Eucalyptus globulus subsp. globulus

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Family Myrtaceae

Taxonomy: Eucalyptus globulus Labill. subsp. globulus

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)

Eucalyptus globulus Labill. var. globulus (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Vic, Tas

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (16), CPBR_2002 (8), Cheal_2017 (8), Kew_2019_1 (5), Kew_2019_6 (8), Morgan_2011_2 (1), Portelli_2023 (29), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (11), Stephens_2024 (4), Vlasveld_2018 (13), Warren_2006 (26), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (18), Williams_2011 (11). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 68 traits from 167 records in 17 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): resprouts (1) [sources: Cheal_2017]
post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (1) [sources: Cheal_2017]

fruit morphology

fruit_dry_mass (numerical): 1657.92 mg (1001.58-2093.02 mg) [sources: Portelli_2023]
fruit_length (numerical): 17.75 mm (10-21 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
fruit_width (numerical): 21.5 mm (14-24 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
fruit_height (numerical): 24 mm (24-24 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): capsule (1); caryopsis (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 4208.38 mm2 (3461-6134 mm2) [sources: Portelli_2023; Vlasveld_2018; Warren_2006]
leaf_length (numerical): 155.83 mm (40-300 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; Stephens_2024]
leaf_width (numerical): 27.67 mm (17-50 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; Stephens_2024]
leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 1183.78 mg (702.7-2292.3 mg) [sources: Portelli_2023; Vlasveld_2018]
petiole_length (numerical): 2.5 cm (2-3 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 250.61 g/m2 (144.93-373.64 g/m2) [sources: Morgan_2011_2; Portelli_2023; Vlasveld_2018; Warren_2006; Williams_2011]
leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.56 g/g (0.51-0.61 g/g) [sources: Warren_2006]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (2) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2011]
plant_growth_form (categorical): tree (6) [sources: ABRS_2022; CPBR_2002; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020; Williams_2011]
life_form (categorical): phanerophyte (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
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 (2) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2011]
root_structure (categorical): ectomycorrhizal (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_system (categorical): biotic_unspecialised (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (2) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2011]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnnyy (1) [sources: 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]
clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): non_clonal (1) [sources: Williams_2011]

nutrient and stable isotope

leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 11.7 mg/g (10.62-12.78 mg/g) [sources: Warren_2006]
leaf_delta13C (numerical): -28.92 {delta}[ppth] (-29.14--28.7 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Warren_2006]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 3.06 mg (1.24-12.8 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1; Portelli_2023]
seed_length (numerical): 3 mm (2-4 mm) [sources: CPBR_2002]
seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid_flattened (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]

stem morphology

wood_density (numerical): 0.68 mg/mm3 (0.61-0.7 mg/mm3) [sources: Portelli_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 70 m (70-70 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; RBGV_2023]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
Portelli_2023	11	29	A. 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.
Warren_2006	13	26	C. R. Warren, E. Dreyer, M. Tausz, and M. A. Adams. “Ecotype adaptation and acclimation of leaf traits to rainfall in 29 species of 16-year-old Eucalyptus at two common gardens”. Functional Ecology 20.6 (2006), pp. 929-940. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2006.01198.x.
White_2020	18	18	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
ABRS_2023	11	16	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Vlasveld_2018	5	13	C. 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.
RBGV_2023	11	11	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Williams_2011	11	11	R. P. Duncan, S. E. Clemants, R. T. Corlett, A. K. Hahs, M. A. McCarthy, M. J. McDonnell, M. W. Schwartz, K. Thompson, P. A. Vesk, and N. S. G. Williams. “Plant traits and extinction in urban areas: a meta-analysis of 11 cities”. Global Ecology and Biogeography 20.4 (2011), pp. 509-519. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00633.x.
CPBR_2002	5	8	Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research. EUCLID 2.0: Eucalypts of Australia. 2002. url: http://apps.lucidcentral.org/euclid/text/intro/index.html.
Cheal_2017	8	8	D. 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.
Kew_2019_6	1	8	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Germination data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Kew_2019_1	1	5	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Stephens_2024	2	4	R. 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).
ABRS_2022	3	3	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
RBGV_2022	3	3	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Morgan_2011_2	1	1	J. Morgan. “Unpublished data: Trait database, La Trobe University”. 2011.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.