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Eucalyptus oldfieldii

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Family Myrtaceae

Taxonomy: Eucalyptus oldfieldii F.Muell.

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Eucalyptus oldfieldi F.Muell. (orthographic variant)
  • Eucalyptus oldfieldii F.Muell. var. oldfieldii (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (18), ANBG_2019 (4), CPBR_2002 (8), Draper_2023 (3), Gallagher_2015 (1), Kew_2019_1 (2), Kew_2019_6 (3), Munroe_2019 (1), Nicolle_2006 (3), Schulze_2006 (3), Schulze_2014 (21), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Stephens_2021 (1), Stephens_2024 (16), Sweedman_2006 (4), Turner_2010 (14), Vlasveld_2018 (7), WAH_2022_2 (6), WAH_2023_2 (3), Wenk_2022 (4), Wenk_2023 (2). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 51 traits from 131 records in 22 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_length (numerical): 9.75 mm (5-12 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Stephens_2024]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 15 mm (10-20 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; 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): 776.15 mm2 (367.24-1288.13 mm2) [sources: Schulze_2014; Turner_2010; Vlasveld_2018]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 88 mm (60-120 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; Stephens_2024]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 19.33 mm (9-35 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; Stephens_2024]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 323.83 mg (248.95-476.12 mg) [sources: Turner_2010; Vlasveld_2018]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 1.75 cm (1.5-2 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 394.67 g/m2 (313.02-442.09 g/m2) [sources: Schulze_2006; Schulze_2014; Turner_2010; Vlasveld_2018]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (1); narrowly_ovate (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 (5); tree (6) [sources: ABRS_2022; CPBR_2002; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (5) [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): nnnnyyyyyyyn (1); nnnyyyyyyyyn (1) [sources: Stephens_2021; Stephens_2024]
  • storage_organ (categorical): lignotuber (1) [sources: Nicolle_2006]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (1) [sources: Nicolle_2006]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 12.65 mg/g (12.03-13.2 mg/g) [sources: Schulze_2006; Schulze_2014; Turner_2010]
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -26.78 {delta}[ppth] (-29.54--24.87 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Schulze_2006; Schulze_2014; Turner_2010]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 11.89 mg (1.56-22.22 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_length (numerical): 2.1 mm (1.5-3 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; CPBR_2002]
  • seed_width (numerical): 1.25 mm (1.25-1.25 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019]
  • seed_shape (categorical): comma-shaped (1); orbicular (1); polyhedral_elongated (1); sectoroid (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; ANBG_2019]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 5.25 m (2-6 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Schulze_2014921E. 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.
ABRS_20231318Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.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).
Turner_2010714N. C. Turner, E. Schulze, D. Nicolle, and I. Kuhlmann. “Growth in two common gardens reveals species by environment interaction in carbon isotope discrimination of Eucalyptus”. Tree Physiology 30.6 (2010), pp. 741-747. doi: 10.1093/treephys/tpq029.
CPBR_200258Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research. EUCLID 2.0: Eucalypts of Australia. 2002. url: http://apps.lucidcentral.org/euclid/text/intro/index.html.
Vlasveld_201847C. Vlasveld, B. O'Leary, F. Udovicic, and M. Burd. “Leaf heteroblasty in eucalypts: biogeographic evidence of ecological function”. Australian Journal of Botany 66.3 (2018), pp. 191-201. doi: 10.1071/bt17134.
WAH_2022_236Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
ANBG_201944Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
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.
Sweedman_200624L. Sweedman and D. Merritt. Australian Seeds: A Guide to Their Collection, Identification, and Biology. CSIRO Publishing, 2006. ISBN: 9780643094079.
Wenk_202224E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
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.
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.
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/.
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.
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_2023_213Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Kew_2019_112Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_202312E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.
Gallagher_201511R. Gallagher and R. Lanfear. “Unpublished data: Trait campaign with the Royal Botanical Gardens & Macquarie University”. 2015.
Munroe_201911S. 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_202111R. Stephens. “Unpublished data: Flowering time data from TERN plots, Macquarie University.”. 2021.