AusTraits

Eucalyptus salmonophloia

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Family Myrtaceae

Taxonomy: Eucalyptus salmonophloia F.Muell.

Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30

Distribution (APC): WA

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (16), ANBG_2019 (1), Barrett_2009 (30), Bloomfield_2018 (248), Burrows_2008_2 (4), Burrows_2020 (4), CPBR_2002 (8), Clarke_2015 (3), Draper_2023 (3), Gallagher_2015 (1), Gosper_2018 (6), Ilic_2000 (3), Kew_2019_1 (3), Kew_2019_6 (1), Mitchell_2008 (12), Munroe_2019 (1), Nicolle_2006 (2), Pfautsch_2016 (32), Rumman_2018 (4), Schulze_2006_2 (122), Schulze_2014 (15), Shedley_2007 (42), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Stephens_2021 (2), Stephens_2024 (16), Sweedman_2006 (4), Vlasveld_2018 (6), 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 89 traits from 607 records in 33 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 (2); partial_resprouting (10); resprouts (7) [sources: Barrett_2009; Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020; Clarke_2015; Gosper_2018; Nicolle_2006; Schulze_2006_2; Shedley_2007]
  • post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (12) [sources: Barrett_2009; Clarke_2015; Shedley_2007]
  • fire_time_from_fire_to_flowering (numerical): 60 mo (60-60 mo) [sources: Burrows_2020]
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (1) [sources: Stephens_2024]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 4 mm (3-5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Stephens_2024]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 4.5 mm (4-5 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): 759.97 mm2 (411-1479.28 mm2) [sources: Schulze_2006_2; Schulze_2014; Vlasveld_2018]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 86.67 mm (60-120 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; Stephens_2024]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 14.33 mm (6-30 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; Stephens_2024]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 212.58 mg (123-307 mg) [sources: Schulze_2006_2; Vlasveld_2018]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 1.25 cm (1-1.5 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 300.67 g/m2 (219.76-351.21 g/m2) [sources: Bloomfield_2018; Mitchell_2008; Schulze_2006_2; Schulze_2014; Vlasveld_2018]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.56 g/g (0.52-0.58 g/g) [sources: Bloomfield_2018]
  • leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: Rumman_2018]
  • 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): tree (16) [sources: ABRS_2022; Barrett_2009; CPBR_2002; Gosper_2018; Rumman_2018; Shedley_2007; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • life_form (categorical): phanerophyte (1) [sources: Gosper_2018]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (6) [sources: ABRS_2022; Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020; Gosper_2018; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [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): nnnnnnnyyyyy (1); yyynnnnnnnny (1); yyynynnyyyyy (1) [sources: Stephens_2021; Stephens_2024]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): canopy_seedbank (12); soil_seedbank_absent (1) [sources: Barrett_2009; Gosper_2018; Shedley_2007]
  • serotiny (categorical): serotinous (1) [sources: Gosper_2018]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): epicormic_buds (14) [sources: Barrett_2009; Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020; Clarke_2015; Nicolle_2006; Shedley_2007]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 13 mg/g (10.5-18.1 mg/g) [sources: Bloomfield_2018; Schulze_2006_2; Schulze_2014]
  • leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 0.52 mg/g (0.38-0.74 mg/g) [sources: Bloomfield_2018]
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -26.19 {delta}[ppth] (-28.8--24.11 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Mitchell_2008; Rumman_2018; Schulze_2006_2; Schulze_2014]
physiology
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.82 mg (0.14-2.53 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019; Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_length (numerical): 1.4 mm (0.8-2 mm) [sources: CPBR_2002]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.85 mg/mm3 (0.79-0.93 mg/mm3) [sources: Ilic_2000; Mitchell_2008; Pfautsch_2016]
  • huber_value (numerical): 0 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf} (0-0 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf}) [sources: Mitchell_2008]
  • stem_vessel_density (numerical): 18.13 {count}/mm2 (14.1-22.24 {count}/mm2) [sources: Pfautsch_2016]
  • stem_vessel_diameter (numerical): 84.69 um (61.95-101.33 um) [sources: Pfautsch_2016]
  • stem_vessel_lumen_fraction (numerical): 0.11 mm2/mm2 (0.08-0.15 mm2/mm2) [sources: Pfautsch_2016]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 22 m (4-30 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Bloomfield_201824248K. J. Bloomfield, L. A. Cernusak, D. Eamus, D. S. Ellsworth, I. C. Prentice, I. J. Wright, M. M. Boer, M. G. Bradford, P. Cale, J. Cleverly, J. J. G. Egerton, B. J. Evans, L. S. Hayes, M. F. Hutchinson, M. J. Liddell, C. Macfarlane, W. S. Meyer, S. M. Prober, H. F. Togashi, T. Wardlaw, L. Zhu, and O. K. Atkin. “A continental-scale assessment of variability in leaf traits: Within species, across sites and between seasons”. Functional Ecology 32.6 (2018), pp. 1492-1506. doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.13097.
Schulze_2006_27122E. Schulze, N. C. Turner, D. Nicolle, and J. Schumacher. “Leaf and wood carbon isotope ratios, specific leaf areas and woodgrowth of Eucalyptus species across a rainfall gradient in Australia”. Tree Physiology 26.4 (2006), pp. 479-492. doi: 10.1093/treephys/26.4.479.
Shedley_2007642E. 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.
Pfautsch_2016632S. 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.
Barrett_2009730S. 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.
ABRS_20231116Australian 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).
Schulze_2014915E. 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.
Mitchell_20081212P. J. Mitchell, E. J. Veneklaas, H. Lambers, and S. S. O. Burgess. “Using multiple trait associations to define hydraulic functional types in plant communities of south-western Australia”. Oecologia 158 (2008), pp. 385-397. doi: 10.1007/s00442-008-1152-5.
CPBR_200258Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research. EUCLID 2.0: Eucalypts of Australia. 2002. url: http://apps.lucidcentral.org/euclid/text/intro/index.html.
Gosper_201866C. R. Gosper, C. J. Yates, G. D. Cook, J. M. Harvey, A. C. Liedloff, W. L. McCaw, K. R. Thiele, and S. M. Prober. “A conceptual model of vegetation dynamics for the unique obligate-seeder eucalypt woodlands of south-western Australia”. Austral Ecology 43.6 (2018), pp. 681-695. doi: 10.1111/aec.12613.
Vlasveld_201836C. 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.
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.
Rumman_201844R. Rumman, O. K. Atkin, K. J. Bloomfield, and D. Eamus. “Variation in bulk-leaf 13C discrimination, leaf traits and wateruse efficiency-trait relationships along a continental-scale climate gradient in Australia”. Global Change Biology 24 (2018), pp. 1186-1200. doi: 10.1111/gcb.13911.
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.
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.
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.
Ilic_200013J. 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.
Kew_2019_113Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
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.
Nicolle_200622D. 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.
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.
ANBG_201911Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
Gallagher_201511R. Gallagher and R. Lanfear. “Unpublished data: Trait campaign with the Royal Botanical Gardens & Macquarie University”. 2015.
Kew_2019_611Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Germination data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
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.