AusTraits

Eucalyptus viminalis

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Family Myrtaceae

Taxonomy: Eucalyptus viminalis Labill.

Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Eucalyptus crucivalvis Miq. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eucalyptus granularis Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eucalyptus saccharifera Miq. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): SA, NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (7), ANBG_2019 (5), Blackman_2019 (23), Blackman_2023 (8), Carey_2003 (3), Cheal_2017 (2), Clarke_2015 (3), Draper_2023 (3), Fonseca_2000 (5), Hughes_1992 (3), Ilic_2000 (3), Jordan_2001 (4), Kew_2019_1 (13), Kew_2019_5 (2), Kew_2019_6 (7), Lawson_2015 (6), Li_2018 (9), Li_2019 (3), McGlone_2015 (6), Mokany_2015 (3), Morgan_2011_1 (5), NHNSW_2014_2 (5), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (16), NSWFRD_2014 (14), Pfautsch_2016 (43), Pirralho_2014 (7), Prior_2016 (3), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (16), Richards_2021 (28), Roderick_1999 (4), SAH_2014 (4), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (18), Schulze_2006 (3), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Stephens_2024 (16), Tng_2013 (6), Warren_2006 (52), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (54), Wright_2000 (7). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 114 traits from 438 records in 45 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); resprouts (3) [sources: Carey_2003; Clarke_2015; NSWFRD_2014; Prior_2016]
  • post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (3); post_fire_recruitment_absent (1) [sources: Carey_2003; Clarke_2015; NSWFRD_2014]
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; Stephens_2024]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (2); monoecious (1) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 6.5 mm (3-8 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Stephens_2024]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 7.38 mm (4-9 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Stephens_2024]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 7.67 mm (4-9 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (5); caryopsis (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (3) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (6) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 2338.58 mm2 (1548-3920 mm2) [sources: Blackman_2023; Fonseca_2000; Mokany_2015; Richards_2021; Tng_2013; Warren_2006]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 169.2 mm (60-300 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2014; Stephens_2024]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 18.43 mm (8-35 mm) [sources: Fonseca_2000; McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2014; Stephens_2024]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 269 mg (269-269 mg) [sources: Fonseca_2000]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 1.75 cm (1-2.5 cm) [sources: SAH_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 154.75 g/m2 (36.36-226.69 g/m2) [sources: Blackman_2019; Blackman_2023; Fonseca_2000; Li_2018; Richards_2021; Roderick_1999; Schulze_2006; Tng_2013; Warren_2006]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.54 g/g (0.47-0.66 g/g) [sources: Richards_2021; Warren_2006]
  • leaf_water_content_per_dry_mass (numerical): 0.93 g/g (0.93-0.94 g/g) [sources: Richards_2021]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (4); narrowly_lanceolate (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (5) [sources: ABRS_2023; McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): undulate (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (3) [sources: White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): tree (12) [sources: ABRS_2022; Fonseca_2000; Hughes_1992; McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
  • life_form (categorical): phanerophyte (1) [sources: Morgan_2011_1]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (7) [sources: ABRS_2022; Jordan_2001; Morgan_2011_1; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (3) [sources: White_2020]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (3) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): bird (1); insect (4); mammal (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (3); barochory (4); undefined (1) [sources: Draper_2023; Kew_2019_5; Morgan_2011_1; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): passive (1); wind (1) [sources: Draper_2023; NSWFRD_2014]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yyyynnnnnnny (3); yyyyynnnnnnn (1); yyyyynnnnnyy (1) [sources: Hughes_1992; Stephens_2024; White_2020]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): canopy_seedbank (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (4) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (5) [sources: Morgan_2011_1; NHNSW_2014_2; White_2020]
  • storage_organ (categorical): lignotuber (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_buds (2); basal_stem_buds (1); epicormic_buds (4); none (1) [sources: Carey_2003; Clarke_2015; NSWFRD_2014; Prior_2016]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 17.16 mg/g (13.14-19.8 mg/g) [sources: Richards_2021; Roderick_1999; Schulze_2006; Warren_2006]
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -29.94 {delta}[ppth] (-30.97--29.05 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Richards_2021; Schulze_2006; Tng_2013; Warren_2006]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 36.59 mg (0.55-600 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1; Mokany_2015]
  • seed_length (numerical): 1.97 mm (1.97-1.97 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019]
  • seed_width (numerical): 1.36 mm (1.36-1.36 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid_flattened (1); ovoid (1); ovoid_elongated (1) [sources: ANBG_2019; RBGV_2023]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.6 mg/mm3 (0.36-0.72 mg/mm3) [sources: Blackman_2023; Ilic_2000; Lawson_2015; Li_2018; Pfautsch_2016; Tng_2013]
  • huber_value (numerical): 0 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf} (0-0 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf}) [sources: Li_2019]
  • stem_vessel_density (numerical): 7.86 {count}/mm2 (5.42-9 {count}/mm2) [sources: Pfautsch_2016; Pirralho_2014]
  • stem_vessel_diameter (numerical): 128.65 um (81-195.16 um) [sources: Pfautsch_2016; Pirralho_2014]
  • stem_vessel_lumen_fraction (numerical): 0.15 mm2/mm2 (0.11-0.17 mm2/mm2) [sources: Pfautsch_2016]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
White_20201854M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
Warren_20061352C. R. Warren, E. Dreyer, M. Tausz, and M. A. Adams. “Ecotype adaptation and acclimation of leaf traits to rainfall in 29 species of 16-year-old Eucalyptus at two common gardens”. Functional Ecology 20.6 (2006), pp. 929-940. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2006.01198.x.
Pfautsch_2016643S. 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.
Richards_20211428J. H. Richards, J. J. Henn, Q. M. Sorenson, M. A. Adams, D. D. Smith, K. A. McCulloh, and T. J. Givnish. “Mistletoes and their eucalypt hosts differ in the response of leaf functional traits to climatic moisture supply”. Oecologia 195 (2021), pp. 759-771. doi: 10.1007/s00442-021-04867-1.
Blackman_2019823C. J. Blackman, X. Li, B. Choat, P. D. Rymer, M. G. D. Kauwe, R. A. Duursma, D. T. Tissue, and B. E. Medlyn. “Desiccation time during drought is highly predictable across species of Eucalyptus from contrasting climates”. New Phytologist 224.2 (2019), pp. 632-643. doi: 10.1111/nph.16042.
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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.
ABRS_202377Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
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Pirralho_201477M. Pirralho, D. Flores, V. B. Sousa, T. Quilhó, S. Knapic, and H. Pereira. “Evaluation on paper making potential of nine Eucalyptus species based on wood anatomical features”. Industrial Crops and Products 54 (2014), pp. 327-334. doi: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2014.01.040.
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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.
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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.
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