Eucalyptus haemastoma

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Family Myrtaceae

Taxonomy: Eucalyptus haemastoma Sm.

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)

Eucalyptus haemastoma Sm. var. haemastoma (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (17), CPBR_2002 (8), Clarke_2015 (3), Duncan_1998 (13), Falster_2003 (3), Fonseca_2000 (5), Gallagher_2015 (1), Gallagher_2018 (40), Grootemaat_2015 (217), Grootemaat_2017_1 (296), Grootemaat_2017_2 (30), Hughes_1992 (2), Ilic_2000 (2), Kew_2019_1 (2), Kotowska_2020 (189), Kubiak_2009 (6), Laxton_2005 (20), Leishman_1993 (1), Leishman_1995 (6), MacinnisNg_2004 (44), Moles_2000 (3), Munroe_2019 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (16), NSWFRD_2014 (12), Nicolle_2006 (3), Niinemets_2009 (50), Ooi_2007 (29), Schmidt_1993 (1), Schulze_2006 (3), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Stephens_2024 (16), Taylor_2008 (119), Tsujii_2023 (21), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Westoby_2003 (5), Westoby_2014 (30), White_2020 (19), Wright_2001 (4), Wright_2002 (69), Wright_2009 (26). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 215 traits from 1,349 records in 44 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 (4) [sources: Clarke_2015; Kubiak_2009; NSWFRD_2014; Nicolle_2006]
post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (1) [sources: Clarke_2015]

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): 7.33 mm (5-9 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; Stephens_2024]
fruit_width (numerical): 8.33 mm (6-11 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; Stephens_2024]
fruit_height (numerical): 7.5 mm (6-9 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): capsule (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 2463.34 mm2 (1146-4520 mm2) [sources: Duncan_1998; Falster_2003; Fonseca_2000; Gallagher_2018; Grootemaat_2015; Grootemaat_2017_1; Laxton_2005; Leishman_1995; Moles_2000; Niinemets_2009; Westoby_2003; Westoby_2014; Wright_2002]
leaf_length (numerical): 112.09 mm (9.6-210 mm) [sources: Grootemaat_2015; Grootemaat_2017_1; ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; NHNSW_2023; Stephens_2024]
leaf_width (numerical): 25.51 mm (2.2-60 mm) [sources: Fonseca_2000; Grootemaat_2015; Grootemaat_2017_1; ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; NHNSW_2023; Stephens_2024]
leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 804.75 mg (454.9-1323.01 mg) [sources: Duncan_1998; Fonseca_2000; Gallagher_2018; Grootemaat_2015; Grootemaat_2017_1]
petiole_length (numerical): 1.5 cm (1-2 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 274.59 g/m2 (134.95-516.16 g/m2) [sources: Duncan_1998; Fonseca_2000; Gallagher_2018; Grootemaat_2015; Grootemaat_2017_1; Kotowska_2020; Laxton_2005; Leishman_1995; Moles_2000; Niinemets_2009; Schulze_2006; Taylor_2008; Tsujii_2023; Westoby_2003; Westoby_2014; Wright_2002]
leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.68 g/g (0.68-0.68 g/g) [sources: Duncan_1998]
leaf_water_content_per_dry_mass (numerical): 0.92 g/g (0.92-0.92 g/g) [sources: Grootemaat_2015]
leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (2); narrowly_ovate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; Falster_2003; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_hairs_adult_leaves (categorical): glabrous (1) [sources: Moles_2000]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2]
leaf_inclination_angle (numerical): 69.9 deg (69.9-69.9 deg) [sources: Falster_2003]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (3) [sources: Duncan_1998; Munroe_2019; White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): tree (9) [sources: ABRS_2022; CPBR_2002; Fonseca_2000; Hughes_1992; Leishman_1995; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
root_structure (categorical): ectomycorrhizal (1) [sources: Schmidt_1993]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: White_2020]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (1); barochory (2) [sources: Leishman_1995; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
dispersers (categorical): wind (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
flowering_time (categorical): yyynnnnnnnny (1); yyynnnnnnnyy (1); yyynnnyyynyy (1) [sources: Hughes_1992; Stephens_2024; White_2020]
seedbank_location (categorical): canopy_seedbank (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (2) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
seed_dormancy_class (categorical): non_dormant (1) [sources: Ooi_2007]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
storage_organ (categorical): lignotuber (2) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; Nicolle_2006]
bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (2); epicormic_buds (3) [sources: Clarke_2015; NSWFRD_2014; Nicolle_2006]

