Juncus revolutus

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Family Juncaceae

Taxonomy: Juncus revolutus R.Br.

Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)

Juncus brownii E.Mey. (taxonomic synonym)
Juncus brownii F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
Juncus brownii Tate (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): NSW, Vic, Tas

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Jordan_2001 (7), Mokany_2015 (2), NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (8), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (13), Sjostrom_2006 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (19), Williams_2011 (10). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 47 traits from 77 records in 12 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]

flower morphology

flower_colour (categorical): red_brown (1); yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1); monoecious (1) [sources: Jordan_2001]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 4.4 mm (3.8-5 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): capsule (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_colour (categorical): brown (2); yellow (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 306.3 mm2 (306.3-306.3 mm2) [sources: Mokany_2015]
leaf_width (numerical): 0.85 mm (0.4-1.3 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (2) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2011]
plant_growth_form (categorical): graminoid (3); graminoid_not_tussock (1); herb (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020; Williams_2011]
life_form (categorical): geophyte (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: Jordan_2001; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): rhizomatous (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022]
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 (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) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2011]
dispersers (categorical): birds (1) [sources: White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): ynnnnnnnnyyy (1); yynnnnnnyyyy (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (1) [sources: White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): rhizome (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]

seed morphology

seed_length (numerical): 0.6 mm (0.5-0.7 mm) [sources: Jordan_2001; RBGV_2023]
seed_width (numerical): 0.4 mm (0.4-0.4 mm) [sources: Jordan_2001]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.3 m (0.3-0.3 m) [sources: Mokany_2015]
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	10	13	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
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.
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/.
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.
NHNSW_2014_2	4	4	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2022	4	4	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/.
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	3	3	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.
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.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.