Eucalyptus moderata

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Family Myrtaceae

Taxonomy: Eucalyptus moderata L.A.S.Johnson & K.D.Hill

Synonyms: 5 (APC 2026-07-30)

Eucalyptus dasyphloia D.Nicolle (taxonomic synonym)
Eucalyptus diemalensis D.Nicolle (taxonomic synonym)
Eucalyptus inconstans L.A.S.Johnson & K.D.Hill (taxonomic synonym)
Eucalyptus semivestita (L.A.S.Johnson & K.D.Hill) D.Nicolle (taxonomic synonym)
Eucalyptus transcontinentalis subsp. semivestita L.A.S.Johnson & K.D.Hill (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (17), CPBR_2002 (8), Clarke_2015 (3), Draper_2023 (3), Gallagher_2015 (4), Gosper_2018 (6), Kew_2019_1 (1), Munroe_2019 (1), Nicolle_2006 (3), Schulze_2006 (3), Schulze_2006_2 (7), Schulze_2014 (16), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Stephens_2021 (1), Stephens_2024 (18), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 50 traits from 105 records in 20 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; Gosper_2018; Nicolle_2006; Schulze_2006_2]
post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (1) [sources: Clarke_2015]

flower morphology

flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (1) [sources: Stephens_2024]
sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 8 mm (6-10 mm) [sources: Stephens_2024]
fruit_width (numerical): 6.5 mm (5-8 mm) [sources: 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_area (numerical): 1287.39 mm2 (1222-1415.48 mm2) [sources: Schulze_2006_2; Schulze_2014]
leaf_length (numerical): 75.83 mm (50-130 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; Stephens_2024]
leaf_width (numerical): 20.25 mm (8-45 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; Stephens_2024]
leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 477 mg (477-477 mg) [sources: Schulze_2006_2]
petiole_length (numerical): 2 cm (1.5-2.5 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 373.74 g/m2 (307.25-419.25 g/m2) [sources: Schulze_2006; Schulze_2006_2; Schulze_2014]
leaf_shape (categorical): falcate (1); lanceolate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (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

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: Munroe_2019]
plant_growth_form (categorical): mallee (3); tree (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; CPBR_2002; Gosper_2018; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
life_form (categorical): phanerophyte (1) [sources: Gosper_2018]
life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; Gosper_2018; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: Schulze_2014]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Schulze_2014]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): bird (1); insect (1); mammal (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
dispersers (categorical): passive (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
flowering_time (categorical): ynnnnnynyyny (2) [sources: Stephens_2021; Stephens_2024]
seedbank_location (categorical): canopy_seedbank (1); soil_seedbank_absent (1) [sources: Gosper_2018]
serotiny (categorical): serotinous (1) [sources: Gosper_2018]
storage_organ (categorical): lignotuber (1) [sources: Nicolle_2006]
bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (1); epicormic_buds (1) [sources: Clarke_2015; Nicolle_2006]

nutrient and stable isotope

leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 12.5 mg/g (11.11-14.27 mg/g) [sources: Schulze_2006; Schulze_2006_2; Schulze_2014]
leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 0.41 mg/g (0.41-0.41 mg/g) [sources: Schulze_2014]
leaf_delta13C (numerical): -27.37 {delta}[ppth] (-27.93--27.07 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Schulze_2006; Schulze_2006_2; Schulze_2014]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.87 mg (0.87-0.87 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
seed_length (numerical): 1.75 mm (1.5-2 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002]
seed_shape (categorical): ovoid (1); ovoid_flattened (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 11.67 m (10-15 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
Stephens_2024	9	18	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_2023	14	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.
Schulze_2014	10	16	E. D. Schulze, D. Nicolle, A. Boerner, M. Lauerer, G. Aas, and I. Schulze. “Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios of Eucalyptus and Acacia species along a seasonal rainfall gradient in Western Australia”. Trees 28.4 (2014), pp. 1125-1135. doi: 10.1007/s00468-014-1023-0.
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.
Schulze_2006_2	7	7	E. 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.
Gosper_2018	6	6	C. R. Gosper, C. J. Yates, G. D. Cook, J. M. Harvey, A. C. Liedloff, W. L. McCaw, K. R. Thiele, and S. M. Prober. “A conceptual model of vegetation dynamics for the unique obligate-seeder eucalypt woodlands of south-western Australia”. Austral Ecology 43.6 (2018), pp. 681-695. doi: 10.1111/aec.12613.
Gallagher_2015	1	4	R. Gallagher and R. Lanfear. “Unpublished data: Trait campaign with the Royal Botanical Gardens & Macquarie University”. 2015.
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.
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.
Draper_2023	3	3	J. 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.
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.
WAH_2022_2	3	3	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Kew_2019_1	1	1	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
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.
Stephens_2021	1	1	R. Stephens. “Unpublished data: Flowering time data from TERN plots, Macquarie University.”. 2021.
WAH_2023_2	1	1	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.