Eucalyptus stricta

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Family Myrtaceae

Taxonomy: Eucalyptus stricta Sieber ex Spreng.

Synonyms: 5 (APC 2026-07-30)

Eucalyptus sp. MAKIG (taxonomic synonym)
Eucalyptus spectatrix L.A.S.Johnson & Blaxell (taxonomic synonym)
Eucalyptus stricta Sieber ex Spreng. var. stricta (nomenclatural synonym)
Eucalyptus stricta var. subcampanulata Blakely (taxonomic synonym)
Eucalyptus virgata var. stricta (Sieber ex Spreng.) Maiden (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (17), ANBG_2019 (3), CPBR_2002 (7), Clarke_2015 (2), Collette_2021 (1), Gallagher_2015 (2), Hughes_1992 (3), Kew_2019_1 (2), Munroe_2019 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (8), NHNSW_2022 (6), NHNSW_2023 (32), NSWFRD_2014 (11), Nicolle_2006 (6), Portelli_2023 (92), Schmidt_1993 (1), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Stephens_2024 (16), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (18), Wright_2000 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 61 traits from 239 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

resprouting_capacity (categorical): resprouts (5) [sources: Clarke_2015; NSWFRD_2014; Nicolle_2006]

flower morphology

flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (3) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; Stephens_2024]
sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_dry_mass (numerical): 209.02 mg (119.76-342.02 mg) [sources: Portelli_2023]
fruit_length (numerical): 8.62 mm (6-11 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; Stephens_2024]
fruit_width (numerical): 8 mm (6-11 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; Stephens_2024]
fruit_height (numerical): 8.25 mm (6-11 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): capsule (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 870.7 mm2 (715.67-945.33 mm2) [sources: Portelli_2023]
leaf_length (numerical): 90 mm (60-140 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; NHNSW_2023; Stephens_2024]
leaf_width (numerical): 13.4 mm (6-35 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; NHNSW_2023; Stephens_2024]
leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 272.76 mg (219-332.9 mg) [sources: Portelli_2023]
petiole_length (numerical): 0.75 cm (0.5-1 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 311.45 g/m2 (248.62-395.72 g/m2) [sources: Portelli_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (3); narrowly_lanceolate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (2) [sources: Munroe_2019; White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): mallee (6); tree (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Hughes_1992; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
root_structure (categorical): ectomycorrhizal (1) [sources: Schmidt_1993]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: White_2020]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (1); barochory (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
dispersers (categorical): wind (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
flowering_time (categorical): yyyynnnnnnny (2); yyyynynyynny (1) [sources: Hughes_1992; Stephens_2024; White_2020]
seedbank_location (categorical): canopy_seedbank (2) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (1) [sources: White_2020]
seed_dormancy_class (categorical): non_dormant (1) [sources: Collette_2021]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
storage_organ (categorical): lignotuber (3) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; Nicolle_2006]
bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (4) [sources: Clarke_2015; NSWFRD_2014; Nicolle_2006]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 2.34 mg (0.87-15.15 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019; Kew_2019_1; Portelli_2023]
seed_length (numerical): 1.75 mm (1.5-2 mm) [sources: CPBR_2002]

stem morphology

wood_density (numerical): 0.63 mg/mm3 (0.57-0.69 mg/mm3) [sources: Portelli_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 4.8 m (3-7 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; CPBR_2002; Hughes_1992; NHNSW_2023]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
Portelli_2023	11	92	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.
NHNSW_2023	11	32	N. 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/.
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.
ABRS_2023	12	17	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Stephens_2024	9	16	R. 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).
NSWFRD_2014	8	11	B. 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.
NHNSW_2014_2	4	8	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
CPBR_2002	4	7	Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research. EUCLID 2.0: Eucalypts of Australia. 2002. url: http://apps.lucidcentral.org/euclid/text/intro/index.html.
NHNSW_2022	3	6	N. 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/.
Nicolle_2006	3	6	D. 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.
Sjostrom_2006	4	4	A. 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_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.
ANBG_2019	1	3	Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
Hughes_1992	3	3	L. Hughes and B. Rice. “Unpublished data: Traits data for 643 species, Macquarie University”. 1992.
Clarke_2015	2	2	P. 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.
Gallagher_2015	1	2	R. Gallagher and R. Lanfear. “Unpublished data: Trait campaign with the Royal Botanical Gardens & Macquarie University”. 2015.
Kew_2019_1	1	2	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Collette_2021	1	1	J. C. Collette and M. K. J. Ooi. “Distribution of seed dormancy classes across a fire-prone continent: effects of rainfall seasonality and temperature”. Annals of Botany 127.5 (2021), pp. 613-620. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcaa203.
Munroe_2019	1	1	S. 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.
Schmidt_1993	1	1	S. Schmidt. “Unpublished data: Compilation of mycorrhizal status data, University of Queensland”. 1993.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.
Wright_2000	1	1	I. 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.