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Eucalyptus incrassata

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Family Myrtaceae

Taxonomy: Eucalyptus incrassata Labill.

Synonyms: 9 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Eucalyptus costata F.Muell. & Behr (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eucalyptus costata F.Muell. & Behr ex F.Muell. subsp. costata (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eucalyptus costata subsp. murrayana L.A.S.Johnson & K.D.Hill (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eucalyptus decens K.D.Hill (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eucalyptus decens K.D.Hill subsp. decens (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eucalyptus incrassata Labill. subsp. incrassata (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Eucalyptus incrassata Labill. var. incrassata (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Eucalyptus incrassata subsp. costata (F.Muell.) F.C.Johnstone & Hallam (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eucalyptus incrassata var. costata (F.Muell. & Behr ex F.Muell.) N.T.Burb. (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 (4), ABRS_2023 (17), ANBG_2019 (7), CPBR_2002 (7), Cheal_2017 (8), Clarke_2015 (6), Draper_2023 (6), Gallagher_2015 (15), Gosper_2012 (6), Kew_2019_1 (5), Kew_2019_6 (3), McGlone_2015 (6), Moles_2011 (7), Munroe_2019 (2), NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (16), NSWFRD_2014 (9), Nicolle_2006 (3), Pollock_2018 (137), Portelli_2023 (67), RBGV_2022 (9), RBGV_2023 (27), Roderick_1999 (12), SAH_2014 (4), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (17), SPRAT_2025_2 (2), Schmidt_1993 (1), Schulze_2006 (6), Schulze_2006_2 (7), Shedley_2007 (2), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Staples_2019 (5), Stephens_2024 (17), Sweedman_2006 (2), Tsakalos_2020 (18), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (60), Wright_2000 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 86 traits from 543 records in 43 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 (12) [sources: Cheal_2017; Clarke_2015; Gosper_2012; NSWFRD_2014; Nicolle_2006; Schulze_2006_2; Shedley_2007; Tsakalos_2020; White_2020]
  • post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (2); post_fire_recruitment_absent (1) [sources: Cheal_2017; Clarke_2015]
  • fire_time_from_fire_to_flowering (numerical): 60 mo (60-60 mo) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): pink (1); white_cream (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; Stephens_2024]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_dry_mass (numerical): 442.5 mg (149.25-847.6 mg) [sources: Pollock_2018; Portelli_2023]
  • fruit_length (numerical): 12.3 mm (8-20 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Stephens_2024]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 11 mm (7-15 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Stephens_2024]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 10.5 mm (7-13 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (4); caryopsis (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Sjostrom_2006; Tsakalos_2020]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (7) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 1027.78 mm2 (391-1815 mm2) [sources: Moles_2011; Pollock_2018; Portelli_2023; Schulze_2006_2]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 88.57 mm (40-150 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2014; Stephens_2024]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 22.19 mm (8-50 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2014; Stephens_2024]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 419.21 mg (167-772 mg) [sources: Pollock_2018; Portelli_2023; Schulze_2006_2]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 1.5 cm (1-2 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 430.66 g/m2 (313.12-534.21 g/m2) [sources: Moles_2011; Pollock_2018; Portelli_2023; Roderick_1999; Schulze_2006; Schulze_2006_2]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.5 g/g (0.5-0.5 g/g) [sources: Moles_2011]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (4); narrowly_ovate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (3) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; SAH_2023; Tsakalos_2020]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (8) [sources: ABRS_2023; McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Tsakalos_2020]
  • leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
  • leaf_glaucousness (categorical): not_glaucous (2) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
  • leaf_hairs_adult_leaves (categorical): glabrous (2) [sources: Moles_2011; Tsakalos_2020]
  • leaf_hairs_immature_leaves (categorical): glabrous (1) [sources: Moles_2011]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (6) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (7) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Tsakalos_2020]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (6) [sources: Munroe_2019; Tsakalos_2020; White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): mallee (11); tree (6) [sources: ABRS_2022; Gosper_2012; McGlone_2015; Moles_2011; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Shedley_2007; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (10) [sources: ABRS_2022; Cheal_2017; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Tsakalos_2020; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (9) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Tsakalos_2020; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): dense (1); erect (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; Tsakalos_2020]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (3) [sources: White_2020]
  • root_structure (categorical): arbuscular_mycorrhizal (2); ectomycorrhizal (1) [sources: Schmidt_1993; Tsakalos_2020]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (4) [sources: Tsakalos_2020; White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): bird (3); insect (6); mammal (2) [sources: Draper_2023; SPRAT_2025_2; White_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (5) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): passive (2) [sources: Draper_2023]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnyyy (2); yyyynnnnnnyy (1); yyyyyyyyyyyy (2) [sources: Stephens_2024; Tsakalos_2020; White_2020]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): canopy_seedbank (2); soil_seedbank_absent (1) [sources: Gosper_2012; NSWFRD_2014]
