Hierochloe redolens

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Family Poaceae

Taxonomy: Hierochloe redolens (Vahl) R.Br. ex Roem. & Schult.

Synonyms: 15 (APC 2026-07-30)

Aira magellanica Lam. ex P.Beauv. (taxonomic synonym)
Anthoxanthum redolens (Vahl) P.Royen (nomenclatural synonym)
Disarrenum antarcticum Labill. (taxonomic synonym)
Disarrenum antarticum Labill. (taxonomic synonym)
Hierochloa redolens Roem. & Schult. (orthographic variant)
Hierochloe antarctica (Labill.) R.Br. (taxonomic synonym)
Hierochloe redolens (Vahl) R.Br. ex Roem. & Schult. var. redolens (nomenclatural synonym)
Holcus redolens G.Forst. (taxonomic synonym)
Savastana antarctica (Labill.) Speg. (taxonomic synonym)
Toresia magellanica P.Beauv. (taxonomic synonym)
Torezia antarctica P.Beauv. (taxonomic synonym)
Torezia magellanica P.Beauv. (taxonomic synonym)
Torresia antarctica (Labill.) P.Beauv. (taxonomic synonym)
Torresia magellanica P.Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult. (taxonomic synonym)
Torresia redolens Roem. & Schult. (nomenclatural synonym)

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

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (9), GrassBase_2014 (6), Jordan_2001 (7), Kew_2019_1 (8), Kew_2019_6 (15), Mokany_2015 (2), NHNSW_2014 (1), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (8), NSWFRD_2014 (4), Osborne_2014 (1), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (8), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (17), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (2). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 42 traits from 106 records in 19 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): partial_resprouting (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
fire_time_from_fire_to_flowering (numerical): 12 mo (12-12 mo) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]

flower morphology

sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (2); monoecious (1) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_type (categorical): caryopsis (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 1413.72 mm2 (1413.72-1413.72 mm2) [sources: Mokany_2015]
leaf_length (numerical): 310 mm (80-450 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; GrassBase_2014; RBGV_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 8.38 mm (5-12 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; GrassBase_2014; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): sheathing (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (2) [sources: Osborne_2014; White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): graminoid (3); herb (4); tussock (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_history (categorical): perennial (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; Jordan_2001; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): caespitose (1); erect (1); rhizomatous (1); stoloniferous (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): abiotic (1) [sources: White_2020]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): epizoochory (1) [sources: White_2020]
dispersers (categorical): mammals (1) [sources: White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnnnnny (3) [sources: NHNSW_2014; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (1) [sources: White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.71 mg (0.45-1.48 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1; Mokany_2015]
seed_length (numerical): 6.5 mm (6.5-6.5 mm) [sources: Jordan_2001]
seed_width (numerical): 2 mm (2-2 mm) [sources: Jordan_2001]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 1.16 m (0.36-1.8 m) [sources: GrassBase_2014; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
White_2020	17	17	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
Kew_2019_6	1	15	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Germination data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
ABRS_2023	7	9	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Kew_2019_1	1	8	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
NHNSW_2023	7	8	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/.
RBGV_2023	7	8	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Jordan_2001	7	7	G. J. Jordan. “An investigation of long-distance dispersal based on species native to both Tasmania and New Zealand”. Australian Journal of Botany 49.3 (2001), pp. 333-340. doi: 10.1071/bt00024.
GrassBase_2014	3	6	W. Clayton, M. Vorontsova, and K. H. &. H. Williamson. GrassBase - The online world grass flora. 2006. url: http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db.html.
ABRS_2022	4	4	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NSWFRD_2014	4	4	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.
RBGV_2022	4	4	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
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.
NHNSW_2022	3	3	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/.
Mokany_2015	2	2	K. Mokany, J. J. Thomson, A. J. J. Lynch, G. J. Jordan, and S. Ferrier. “Linking changes in community composition and function under climate change”. Ecological Applications 25.8 (2015), pp. 2132-2141. doi: 10.1890/14-2384.1.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
eFLOWER_Dun_2022	1	2	L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
NHNSW_2014	1	1	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/search/simple.htm.
Osborne_2014	1	1	C. Osborne, A. Salomaa, T. Kluyver, V. Visser, E. Kellogg, O. Morrone, M. Vorontsova, W. Clayton, and D. Simpson. “A global database of C4 photosynthesis in grasses”. New Phytologist 204 (2014), pp. 441-446. doi: 10.1111/nph.12942.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.