Isoetes drummondii

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Family Isoetaceae

Taxonomy: Isoetes drummondii A.Braun

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)

Calamaria drummondii (A.Braun) Kuntze (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA, SA, Qld, NSW, Vic, Tas

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (9), Britton_1994 (2), Morgan_2011_1 (5), NHNSW_2014_2 (1), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (3), RBGV_2023 (6), SAH_2023 (3), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (17), Williams_2011 (10). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 38 traits from 71 records in 15 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

flower_colour (categorical): red_brown (1); white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 97.5 mm (30-200 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 1.5 mm (1-2 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): linear (1); terete (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_margin_posture (categorical): flat (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): recurved (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_arrangement (categorical): crowded (1); spiral (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1); cam (1) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2011]
plant_growth_form (categorical): fern (1); herb (5); tussock (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; White_2020; Williams_2011]
life_form (categorical): hemicryptophyte (2) [sources: Morgan_2011_1; Williams_2011]
life_history (categorical): annual (1); perennial (4) [sources: Morgan_2011_1; NHNSW_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
plant_growth_substrate (categorical): aquatic (1); terrestrial (1) [sources: ABRS_2022]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (2) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2011]
root_structure (categorical): arbuscular_mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): abiotic (1) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_system (categorical): abiotic (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (1); epizoochory (1); undefined (1) [sources: Morgan_2011_1; White_2020; Williams_2011]
dispersers (categorical): birds (1) [sources: White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (2) [sources: Morgan_2011_1; White_2020]
clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): non_clonal (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
storage_organ (categorical): corm (5) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; WAH_2023_2]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0 mg (0-0 mg) [sources: Williams_2011]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.09 m (0-0.18 m) [sources: WAH_2023_2]
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.
Williams_2011	10	10	R. P. Duncan, S. E. Clemants, R. T. Corlett, A. K. Hahs, M. A. McCarthy, M. J. McDonnell, M. W. Schwartz, K. Thompson, P. A. Vesk, and N. S. G. Williams. “Plant traits and extinction in urban areas: a meta-analysis of 11 cities”. Global Ecology and Biogeography 20.4 (2011), pp. 509-519. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00633.x.
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.
RBGV_2023	5	6	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Morgan_2011_1	5	5	J. Morgan. “Unpublished data: Grassy woodland traits, La Trobe University”. 2011.
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.
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/.
NHNSW_2023	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.. 2023. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
SAH_2023	3	3	S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
WAH_2022_2	3	3	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
WAH_2023_2	2	3	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Britton_1994	1	2	D. L. Britton and M. A. Brock. “Seasonal germination from wetland seed banks”. Marine and Freshwater Research 45.8 (1994), pp. 1445-1457. doi: 10.1071/mf9941445.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
NHNSW_2014_2	1	1	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.