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Eucalyptus eremophila

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Family Myrtaceae

Taxonomy: Eucalyptus eremophila (Diels) Maiden

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Eucalyptus occidentalis var. eremophila Diels (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (17), ANBG_2019 (6), Barrett_2009 (6), Burrows_2008_2 (3), Burrows_2020 (3), CPBR_2002 (7), Ilic_2000 (1), Kew_2019_1 (2), Nicolle_2006 (2), Schulze_2006 (3), Shedley_2007 (12), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Stephens_2024 (17), Sweedman_2006 (4), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 38 traits from 98 records in 19 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 (1); resprouts (7) [sources: Barrett_2009; Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020; Nicolle_2006; Shedley_2007]
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): pink (1); white_cream (1) [sources: Stephens_2024]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 10 mm (8-14 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Stephens_2024]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 8.75 mm (7-12 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Stephens_2024]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 64.38 mm (30-110 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; Stephens_2024]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 15 mm (5-25 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; Stephens_2024]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 0.75 cm (0.5-1 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 427.23 g/m2 (427.23-427.23 g/m2) [sources: Schulze_2006]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); lanceolate (1); narrowly_lanceolate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): mallee (6); shrub (2); tree (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Barrett_2009; Shedley_2007; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnyyyyy (1) [sources: Stephens_2024]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_buds (7); none (1) [sources: Barrett_2009; Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020; Nicolle_2006; Shedley_2007]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 13.7 mg/g (13.7-13.7 mg/g) [sources: Schulze_2006]
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -25.65 {delta}[ppth] (-25.65--25.65 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Schulze_2006]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 1.18 mg (0.23-3.77 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019; Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_length (numerical): 1.4 mm (0.7-2 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; CPBR_2002]
  • seed_width (numerical): 1.07 mm (1.07-1.07 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ovoid (1) [sources: ANBG_2019]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.92 mg/mm3 (0.92-0.92 mg/mm3) [sources: Ilic_2000]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 4.83 m (2-8 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
ABRS_20231217Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
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).
Shedley_2007312E. 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.
CPBR_200247Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research. EUCLID 2.0: Eucalypts of Australia. 2002. url: http://apps.lucidcentral.org/euclid/text/intro/index.html.
ANBG_201966Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
Barrett_200956S. Barrett, S. Comer, N. McQuoid, M. Porter, C. Tiller, and D. Utber. Identification and Conservation of Fire Sensitive Ecosystems and Species of the South Coast Natural Resource Management Region.. government. Department of Conservation and Land Management, South Coast Region, Western Australia, 2009.
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.
Burrows_2008_233N. D. Burrows, G. Wardell-Johnson, and B. Ward. “Post-fire juvenile period of plants in south-west Australia forests and implications for fire management”. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 91 (2008), pp. 163-174. ISSN: 0035922X. url: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19156 (visited on 03/27/2025).
Burrows_202033N. Burrows. Data from 'Plant Ecological Attributes' theme, NatureMap, DBCA, WA. 2020.
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.
WAH_2022_233Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Kew_2019_112Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Nicolle_200622D. 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_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.
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.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.