Jacksonia scoparia

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Family Fabaceae

Taxonomy: Jacksonia scoparia R.Br.

Synonyms: 6 (APC 2026-07-30)

Jacksonia lateriflora Steud. (doubtful taxonomic synonym)
Jacksonia macrocarpa Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
Jacksonia scoparia R.Br. var. scoparia (nomenclatural synonym)
Jacksonia scoparia var. gonoclada Maiden & Betche (taxonomic synonym)
Piptomeris scoparia (R.Br. ex Sm.) Greene (taxonomic synonym)
Viminaria lateriflora Link (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Bloomfield_2018 (248), Clarke_2009 (7), Clarke_2015 (3), Kew_2019_1 (1), Lee_2019 (21), McCarthy_2017 (15), NHNSW_2014_2 (7), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (7), NSWFRD_2014 (10), Rosell_2014 (8), Schmidt_1993 (1), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Westoby_2014 (31), White_2020 (36), Wright_2000 (5). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 101 traits from 410 records in 18 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 (2) [sources: Clarke_2015; NSWFRD_2014]
post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (1); post_fire_recruitment_absent (1) [sources: Clarke_2015; NSWFRD_2014]

flower morphology

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

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 9 mm (6-12 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): legume (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 900.92 mm2 (27-2575.89 mm2) [sources: McCarthy_2017; Westoby_2014]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 201.39 g/m2 (127.74-229.66 g/m2) [sources: Bloomfield_2018; McCarthy_2017; Westoby_2014]
leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.39 g/g (0.3-0.46 g/g) [sources: Bloomfield_2018]
leaf_type (categorical): scale (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
leaf_shape (categorical): obovate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): cladode (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (2) [sources: White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (4); tree (4) [sources: Clarke_2009; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): nitrogen_fixer (2) [sources: White_2020]
root_structure (categorical): ectomycorrhizal (1) [sources: Schmidt_1993]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (2) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (2) [sources: White_2020]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): epizoochory (2) [sources: White_2020]
dispersers (categorical): mammals (2) [sources: White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyyyy (4) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (3) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (3) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; White_2020]
bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (3); bud-bearing_root (1); underground_buds (1) [sources: Clarke_2009; Clarke_2015; NSWFRD_2014]

nutrient and stable isotope

leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 21.31 mg/g (16.85-31.65 mg/g) [sources: Bloomfield_2018; Westoby_2014]
leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 0.77 mg/g (0.47-0.89 mg/g) [sources: Bloomfield_2018; Westoby_2014]
leaf_delta13C (numerical): -24.35 {delta}[ppth] (-24.35--24.35 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Westoby_2014]

physiology

leaf_photosynthetic_rate_per_area_maximum (numerical): 15.85 umol{CO2}/m2/s (7.99-22.6 umol{CO2}/m2/s) [sources: Bloomfield_2018]
leaf_photosynthetic_rate_per_dry_mass_maximum (numerical): 0.09 umol{CO2}/g/s (0.05-0.13 umol{CO2}/g/s) [sources: Bloomfield_2018]
leaf_stomatal_conductance_per_area_at_Amax (numerical): 79.09 mmol{H2O}/m2/s (24.7-157.4 mmol{H2O}/m2/s) [sources: Bloomfield_2018]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 3.74 mg (3.74-3.74 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]

stem morphology

wood_density (numerical): 0.66 mg/mm3 (0.54-0.7 mg/mm3) [sources: Lee_2019; McCarthy_2017; Rosell_2014; Westoby_2014]
huber_value (numerical): 0 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf} (0-0 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf}) [sources: Westoby_2014]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 12 m (12-12 m) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (2) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
Bloomfield_2018	24	248	K. J. Bloomfield, L. A. Cernusak, D. Eamus, D. S. Ellsworth, I. C. Prentice, I. J. Wright, M. M. Boer, M. G. Bradford, P. Cale, J. Cleverly, J. J. G. Egerton, B. J. Evans, L. S. Hayes, M. F. Hutchinson, M. J. Liddell, C. Macfarlane, W. S. Meyer, S. M. Prober, H. F. Togashi, T. Wardlaw, L. Zhu, and O. K. Atkin. “A continental-scale assessment of variability in leaf traits: Within species, across sites and between seasons”. Functional Ecology 32.6 (2018), pp. 1492-1506. doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.13097.
White_2020	18	36	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
Westoby_2014	31	31	S. M. Gleason, D. W. Butler, K. Zieminska, P. Waryszak, and M. Westoby. “Stem xylem conductivity is key to plant water balance across Australian angiosperm species”. Functional Ecology 26 (2012), pp. 343-352. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2012.01962.x.
Lee_2019	5	21	M. R. Lee, J. R. Powell, B. Oberle, W. K. Cornwell, M. Lyons, J. L. Rigg, and A. E. Zanne. “Good neighbors aplenty: fungal endophytes rarely exhibit competitive exclusion patterns across a span of woody habitats”. Ecology 100.9 (2019), p. e02790. doi: 10.1002/ecy.2790.
McCarthy_2017	3	15	J. K. McCarthy, J. M. Dwyer, and K. Mokany. “A regional-scale assessment of using metabolic scaling theory to predict ecosystem properties”. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 286.1915 (2019), p. 20192221. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2019.2221.
NSWFRD_2014	9	10	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.
Rosell_2014	8	8	J. A. Rosell, S. Gleason, R. Mendez-Alonzo, Y. Chang, and M. Westoby. “Bark functional ecology: Evidence for tradeoffs, functional coordination, and environment producing bark diversity”. New Phytologist 201.2 (2014), pp. 486-497. doi: 10.1111/nph.12541.
Clarke_2009	3	7	P. J. Clarke, K. J. E. Knox, M. L. Campbell, and L. M. Copeland. “Post-fire recovery of woody plants in the New England Tableland Bioregion”. Cunninghamia 11 (2009), pp. 221-239. doi: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/4907.
NHNSW_2014_2	7	7	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2023	6	7	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/.
Wright_2000	5	5	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.
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.
Clarke_2015	3	3	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.
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/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Kew_2019_1	1	1	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
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.