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Eucalyptus occidentalis

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Family Myrtaceae

Taxonomy: Eucalyptus occidentalis Endl.

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Eucalyptus agnata Domin (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eucalyptus occidentalis Endl. var. occidentalis (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA, Vic (naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (17), ANBG_2019 (6), Barrett_2009 (53), Burrows_2008_2 (4), Burrows_2020 (4), CPBR_2002 (8), Gallagher_2015 (1), Kew_2019_1 (4), Kew_2019_3 (3), Nicolle_2006 (3), Portelli_2023 (20), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (16), Schulze_2006 (3), Searson_2004 (10), Shedley_2007 (16), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Staples_2019 (79), Stephens_2024 (16), Sweedman_2006 (2), Togashi_2015 (2), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wright_2000 (3). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 61 traits from 288 records in 27 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
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (1) [sources: Stephens_2024]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_dry_mass (numerical): 323.28 mg (253.84-392.72 mg) [sources: Portelli_2023]
  • fruit_length (numerical): 12.5 mm (8-15 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; Stephens_2024]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 10.83 mm (7-13 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; Stephens_2024]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 13 mm (13-13 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (2); caryopsis (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 2170.22 mm2 (1050.59-3508.78 mm2) [sources: Portelli_2023; Staples_2019]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 109.38 mm (60-160 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; RBGV_2023; Stephens_2024]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 27.75 mm (10-65 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; RBGV_2023; Stephens_2024]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 751.34 mg (272.1-1211.9 mg) [sources: Portelli_2023; Staples_2019]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 1.15 cm (0.8-1.5 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 365.97 g/m2 (259-481.22 g/m2) [sources: Portelli_2023; Schulze_2006; Staples_2019]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): falcate (1); lanceolate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • 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 (1) [sources: Kew_2019_3]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): mallee (2); tree (18) [sources: ABRS_2022; Barrett_2009; CPBR_2002; RBGV_2022; Shedley_2007; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (6) [sources: ABRS_2022; Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnyynnyyyyn (1) [sources: Stephens_2024]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): canopy_seedbank (11) [sources: Barrett_2009]
  • storage_organ (categorical): lignotuber (1) [sources: Nicolle_2006]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_buds (1); basal_stem_buds (1); epicormic_buds (17) [sources: Barrett_2009; Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020; Nicolle_2006; Shedley_2007]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 6.1 mg/g (6.1-6.1 mg/g) [sources: Schulze_2006]
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -26.65 {delta}[ppth] (-26.65--26.65 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Schulze_2006]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 2.6 mg (0.36-12.19 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019; Kew_2019_1; Portelli_2023]
  • seed_length (numerical): 1.52 mm (1-2 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; CPBR_2002]
  • seed_width (numerical): 1.11 mm (1.11-1.11 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ovoid (2); ovoid_flattened (2) [sources: ANBG_2019; RBGV_2023]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.64 mg/mm3 (0.51-0.77 mg/mm3) [sources: Portelli_2023; Searson_2004; Staples_2019]
  • huber_value (numerical): 0 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf} (0-0 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf}) [sources: Togashi_2015]
  • stem_vessel_density (numerical): 199.5 {count}/mm2 (175-224 {count}/mm2) [sources: Searson_2004]
  • stem_vessel_diameter (numerical): 26.8 um (25.43-28.16 um) [sources: Searson_2004]
  • stem_vessel_lumen_fraction (numerical): 0.1 mm2/mm2 (0.09-0.1 mm2/mm2) [sources: Searson_2004]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 18 m (4-20 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; RBGV_2023; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Staples_2019479T. 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.
Barrett_2009553S. Barrett, S. Comer, N. McQuoid, M. Porter, C. Tiller, and D. Utber. Identification and Conservation of Fire Sensitive Ecosystems and Species of the South Coast Natural Resource Management Region.. government. Department of Conservation and Land Management, South Coast Region, Western Australia, 2009.
Portelli_20231120A. 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.
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.
RBGV_20231416VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Shedley_2007416E. 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.
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).
Searson_2004510M. J. Searson, D. S. Thomas, K. D. Montagu, and J. P. Conroy. “Wood density and anatomy of water-limited eucalypts”. Tree Physiology 24.11 (2004), pp. 1295-1302. doi: 10.1093/treephys/24.11.1295.
CPBR_200258Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research. EUCLID 2.0: Eucalypts of Australia. 2002. url: http://apps.lucidcentral.org/euclid/text/intro/index.html.
ANBG_201966Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
Burrows_2008_244N. D. Burrows, G. Wardell-Johnson, and B. Ward. “Post-fire juvenile period of plants in south-west Australia forests and implications for fire management”. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 91 (2008), pp. 163-174. ISSN: 0035922X. url: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19156 (visited on 03/27/2025).
Burrows_202044N. Burrows. Data from 'Plant Ecological Attributes' theme, NatureMap, DBCA, WA. 2020.
Kew_2019_114Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Sjostrom_200644A. 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_202233Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Kew_2019_333Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Salt and water tolerance data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
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.
RBGV_202233VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
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.
WAH_2022_233Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wright_200033I. 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.
Sweedman_200622L. Sweedman and D. Merritt. Australian Seeds: A Guide to Their Collection, Identification, and Biology. CSIRO Publishing, 2006. ISBN: 9780643094079.
Togashi_201512H. F. Togashi, I. C. Prentice, B. J. Evans, D. I. Forrester, P. Drake, P. Feikema, K. Brooksbank, D. Eamus, and D. Taylor. “Morphological and moisture availability controls of the leaf area-to-sapwood area ratio: analysis of measurements on Australian trees”. Ecology and Evolution 5.6 (2015), pp. 1263-1270. doi: 10.1002/ece3.1344.
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.
Gallagher_201511R. Gallagher and R. Lanfear. “Unpublished data: Trait campaign with the Royal Botanical Gardens & Macquarie University”. 2015.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.