AusTraits

Eucalyptus pauciflora

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Family Myrtaceae

Taxonomy: Eucalyptus pauciflora Sieber ex Spreng.

Synonyms: 6 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Eucalyptus coriacea A.Cunn. ex Schauer (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eucalyptus coriacea Schauer var. coriacea (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eucalyptus phlebophylla F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eucalyptus phlebophylla F.Muell. ex Miq. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eucalyptus submultiplinervis Miq. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eucalyptus sylvicultrix F.Muell. ex Benth. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): SA, Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, SA eFlora, Vic Flora, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (6), ANBG_2019 (1), Bryant_2024 (661), Carey_2003 (3), Cheal_2017 (8), Clarke_2015 (3), Doherty_2021 (2), Draper_2023 (3), Everingham_2020 (24), Harrison_2009 (27), Ilic_2000 (2), Jagdish_2020 (7), Jordan_2001 (4), Kew_2019_1 (6), McGlone_2015 (6), Mokany_2015 (3), Munroe_2019 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (16), NSWFRD_2014 (12), Ooi_2007 (33), Pfautsch_2016 (31), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (15), Roderick_1999 (22), Roderick_2002 (15), SAH_2014 (4), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (17), Schulze_2006 (3), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Stephens_2024 (16), Vesk_2007 (6), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Westoby_2014 (32), White_2020 (20), Wright_2000 (3), Zieminska_2015 (36). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 117 traits from 1,071 records in 41 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): fire_killed (1); resprouts (6) [sources: Carey_2003; Cheal_2017; Clarke_2015; Doherty_2021; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (2); post_fire_recruitment_absent (1) [sources: Carey_2003; Cheal_2017; Clarke_2015]
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; Stephens_2024]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (2); monoecious (1) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 9.75 mm (5-13 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Stephens_2024]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 9.62 mm (5-15 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Stephens_2024]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 9.5 mm (5-15 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (4); caryopsis (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (5) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 1839.2 mm2 (880-4021.24 mm2) [sources: Bryant_2024; Mokany_2015; Roderick_1999; Roderick_2002; Westoby_2014]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 145 mm (50-220 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2014; Stephens_2024]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 28.4 mm (10-50 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2014; Stephens_2024]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 578.8 mg (388.5-838.3 mg) [sources: Roderick_2002]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 1.15 cm (0.3-2 cm) [sources: SAH_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 299.83 g/m2 (172.9-392.88 g/m2) [sources: Bryant_2024; Harrison_2009; Roderick_1999; Schulze_2006; Vesk_2007; Westoby_2014; Zieminska_2015]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (4); narrowly_ovate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (5) [sources: ABRS_2023; McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (3) [sources: Harrison_2009; Munroe_2019; White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): mallee (2); tree (9) [sources: ABRS_2022; McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Vesk_2007; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (7) [sources: ABRS_2022; Cheal_2017; Jordan_2001; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): bird (1); insect (2); mammal (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (1); barochory (2) [sources: Draper_2023; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): passive (1); wind (1) [sources: Draper_2023; NSWFRD_2014]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnnnnny (1); yynynnnynyyy (1) [sources: Stephens_2024; White_2020]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): canopy_seedbank (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): long_persistent (1); transient (1) [sources: Cheal_2017; White_2020]
  • seed_dormancy_class (categorical): non_dormant (1) [sources: Ooi_2007]
  • seed_viability (numerical): 0.3 {count}/{count} (0.2-0.4 {count}/{count}) [sources: Everingham_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • storage_organ (categorical): lignotuber (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_buds (1); basal_stem_buds (3); epicormic_buds (3); none (1) [sources: Carey_2003; Clarke_2015; Doherty_2021; NSWFRD_2014]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 11.86 mg/g (8.96-15.79 mg/g) [sources: Harrison_2009; Roderick_1999; Schulze_2006; Westoby_2014]
  • leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 0.94 mg/g (0.94-0.94 mg/g) [sources: Westoby_2014]
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -25.05 {delta}[ppth] (-27.59--21.8 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Harrison_2009; Schulze_2006; Westoby_2014]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 3.22 mg (0.7-16.95 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019; Everingham_2020; Jagdish_2020; Kew_2019_1; Mokany_2015; Ooi_2007]