nutrient and stable isotope

leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 8.91 mg/g (6.9-11.5 mg/g) [sources: Gallagher_2018; Grootemaat_2017_2; Kotowska_2020; Laxton_2005; Niinemets_2009; Schulze_2006; Taylor_2008; Tsujii_2023; Westoby_2014; Wright_2002]
leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 0.4 mg/g (0.22-0.68 mg/g) [sources: Gallagher_2018; Grootemaat_2017_2; Kotowska_2020; Niinemets_2009; Tsujii_2023; Westoby_2014; Wright_2002]
leaf_delta13C (numerical): -28.66 {delta}[ppth] (-31.5--26.65 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Niinemets_2009; Schulze_2006; Westoby_2014; Wright_2002]

physiology

leaf_photosynthetic_rate_per_area_maximum (numerical): 6.61 umol{CO2}/m2/s (3.52-9.7 umol{CO2}/m2/s) [sources: Niinemets_2009]
leaf_photosynthetic_rate_per_dry_mass_maximum (numerical): 0.05 umol{CO2}/g/s (0.03-0.07 umol{CO2}/g/s) [sources: Niinemets_2009]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 1.25 mg (0.48-1.8 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1; Leishman_1993; Leishman_1995; Ooi_2007; Wright_2001]
seed_length (numerical): 2.25 mm (1.5-3 mm) [sources: CPBR_2002]

