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Eucalyptus gracilis

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Family Myrtaceae

Taxonomy: Eucalyptus gracilis F.Muell.

Synonyms: 6 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Eucalyptus calycogona var. gracilis (F.Muell.) Maiden (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Eucalyptus gracilis F.Muell. subsp. gracilis (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Eucalyptus gracilis F.Muell. var. gracilis (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Eucalyptus gracilis var. breviflora Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eucalyptus gracilis var. erecta Blakely (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eucalyptus gracilis var. viminea Blakely (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA, SA, NSW, Vic

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (17), ANBG_2019 (6), CPBR_2002 (8), Cheal_2017 (8), Clarke_2015 (3), Draper_2023 (3), Fonseca_2000 (5), Gallagher_2015 (1), Ilic_2000 (1), Kew_2019_1 (5), Kew_2019_6 (4), McGlone_2015 (6), Munroe_2019 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (16), NSWFRD_2014 (8), Nicolle_2006 (3), Ooi_2007 (97), Pfautsch_2016 (28), Pollock_2018 (12), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (15), Richards_2021 (84), Roderick_1999 (5), SAH_2014 (4), SAH_2023 (18), Schulze_2006 (3), Shedley_2007 (5), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Stephens_2024 (16), Sweedman_2006 (4), Thomas_2017 (15), WAH_2022_1 (3), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (38), Wright_2000 (1), Yang_2023 (3). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 86 traits from 470 records in 42 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 (6) [sources: Cheal_2017; Clarke_2015; NSWFRD_2014; Nicolle_2006; Shedley_2007; Yang_2023]
  • post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (2); post_fire_recruitment_absent (2) [sources: Cheal_2017; Clarke_2015; NSWFRD_2014; Yang_2023]
  • fire_time_from_fire_to_flowering (numerical): 60 mo (60-60 mo) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
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_dry_mass (numerical): 34.8 mg (34.8-34.8 mg) [sources: Pollock_2018]
  • fruit_length (numerical): 5.6 mm (4-8 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Stephens_2024]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 4 mm (3-7 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Stephens_2024]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 3.67 mm (3-5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (4); caryopsis (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (5) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 461.74 mm2 (229.21-750 mm2) [sources: Fonseca_2000; Pollock_2018; Richards_2021; Roderick_1999]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 68.43 mm (33-110 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2014; Stephens_2024]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 10.81 mm (4-18 mm) [sources: Fonseca_2000; McGlone_2015; ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2014; Stephens_2024]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 192.67 mg (154-230 mg) [sources: Fonseca_2000; Pollock_2018; Roderick_1999]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 1 cm (0.4-1.5 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 341.46 g/m2 (283.38-394.79 g/m2) [sources: Fonseca_2000; Pollock_2018; Richards_2021; Roderick_1999; Schulze_2006; Thomas_2017]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.64 g/g (0.59-0.66 g/g) [sources: Richards_2021]
  • leaf_water_content_per_dry_mass (numerical): 0.57 g/g (0.52-0.7 g/g) [sources: Richards_2021]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (1); narrowly_lanceolate (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (5) [sources: ABRS_2023; McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (3) [sources: Munroe_2019; White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): mallee (8); tree (13) [sources: ABRS_2022; CPBR_2002; Fonseca_2000; McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; RBGV_2022; Shedley_2007; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (7) [sources: ABRS_2022; Cheal_2017; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (6) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): bird (1); insect (3); mammal (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (3) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): passive (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
  • flowering_time (categorical): ynnyyyyyyyyy (2); yynyyyyyyyyy (1) [sources: Stephens_2024; White_2020]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): canopy_seedbank (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): long_persistent (1); transient (2) [sources: Cheal_2017; White_2020]
  • seed_dormancy_class (categorical): non_dormant (1) [sources: Ooi_2007]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • storage_organ (categorical): lignotuber (2) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; Nicolle_2006]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (3) [sources: Clarke_2015; NSWFRD_2014; Nicolle_2006]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 12.72 mg/g (9.7-17.5 mg/g) [sources: Richards_2021; Roderick_1999; Schulze_2006; Thomas_2017]
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -26.12 {delta}[ppth] (-28.73--23.68 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Richards_2021; Schulze_2006]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.44 mg (0.15-1.9 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019; Kew_2019_1; Ooi_2007; Pollock_2018; Thomas_2017]
  • seed_length (numerical): 1.31 mm (1-1.7 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; CPBR_2002]
  • seed_width (numerical): 0.87 mm (0.87-0.87 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid (1); ellipsoid_flattened (1); ovoid (1); ovoid_elongated (1) [sources: ANBG_2019; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.85 mg/mm3 (0.79-0.92 mg/mm3) [sources: Ilic_2000; Pfautsch_2016; Thomas_2017]
  • stem_vessel_density (numerical): 40.87 {count}/mm2 (24.66-50.24 {count}/mm2) [sources: Pfautsch_2016]
  • stem_vessel_diameter (numerical): 59.39 um (52.72-68.26 um) [sources: Pfautsch_2016]
  • stem_vessel_lumen_fraction (numerical): 0.12 mm2/mm2 (0.09-0.14 mm2/mm2) [sources: Pfautsch_2016]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Ooi_2007297M. K. J. Ooi, P. Myerscough, and T. Auld. “Unpublished data: Longterm seed mass field campaign, University of New South Wales”. 2007.
Richards_20211484J. H. Richards, J. J. Henn, Q. M. Sorenson, M. A. Adams, D. D. Smith, K. A. McCulloh, and T. J. Givnish. “Mistletoes and their eucalypt hosts differ in the response of leaf functional traits to climatic moisture supply”. Oecologia 195 (2021), pp. 759-771. doi: 10.1007/s00442-021-04867-1.
White_20201938M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
Pfautsch_2016628S. Pfautsch. “Vessel diameter and related hydraulic traits of 31 Eucalyptus species arrayed along a gradient of water availability”. Ecology 97.6 (2016), pp. 1626-1626. doi: 10.1890/16-0147.1.
SAH_20231418S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
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.
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/.
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).
RBGV_20231315VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Thomas_2017515F. M. Thomas and P. A. Vesk. “Growth races in The Mallee: Height growth in woody plants examined with a trait-based model”. Austral Ecology 42.7 (2017), pp. 790-800. doi: 10.1111/aec.12501.
Pollock_2018612L. J. Pollock, L. T. Kelly, F. M. Thomas, P. Soe, W. K. Morris, M. White, and P. A. Vesk. “Combining functional traits, the environment and multiple surveys to understand semi-arid tree distributions”. Journal of Vegetation Science 29.6 (2018), pp. 967-977. doi: 10.1111/jvs.12686.
CPBR_200258Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research. EUCLID 2.0: Eucalypts of Australia. 2002. url: http://apps.lucidcentral.org/euclid/text/intro/index.html.
Cheal_201788D. 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.
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.
ANBG_201966Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
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Fonseca_200055C. R. Fonseca, J. M. Overton, B. Collins, and M. Westoby. “Shifts in trait-combinations along rainfall and phosphorus gradients”. Journal of Ecology 88 (2000), pp. 964-977. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2000.00506.x.
Kew_2019_115Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Roderick_199955M. L. Roderick, S. L. Berry, and I. R. Noble. “The relationship between leaf composition and morphology at elevated CO2 concentrations”. New Phytologist 143.1 (1999), pp. 63-72. doi: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.1999.00438.x.
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Kew_2019_614Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Germination data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
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Clarke_201533P. 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.
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.
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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.
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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.
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WAH_2023_211Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
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Wright_200011I. 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.