AusTraits

Fraxinus excelsior

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Family Oleaceae

Taxonomy: Fraxinus excelsior L.

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

Distribution (APC): Vic (naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (17), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 15 traits from 24 records in 4 datasets.

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

flower morphology
  • sex_type (categorical): dioecious (1) [sources: RBGV_2022]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 32.5 mm (25-40 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): samara (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 202.5 mm (30-420 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 30 mm (15-45 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); lanceolate (1); strap-shaped (1); widely_ovate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): cuneate (1); rounded (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): toothed_serrate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
life history
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 27.5 m (15-40 m) [sources: RBGV_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
RBGV_20231117VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
RBGV_202244VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.