AusTraits

Eucalyptus pulchella

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Family Myrtaceae

Taxonomy: Eucalyptus pulchella Desf.

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Eucalyptus amygdalina var. angustifolia F.Muell. ex Burtt Davy (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eucalyptus linearis Dehnh. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): Tas

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (17), ANBG_2019 (5), Blackman_2010 (4), Blackman_2023 (8), CPBR_2002 (8), Gallagher_2015 (1), Jordan_2001 (4), Kew_2019_1 (3), Kew_2019_6 (3), Kirkpatrick_2020 (3), McGlone_2015 (6), Mokany_2015 (2), Nicolle_2006 (3), Sjostrom_2006 (4), SmithMartin_2020 (16), Staples_2019 (80), Stephens_2024 (16), Tng_2013 (6), Vlasveld_2018 (8), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wright_2000 (3). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 58 traits from 206 records in 23 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 (2); monoecious (1) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 5.25 mm (4-6 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Stephens_2024]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 6 mm (5-7 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Stephens_2024]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 491.26 mm2 (307.1-891.38 mm2) [sources: Blackman_2023; Mokany_2015; Staples_2019; Tng_2013; Vlasveld_2018]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 69.75 mm (20-120 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; Stephens_2024]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 5.25 mm (2-10 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; Stephens_2024]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 86.3 mg (41.12-233.7 mg) [sources: Staples_2019; Vlasveld_2018]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 0.55 cm (0.4-0.7 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 197.07 g/m2 (103.11-289.89 g/m2) [sources: Blackman_2010; Blackman_2023; Staples_2019; Tng_2013; Vlasveld_2018]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): linear (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; McGlone_2015]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): tree (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; CPBR_2002; McGlone_2015; SmithMartin_2020; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; Jordan_2001; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nyynnnnnnnyy (1) [sources: Stephens_2024]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): canopy_seedbank (1); soil_seedbank_absent (1) [sources: Kirkpatrick_2020]
  • serotiny (categorical): serotinous (1) [sources: Kirkpatrick_2020]
  • storage_organ (categorical): lignotuber (1) [sources: Nicolle_2006]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (1); epicormic_buds (1) [sources: Nicolle_2006]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -30.94 {delta}[ppth] (-30.94--30.94 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Tng_2013]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 4.58 mg (0.86-12.65 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1; Mokany_2015]
  • seed_length (numerical): 1.7 mm (1-2 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; CPBR_2002]
  • seed_width (numerical): 1.16 mm (1.16-1.16 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019]
  • seed_shape (categorical): comma-shaped (1) [sources: ANBG_2019]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.68 mg/mm3 (0.61-0.75 mg/mm3) [sources: Blackman_2010; Blackman_2023; Staples_2019; Tng_2013]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 20.67 m (20-21 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; McGlone_2015]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Staples_2019480T. 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.
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.
SmithMartin_2020616C. M. Smith-Martin, R. P. Skelton, K. M. Johnson, C. Lucani, and T. J. Brodribb. “Lack of vulnerability segmentation among woody species in a diverse dry sclerophyll woodland community”. Functional Ecology 34 (2020), pp. 777-787. doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.13519.
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).
Blackman_202388C. J. Blackman, B. Halliwell, G. E. Hartill, and T. J. Brodribb. “Petiole XLA (xylem to leaf area ratio) integrates hydraulic safety and efficiency across a diverse group of eucalypt leaves”. Plant, Cell & Environment 47.1 (2023), pp. 49-58. ISSN: 1365-3040. doi: 10.1111/pce.14713.
CPBR_200258Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research. EUCLID 2.0: Eucalypts of Australia. 2002. url: http://apps.lucidcentral.org/euclid/text/intro/index.html.
Vlasveld_201858C. 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.
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.
Tng_201366D. Y. P. Tng, G. J. Jordan, and D. M. J. S. Bowman. “Plant traits demonstrate that temperate and tropical giant Eucalypt forests are ecologically convergent with rainforest not savanna”. PLoS ONE 8 (2013), p. e84378. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084378.
ANBG_201955Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
Blackman_201044C. J. Blackman, T. J. Brodribb, and G. J. Jordan. “Leaf hydraulic vulnerability is related to conduit dimensions and drought resistance across a diverse range of woody angiosperms”. New Phytologist 188.4 (2010), pp. 1113-1123. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2010.03439.x.
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.
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/.
Kirkpatrick_202033J. Kirkpatrick. “Unpublished data: Fire response traits for woody Tasmanian endemic species, University of Tasmania”. 2020.
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.
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.
Mokany_201522K. 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.
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.