  • seed_shape (categorical): polyhedral (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.52 mg/mm3 (0.41-0.78 mg/mm3) [sources: Bryant_2024; Ilic_2000; Pfautsch_2016; Westoby_2014; Zieminska_2015]
  • huber_value (numerical): 0 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf} (0-0 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf}) [sources: Bryant_2024; Westoby_2014; Zieminska_2015]
  • stem_vessel_density (numerical): 34.48 {count}/mm2 (5.65-84.92 {count}/mm2) [sources: Bryant_2024; Pfautsch_2016; Zieminska_2015]
  • stem_vessel_diameter (numerical): 56.67 um (42.35-120.76 um) [sources: Bryant_2024; Pfautsch_2016; Zieminska_2015]
  • stem_vessel_lumen_fraction (numerical): 0.07 mm2/mm2 (0.06-0.12 mm2/mm2) [sources: Bryant_2024; Pfautsch_2016; Zieminska_2015]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Bryant_202416661C. Bryant, M. C. Ball, J. Borevitz, M. T. Brookhouse, H. Carle, P. Cunningham, M. Davey, J. Davies, A. Eason, J. D. Erskine, T. I. Fuenzalida, D. Grishin, R. Harris, J. Kriticos, A. Midson, A. B. Nicotra, A. Nshuti, J. Ward-Jones, Y. Yau, O. Young, and H. Bothwell. “Elevation-dependent patterns of borer-mediated snow-gum dieback are associated with subspecies' trait differences and environmental variation”. Austral Ecology 49.3 (2024). ISSN: 1442-9993. doi: 10.1111/aec.13508.
Zieminska_20151236K. Ziemińska, M. Westoby, and I. J. Wright. “Broad anatomical variation within a narrow wood density range - A study of twig wood across 69 Australian Angiosperms”. PLOS ONE 10.4 (2015), p. e0124892. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0124892.
Ooi_2007233M. K. J. Ooi, P. Myerscough, and T. Auld. “Unpublished data: Longterm seed mass field campaign, University of New South Wales”. 2007.
Westoby_20143032S. 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.
Pfautsch_2016631S. Pfautsch. “Vessel diameter and related hydraulic traits of 31 Eucalyptus species arrayed along a gradient of water availability”. Ecology 97.6 (2016), pp. 1626-1626. doi: 10.1890/16-0147.1.
Harrison_20091327M. T. Harrison, E. J. Edwards, G. D. Farquhar, A. B. Nicotra, and J. R. Evans. “Nitrogen in cell walls of sclerophyllous leaves accounts for little of the variation in photosynthetic nitrogen-use efficiency”. Plant, Cell and Environment 32 (2009), pp. 259-270. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2008.01918.x.
Everingham_2020324S. E. Everingham, C. A. Offord, M. E. B. Sabot, and A. T. Moles. “Time travelling seeds reveal that plant regeneration and growth traits are responding to climate change”. Ecology 102 (2020), p. e03272. doi: 10.1002/ecy.3272.
Roderick_1999522M. 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.
White_20202020M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
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/.
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/.
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).
RBGV_20231515VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Roderick_2002415M. L. Roderick and M. J. Cochrane. “On the conservative nature of the leaf mass-area relationship”. Annals of Botany 89.5 (2002), pp. 537-542. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcf100.
NSWFRD_20141012B. 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.
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.
Jagdish_202027A. Jagdish. “Unpublished data: Germination photoperiod sensitivity of Australian Plants, University of New South Wales”. 2020.
ABRS_202366Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Kew_2019_116Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
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.
Vesk_200726P. Vesk. “Unpublished data: Leaf traits for flora of Falls Creek Victoria, University of Melbourne”. 2007.
Jordan_200144G. J. Jordan. “An investigation of long-distance dispersal based on species native to both Tasmania and New Zealand”. Australian Journal of Botany 49.3 (2001), pp. 333-340. doi: 10.1071/bt00024.
NHNSW_2014_244Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
SAH_201424J. P. Jessop and H. R. Toelken. Flora of South Australia, 4th edition, 4 vols. Electronic version curated by J. Kellermann, State Herbarium of South Australia.. Government Printer, Adelaide, 1986.
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.
Carey_200333A. C. &. M. E. &. P. H. &. M. L. &. T. M. &. P. O. &. S. S. &. D. S. &. N. Webb. Wildfires in the ACT 2003: Report on Initial Impacts on Natural Ecosystems. Technical Report No. 17. Environment ACT, 2003. url: https://www.act.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/2539593/17-wildfires-in-the-act-report-on-initial-impacts-on-natural-ecosystems-2003.pdf.
Clarke_201533P. 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_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.
Mokany_201533K. Mokany, J. J. Thomson, A. J. J. Lynch, G. J. Jordan, and S. Ferrier. “Linking changes in community composition and function under climate change”. Ecological Applications 25.8 (2015), pp. 2132-2141. doi: 10.1890/14-2384.1.
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/.
RBGV_202233VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
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/.
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.
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.
Doherty_202122M. Doherty. “Fire Severity and Plant Community Dynamics in the Australian Alps, Southeastern New South Wales”. PhD. Australian National University, 2021. url: http://hdl.handle.net/1885/224564.
Ilic_200012J. 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.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
ANBG_201911Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
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.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.