  • serotiny (categorical): serotinous (1) [sources: Gosper_2012]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): long_persistent (1); short_persistent (1); transient (3) [sources: Cheal_2017; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (3) [sources: White_2020]
  • storage_organ (categorical): lignotuber (2) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; Nicolle_2006]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (3); epicormic_buds (1) [sources: Clarke_2015; NSWFRD_2014; Nicolle_2006]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 8.48 mg/g (7.2-10.8 mg/g) [sources: Roderick_1999; Schulze_2006; Schulze_2006_2]
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -27.87 {delta}[ppth] (-28.89--27.43 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Schulze_2006; Schulze_2006_2]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 2.2 mg (0.6-35.7 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019; Kew_2019_1; Pollock_2018; Portelli_2023]
  • seed_length (numerical): 2.78 mm (2-4 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; CPBR_2002]
  • seed_width (numerical): 1.89 mm (1.89-1.89 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ovoid (1); ovoid_elongated (1); polyhedral (3) [sources: ANBG_2019; RBGV_2023]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.77 mg/mm3 (0.66-0.89 mg/mm3) [sources: Portelli_2023; Staples_2019]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 5.33 m (2-8 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023; WAH_2023_2]
  • plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (5) [sources: Moles_2011; Tsakalos_2020; White_2020]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Pollock_20186137L. 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.
Portelli_20231167A. 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.
White_20202060M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
RBGV_20231327VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Tsakalos_20201718J. L. Tsakalos, M. Renton, F. Riviera, E. J. Veneklaas, M. P. Dobrowolski, and L. Mucina. “Trait-based formal definition of plant functional types and functional communities in the multi-species and multi-traits context”. Ecological Complexity 40 (2019), p. 100787. doi: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2019.100787.
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.
SAH_20231317S. 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/.
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/.
Gallagher_2015115R. Gallagher and R. Lanfear. “Unpublished data: Trait campaign with the Royal Botanical Gardens & Macquarie University”. 2015.
Roderick_1999412M. 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.
NSWFRD_201499B. 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.
RBGV_202239VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
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.
ANBG_201967Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
CPBR_200247Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research. EUCLID 2.0: Eucalypts of Australia. 2002. url: http://apps.lucidcentral.org/euclid/text/intro/index.html.
Moles_201177A. T. Moles, I. R. Wallis, W. J. Foley, D. I. Warton, J. C. Stegen, A. J. Bisigato, L. Cella-Pizarro, C. J. Clark, P. S. Cohen, W. K. Cornwell, W. Edwards, R. Ejrnaes, T. Gonzales-Ojeda, B. J. Graae, G. Hay, F. C. Lumbwe, B. Magana-Rodriguez, B. D. Moore, P. L. Peri, J. R. Poulsen, R. Veldtman, H. von Zeipel, N. R. Andrew, S. L. Boulter, E. T. Borer, F. F. Campon, M. Coll, A. G. Farji-Brener, J. D. Gabriel, E. Jurado, L. A. Kyhn, B. Low, C. P. H. Mulder, K. Reardon-Smith, J. Rodriguez-Velazquez, E. W. Seabloom, P. A. Vesk, A. van Cauter, M. S. Waldram, Z. Zheng, P. G. Blendinger, B. J. Enquist, J. M. Facelli, T. Knight, J. D. Majer, M. Martinez-Ramos, P. McQuillan, and L. D. Prior. “Putting plant resistance traits on the map: A test of the idea that plants are better defended at lower latitudes”. New Phytologist 191.3 (2011), pp. 777-788. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.03732.x.
Schulze_2006_277E. Schulze, N. C. Turner, D. Nicolle, and J. Schumacher. “Leaf and wood carbon isotope ratios, specific leaf areas and woodgrowth of Eucalyptus species across a rainfall gradient in Australia”. Tree Physiology 26.4 (2006), pp. 479-492. doi: 10.1093/treephys/26.4.479.
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.
Draper_202336J. 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.
Gosper_201266C. R. Gosper, C. J. Yates, and S. M. Prober. “Changes in plant species and functional composition with time since fire in two mediterranean climate plant communities”. Journal of Vegetation Science 23.6 (2012), pp. 1071-1081. doi: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2012.01434.x.
McGlone_201566M. S. McGlone, S. J. Richardson, G. J. Jordan, and G. L. Perry. “Is there a `suboptimal' woody species height? A response to Scheffer et al.”. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 30.1 (2015), pp. 4-5. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2014.09.007.
Schulze_200636E. 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.
Kew_2019_115Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Staples_201915T. Staples, J. M. Dwyer, J. R. England, and M. M. Mayfield. “Productivity does not correlate with species and functional diversity in Australian reforestation plantings across a wide climate gradient”. Global Ecology and Biogeography 28.10 (2019), pp. 1417-1429. doi: 10.1111/geb.12962.
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NHNSW_2014_244Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
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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/.
Nicolle_200633D. 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.
SAH_202233S. 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/.
WAH_2022_233Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Munroe_201912S. 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.
SPRAT_2025_212F. D. of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment, and Water. Species Profile and Threats Database. 2025. url: https://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/sprat.pl.
Shedley_200722E. 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.
Sweedman_200622L. Sweedman and D. Merritt. Australian Seeds: A Guide to Their Collection, Identification, and Biology. CSIRO Publishing, 2006. ISBN: 9780643094079.
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.
Schmidt_199311S. Schmidt. “Unpublished data: Compilation of mycorrhizal status data, University of Queensland”. 1993.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.
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.