stem morphology

wood_density (numerical): 0.63 mg/mm3 (0.53-0.72 mg/mm3) [sources: Ilic_2000; Kotowska_2020; Taylor_2008; Westoby_2014]
huber_value (numerical): 0 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf} (0-0 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf}) [sources: Kotowska_2020; MacinnisNg_2004; Taylor_2008; Westoby_2014]
stem_vessel_density (numerical): 38.26 {count}/mm2 (7.12-76.1 {count}/mm2) [sources: Kotowska_2020]
stem_vessel_lumen_fraction (numerical): 0.14 mm2/mm2 (0.06-0.22 mm2/mm2) [sources: Kotowska_2020]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 14.25 m (12-15 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; Leishman_1995; NHNSW_2023]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
Grootemaat_2017_1	50	296	S. Grootemaat, I. J. Wright, P. M. van Bodegom, J. H. C. Cornelissen, and V. Shaw. “Bark traits, decomposition and flammability of Australian forest trees”. Australian Journal of Botany 65.4 (2017), p. 327. doi: 10.1071/bt16258.
Grootemaat_2015	17	217	S. Grootemaat, I. J. Wright, P. M. Bodegom, J. H. C. Cornelissen, and W. K. Cornwell. “Burn or rot: leaf traits explain why flammability and decomposability are decoupled across species”. Functional Ecology 29.11 (2015), pp. 1486-1497. doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.12449.
Kotowska_2020	22	189	M. M. Kotowska, I. J. Wright, and M. Westoby. “Parenchyma abundance in wood of evergreen trees varies independently of nutrients”. Frontiers in Plant Science 11 (2020), p. art86. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2020.00086.
Taylor_2008	11	119	D. Taylor and D. Eamus. “Coordinating leaf functional traits with branch hydraulic conductivity: Resource substitution and implications for carbon gain”. Tree Physiology 28.8 (2008), pp. 1169-1177. doi: doi.org/10.1093/treephys/28.8.1169.
Wright_2002	34	69	I. J. Wright and M. Westoby. “Leaves at low versus high rainfall: Coordination of structure, lifespan and physiology”. New Phytologist 155 (2002), pp. 403-416. doi: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.2002.00479.x.
Niinemets_2009	26	50	Ü. Niinemets, I. J. Wright, and J. R. Evans. “Leaf mesophyll diffusion conductance in 35 Australian sclerophylls covering a broad range of foliage structural and physiological variation”. Journal of Experimental Botany 60 (2009), pp. 2433-2449. doi: 10.1093/jxb/erp045.
MacinnisNg_2004	8	44	C. Macinnis-Ng, K. McClenahan, and D. Eamus. “Convergence in hydraulic architecture, water relations and primary productivity amongst habitats and across seasons in Sydney”. Functional Plant Biology 31.5 (2004), pp. 429-439. doi: 10.1071/fp03194.
Gallagher_2018	5	40	R. Gallagher, A. Phillips, B. Laugier-Kitchener, C. Laws, D. Lanceman, D. M. Londono, E. McFarlane, J. Foster, K. Marais, L. Pollitt, L. Kovac, M. Lambert, S. Amini, T. Boreham, T. Pyne, H. McPherson, M. Rossetto, M. van der Merwe, I. Wright, and and Matthew Alfonzetti. “Unpublished data: Trait campaign with the Royal Botanical Gardens, Macquarie University”. 2018.
Grootemaat_2017_2	7	30	S. Grootemaat, I. J. Wright, P. M. van Bodegom, and J. H. C. Cornelissen. “Scaling up flammability from individual leaves to fuel beds”. Oikos 126.10 (2017), pp. 1428-1438. doi: 10.1111/oik.03886.
Westoby_2014	30	30	S. 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.
Ooi_2007	2	29	M. K. J. Ooi, P. Myerscough, and T. Auld. “Unpublished data: Longterm seed mass field campaign, University of New South Wales”. 2007.
Wright_2009	13	26	I. J. Wright. “Unpublished data: Leaf pigment and reflectance data for sclerophylls, Macquarie University”. 2009.
Tsujii_2023	13	21	Y. Tsujii, B. J. Atwell, H. Lambers, and I. J. Wright. “Leaf phosphorus fractions vary with leaf economic traits among 35 Australian woody species”. New Phytologist 241.5 (2024), pp. 1985-1997. ISSN: 1469-8137. doi: 10.1111/nph.19513.
Laxton_2005	11	20	E. Laxton. “Relationship between leaf traits, insect communities and resource availability”. PhD. Macquarie University, 2005. url: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/483.
White_2020	19	19	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
ABRS_2023	12	17	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_2023	11	16	N. 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_2024	9	16	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).
Duncan_1998	13	13	D. H. Duncan. “Unpublished data: Structural basis of variation in leaf mass per area in three plant clades, Macquarie University”. 1998.
NSWFRD_2014	11	12	B. 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.
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.
Kubiak_2009	4	6	P. J. Kubiak. “Fire responses of bushland plants after the January 1994 wildfires in northern Sydney”. Cunninghamia 11.1 (2009), pp. 131-165.
Leishman_1995	6	6	M. R. Leishman, M. Westoby, and E. Jurado. “Correlates of seed size variation: A comparison among five temperate floras”. Journal of Ecology 83 (1995), pp. 517-529. doi: 10.2307/2261604.
Fonseca_2000	5	5	C. 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.
Westoby_2003	5	5	M. Westoby and I. J. Wright. “The leaf size - twig size spectrum and its relationship to other important spectra of variation among species”. Oecologia 135 (2003), pp. 621-628. doi: 10.1007/s00442-003-1231-6.
NHNSW_2014_2	4	4	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Sjostrom_2006	4	4	A. 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.
Wright_2001	2	4	I. J. Wright. “Unpublished data: Seed mass reserve data for various species in NSW, Macquarie University”. 2001.
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.
Clarke_2015	3	3	P. 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.
Falster_2003	3	3	D. S. Falster and M. Westoby. “Leaf size and angle vary widely across species: what consequences for light interception?”. New Phytologist 158.3 (2003), pp. 509-525. doi: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.2003.00765.x.
Moles_2000	3	3	A. T. Moles and M. Westoby. “Do small leaves expand faster than large leaves, and do shorter expansion times reduce herbivore damage?”. OIKOS 90.3 (2000), pp. 517-524. doi: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2000.900310.x..
NHNSW_2022	3	3	N. 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/.
Nicolle_2006	3	3	D. 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.
Schulze_2006	3	3	E. 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.
Hughes_1992	2	2	L. Hughes and B. Rice. “Unpublished data: Traits data for 643 species, Macquarie University”. 1992.
Ilic_2000	1	2	J. 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_1	1	2	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Gallagher_2015	1	1	R. Gallagher and R. Lanfear. “Unpublished data: Trait campaign with the Royal Botanical Gardens & Macquarie University”. 2015.
Leishman_1993	1	1	M. Leishman. “Unpublished data: Seed mass data for Sydney species, Macquarie University”. 1990.
Munroe_2019	1	1	S. 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.
Schmidt_1993	1	1	S. Schmidt. “Unpublished data: Compilation of mycorrhizal status data, University of Queensland”. 1993.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.