AusTraits

Juncus kraussii subsp. australiensis

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Family Juncaceae

Taxonomy: Juncus kraussii subsp. australiensis (Buchenau) Snogerup

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Cladium brevipaniculatum var. longibracteatum Kük. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Juncus maritimus var. australiensis Buchenau (nomenclatural synonym)
Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Juncus maritimus Lam. (misapplied)

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

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Kew_2019_1 (2), Morgan_2011_1 (5), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (6), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (10), Tsakalos_2020 (15), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (20), Williams_2011 (9). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 44 traits from 85 records in 13 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
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 2.75 mm (2.5-3 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): black (2); brown (2); red (2); yellow (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (3) [sources: Tsakalos_2020; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): graminoid (3); graminoid_not_tussock (1); herb (2); tussock (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • life_form (categorical): geophyte (1); hemicryptophyte (1) [sources: Morgan_2011_1; Williams_2011]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (6) [sources: Morgan_2011_1; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Tsakalos_2020; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (5) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Tsakalos_2020; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): caespitose (1); erect (1); rhizomatous (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Tsakalos_2020; WAH_2022_2]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (2) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • root_structure (categorical): non_mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (2) [sources: Tsakalos_2020; 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]
  • flowering_time (categorical): ynnnnnnyyyyy (1); yyynnnnnnnny (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020; White_2020]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): vegetative (2) [sources: Morgan_2011_1; White_2020]
  • clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): rhizome (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; WAH_2023_2]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.08 mg (0.03-0.13 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_length (numerical): 0.75 mm (0.5-1 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
White_20202020M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
Tsakalos_20201415J. L. Tsakalos, M. Renton, F. Riviera, E. J. Veneklaas, M. P. Dobrowolski, and L. Mucina. “Trait-based formal definition of plant functional types and functional communities in the multi-species and multi-traits context”. Ecological Complexity 40 (2019), p. 100787. doi: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2019.100787.
RBGV_2023810VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Williams_201199R. 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.
NHNSW_202366N. 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/.
Morgan_2011_155J. Morgan. “Unpublished data: Grassy woodland traits, La Trobe University”. 2011.
NHNSW_202244N. 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/.
RBGV_202244VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
WAH_2022_244Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
WAH_2023_223Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Kew_2019_112Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
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.