Juncus falcatus subsp. falcatus
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Family Juncaceae
Taxonomy: Juncus falcatus E.Mey. subsp. falcatus
Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Juncus falcatus var. genuinus Buchenau (taxonomic synonym)
Distribution (APC): Vic, Tas
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, Vic Flora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Kew_2019_1 (1), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (14), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (19). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 35 traits from 41 records in 6 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 (1) [sources: White_2020]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 4.25 mm (4-4.5 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): capsule (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- fruit_colour (categorical): black (1); brown (1); red (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 300 mm (300-300 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 2 mm (2-2 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): falcate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
life history
- photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: White_2020]
- plant_growth_form (categorical): graminoid (2); graminoid_not_tussock (1); herb (1) [sources: RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): creeping (1); rhizomatous (1) [sources: 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): birds (1) [sources: White_2020]
- flowering_time (categorical): yyynnnnnnnyy (1) [sources: White_2020]
- seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (1) [sources: White_2020]
- vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
- storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
seed morphology
- seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.04 mg (0.04-0.04 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
- seed_length (numerical): 0.45 mm (0.3-0.6 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
whole plant morphology
- plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: White_2020]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| White_2020 | 19 | 19 | M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020. |
| RBGV_2023 | 12 | 14 | VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/. |
| 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/. |
| 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/. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |