree species from three continents under grass competition and nutrient limitation in a greenhouse experiment”. Journal of Ecology 107.3 (2019), pp. 1051-1066. doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.13085.
Everingham_202013329S. E. Everingham, C. A. Offord, M. E. B. Sabot, and A. T. Moles. “Time travelling seeds reveal that plant regeneration and growth traits are responding to climate change”. Ecology 102 (2020), p. e03272. doi: 10.1002/ecy.3272.
Ooi_20072101M. K. J. Ooi, P. Myerscough, and T. Auld. “Unpublished data: Longterm seed mass field campaign, University of New South Wales”. 2007.
White_20201854M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
Westoby_20143336S. 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.
ABRS_20231234Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Tomlinson_20131919K. W. Tomlinson, L. Poorter, F. J. Sterck, F. Borghetti, D. Ward, S. de Bie, and F. van Langevelde. “Leaf adaptations of evergreen and deciduous trees of semi-arid and humid savannas on three continents”. Journal of Ecology 101 (2013), pp. 430-440. doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.12056.
Stephens_2024917R. 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).
NHNSW_20231116N. 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/.
Kooyman_2011912R. Kooyman, M. Rossetto, W. Cornwell, and M. Westoby. “Phylogenetic tests of community assembly across regional to continental scales in tropical and subtropical rain forests”. Global Ecology and Biogeography 20 (2011), pp. 707-716. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00641.x.
Wright_2000912I. 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.
Cooper_2013911W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
Zeppel_2008310M. Zeppel and D. Eamus. “Coordination of leaf area, sapwood area and canopy conductance leads to species convergence of tree water use in a remnant evergreen woodland”. Australian Journal of Botany 56.2 (2008), pp. 97-108. doi: 10.1071/bt07091.
Bourne_201799A. E. Bourne, D. Creek, J. M. R. Peters, D. S. Ellsworth, and B. Choat. “Species climate range influences hydraulic and stomatal traits in Eucalyptus species”. Annals of Botany 120.1 (2017), pp. 123-133. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcx020.
CPBR_200258Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research. EUCLID 2.0: Eucalypts of Australia. 2002. url: http://apps.lucidcentral.org/euclid/text/intro/index.html.
NSWFRD_201488B. 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.
Rosell_201488J. A. Rosell, S. Gleason, R. Mendez-Alonzo, Y. Chang, and M. Westoby. “Bark functional ecology: Evidence for tradeoffs, functional coordination, and environment producing bark diversity”. New Phytologist 201.2 (2014), pp. 486-497. doi: 10.1111/nph.12541.
Vlasveld_201858C. 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.
Leishman_200777M. R. Leishman, T. Haslehurst, A. Ares, and Z. Baruch. “Leaf trait relationships of native and invasive plants: community- and global-scale comparisons”. New Phytologist 176.3 (2007), pp. 635-643. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2007.02189.x.
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.
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.
Nicolle_200636D. 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.
Stewart_199566G. Stewart, M. Turnbull, S. Schmidt, and P. Erskine. “13C natural abundance in plant communities along a rainfall gradient: a biological integrator of water availability”. Functional Plant Biology 22.1 (1995), pp. 51-55. doi: 10.1071/pp9950051.
Tng_201366D. Y. P. Tng, G. J. Jordan, and D. M. J. S. Bowman. “Plant traits demonstrate that temperate and tropical giant Eucalypt forests are ecologically convergent with rainforest not savanna”. PLoS ONE 8 (2013), p. e84378. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084378.
Kew_2019_115Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Gross_200544C. L. Gross. “A comparison of the sexual systems in the trees from the Australian tropics with other tropical biomes-more monoecy but why?”. American Journal of Botany 92.6 (2005), pp. 907-919. doi: 10.3732/ajb.92.6.907.
NHNSW_2014_244Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
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.
Gallagher_201513R. Gallagher and R. Lanfear. “Unpublished data: Trait campaign with the Royal Botanical Gardens & Macquarie University”. 2015.
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/.
NHNSW_202233N. 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/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
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.