AusTraits

Eucalyptus pruinosa

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Family Myrtaceae

Taxonomy: Eucalyptus pruinosa Schauer

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Eucalyptus spodophylla F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA, NT, Qld

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (15), Cernusak_2011 (126), Crowley_2007 (2), Dong_2017 (15), Kew_2019_1 (3), Kew_2019_6 (3), Munroe_2019 (1), NTH_2022 (3), NTH_2023 (20), RussellSmith_2012 (4), Schulze_1998 (23), Schulze_2006 (3), Schulze_2014 (2), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Stephens_2021 (2), Stephens_2024 (16), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 59 traits from 253 records in 21 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): 8.75 mm (5-13 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Stephens_2024]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 6.5 mm (4-8 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Stephens_2024]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 3764.4 mm2 (3086.13-5102 mm2) [sources: Cernusak_2011; Schulze_2014]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 96.25 mm (47-160 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023; Stephens_2024]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 58 mm (22-105 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023; Stephens_2024]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 1151 mg (877-1546 mg) [sources: Cernusak_2011]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 250.77 g/m2 (222.72-303.03 g/m2) [sources: Cernusak_2011; Dong_2017; Schulze_1998; Schulze_2006]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): cordate (2); elliptical (1); orbicular (1); ovate (1); widely_elliptical (1); widely_ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): cordate (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (1); undulate (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1); opposite (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: Munroe_2019]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): mallee (4); tree (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; Schulze_1998; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: Schulze_1998]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (2) [sources: Dong_2017; Schulze_1998]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnyyyyyynynn (1); ynnyynynnnyy (1); ynyyyyyynyyy (1) [sources: Stephens_2021; Stephens_2024]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (1) [sources: RussellSmith_2012]
  • storage_organ (categorical): lignotuber (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): epicormic_buds (1) [sources: Crowley_2007]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 11.65 mg/g (7.6-14.6 mg/g) [sources: Cernusak_2011; Dong_2017; Schulze_1998; Schulze_2006]
  • leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 0.51 mg/g (0.46-0.61 mg/g) [sources: Cernusak_2011]
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -28.52 {delta}[ppth] (-29.81--26.9 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Cernusak_2011; Dong_2017; Schulze_1998; Schulze_2006]
physiology
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 5.76 mg (0.96-8.33 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ovoid_flattened (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 8.17 m (2-10 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Cernusak_201121126L. A. Cernusak, L. B. Hutley, J. Beringer, J. A. Holtum, and B. L. Turner. “Photosynthetic physiology of eucalypts along a sub-continental rainfall gradient in northern Australia”. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 151.11 (2011), pp. 1462-1470. doi: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2011.01.006.
Schulze_1998823E. -. Schulze, R. J. Williams, G. D. Farquhar, W. Schulze, J. Langridge, J. M. Miller, and B. H. Walker. “Carbon and nitrogen isotope discrimination and nitrogen nutrition of trees along a rainfall gradient in northern Australia”. Australian Journal of Plant Physiology 25.4 (1998), pp. 413-425. doi: 10.1071/PP97113.
NTH_20231420D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.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).
ABRS_20231115Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Dong_2017815N. Dong, I. C. Prentice, B. J. Evans, S. Caddy-Retalic, A. J. Lowe, and I. J. Wright. “Leaf nitrogen from first principles: field evidence for adaptive variation with climate”. Biogeosciences 14.2 (2017), pp. 481-495. doi: 10.5194/bg-14-481-2017.
RussellSmith_201244J. Russell-Smith, M. R. Gardener, C. Brock, K. Brennan, C. P. Yates, and B. Grace. “Fire persistence traits can be used to predict vegetation response to changing fire regimes at expansive landscape scales - an Australian example”. Journal of Biogeography 39 (2012), pp. 1657-1668. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02714.x.
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_113Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
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/.
NTH_202233D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.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/.
Crowley_200722G. Crowley, M. Gardener, and M. Marrinan. Tropical savannas fire response database. 2007. url: [www.landmanager.org.au](www.landmanager.org.au).
Schulze_201412E. 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.
Stephens_202112R. Stephens. “Unpublished data: Flowering time data from TERN plots, Macquarie University.”. 2021.
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.
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.