Eucalyptus sideroxylon subsp. sideroxylon

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Family Myrtaceae

Taxonomy: Eucalyptus sideroxylon A.Cunn. ex Woolls subsp. sideroxylon

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

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW, Vic

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (13), Kew_2019_1 (1), Portelli_2023 (29), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (16), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (18). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 44 traits from 86 records in 9 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

fruit morphology

fruit_dry_mass (numerical): 152.41 mg (109.54-197.12 mg) [sources: Portelli_2023]
fruit_length (numerical): 9.5 mm (5-11 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
fruit_width (numerical): 9 mm (6-10 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
fruit_height (numerical): 10 mm (10-10 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): capsule (1); caryopsis (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 1503.11 mm2 (1195-1816.33 mm2) [sources: Portelli_2023]
leaf_length (numerical): 105 mm (70-140 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 15 mm (12-18 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 332.4 mg (255.1-424.33 mg) [sources: Portelli_2023]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 218.59 g/m2 (209.74-232.66 g/m2) [sources: Portelli_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (1); narrowly_lanceolate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): tree (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: White_2020]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (1) [sources: White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): yynnyyyyyynn (1) [sources: White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (1) [sources: White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 2.39 mg (0.22-4.42 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1; Portelli_2023]
seed_shape (categorical): ovoid (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]

stem morphology

wood_density (numerical): 0.64 mg/mm3 (0.57-0.7 mg/mm3) [sources: Portelli_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 25 m (25-25 m) [sources: RBGV_2023]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
Portelli_2023	11	29	A. M. Portelli, S. M. Windecker, L. J. Pollock, W. C. Neal, W. K. Morris, R. Khot, and P. A. Vesk. “From mallees to mountain ash, specific leaf area is coordinated with eucalypt tree stature, resprouting, stem construction, and fruit size”. Australian Journal of Botany 71.8 (2023). Ed. by D. Williams, pp. 506-522. ISSN: 1444-9862. doi: 10.1071/bt23028.
White_2020	18	18	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
RBGV_2023	14	16	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
ABRS_2023	9	13	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
ABRS_2022	3	3	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
RBGV_2022	3	3	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Kew_2019_1	1	1	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.