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Lachnagrostis filiformis

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Family Poaceae

Taxonomy: Lachnagrostis filiformis (G.Forst.) Trin.

Synonyms: 25 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Agrostis avenacea J.F.Gmel. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Agrostis avenacea J.F.Gmel. var. avenacea (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Agrostis filiformis (G.Forst.) Spreng. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Agrostis forsteri Roem. & Schult. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Agrostis fosteri F.M.Bailey (taxonomic synonym)
  • Agrostis ligulata Steud. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Agrostis novae-hollandiae P.Beauv. (pro parte taxonomic synonym)
  • Agrostis retrofracta Willd. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Agrostis solandri F.Muell. (pro parte taxonomic synonym)
  • Avena filiformis G.Forst. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Calamagrostis avenacea (J.F.Gmel.) W.R.B.Oliv. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Calamagrostis filiformis (G.Forst.) Cockayne (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Calamagrostis filiformis (G.Forst.) Pilg. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Calamagrostis forsteri (Roem. & Schult.) Steud. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Calamagrostis retrofracta (Willd.) Link (taxonomic synonym)
  • Calamagrostis willdenowii Steud. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Deyeuxia filiformis (G.Forst.) Petrie (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Deyeuxia forsteri (Roem. & Schult.) Kunth (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Deyeuxia retrofracta (Willd.) Kunth (taxonomic synonym)
  • Lachnagrostis avenacea (J.F.Gmel.) Veldkamp (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Lachnagrostis filiformis var. 1 (taxonomic synonym)
  • Lachnagrostis forsteri (Roem. & Schult.) Trin. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Lachnagrostis retrofracta (Willd.) Trin. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Lachnagrostis willdenowii Trin. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Vilfa retrofracta (Willd.) P.Beauv. (taxonomic synonym)

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

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (10), Britton_1994 (2), Burrows_2008_2 (4), Burrows_2020 (4), Catford_2014 (10), Cheal_2017 (7), Cross_2009 (4), Draper_2023 (3), GrassBase_2014 (6), Hughes_1992 (4), Jordan_2001 (7), Kew_2019_6 (4), Kubiak_2009 (2), Leishman_1992 (6), Meers_2007 (11), Metcalfe_2020_2 (18), Mokany_2015 (5), Moore_2019_2 (55), Morgan_2011_1 (5), NHNSW_2014 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (5), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (6), NSWFRD_2014 (7), Osborne_2014 (1), Pickup_2021 (9), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (8), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (4), Simpson_2021 (3), Standish_2019 (6), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wheeler_2002 (10), White_2020 (75), Williams_2011 (9). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 67 traits from 335 records in 40 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): fire_killed (9); partial_resprouting (19); resprouts (3) [sources: Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020; Meers_2007; Moore_2019_2; NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021; Simpson_2021; Standish_2019; White_2020]
  • post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (4) [sources: Cheal_2017; Pickup_2021]
  • fire_time_from_fire_to_flowering (numerical): 12 mo (12-12 mo) [sources: Burrows_2020; NSWFRD_2014]
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): blue_purple (1); green (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (2); monoecious (1) [sources: Jordan_2001; Metcalfe_2020_2]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_type (categorical): caryopsis (6) [sources: ABRS_2023; Metcalfe_2020_2; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; WAH_2023_2]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Jordan_2001; Metcalfe_2020_2]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1); indehiscent (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 534.43 mm2 (62-1924.23 mm2) [sources: Catford_2014; Leishman_1992; Meers_2007; Metcalfe_2020_2; Mokany_2015; Moore_2019_2]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 251 mm (80-350 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; GrassBase_2014; Metcalfe_2020_2; RBGV_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 2.71 mm (1-5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; GrassBase_2014; Metcalfe_2020_2; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 65.72 mg (3.1-198 mg) [sources: Catford_2014; Moore_2019_2]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 65.65 g/m2 (34.6-144.09 g/m2) [sources: Catford_2014; Cross_2009; Meers_2007; Moore_2019_2]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.28 g/g (0.26-0.31 g/g) [sources: Moore_2019_2]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): linear (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): sheathing (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (3) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2; NHNSW_2014_2; Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): conduplicate (2); flat (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (7); c4 (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2; Moore_2019_2; Osborne_2014; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): graminoid (10); herb (9); tussock (7) [sources: ABRS_2022; Catford_2014; Hughes_1992; Leishman_1992; Metcalfe_2020_2; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Standish_2019; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; Wheeler_2002; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • life_form (categorical): hemicryptophyte (3); therophyte (2) [sources: Meers_2007; Metcalfe_2020_2; Morgan_2011_1; Williams_2011]
  • life_history (categorical): annual (17); biennial (1); perennial (8); short_lived_perennial (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020; Catford_2014; Cheal_2017; Cross_2009; Hughes_1992; Jordan_2001; Leishman_1992; Moore_2019_2; Morgan_2011_1; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Simpson_2021; Standish_2019; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (6) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): caespitose (2); erect (4); rhizomatous (3); stoloniferous (1); tufted (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; Moore_2019_2; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (7) [sources: Meers_2007; Standish_2019; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • root_structure (categorical): arbuscular_mycorrhizal (3); non_mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Meers_2007; Metcalfe_2020_2; Standish_2019; Williams_2011]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (4) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): abiotic (4); self (1); wind (2) [sources: Draper_2023; Metcalfe_2020_2; White_2020]
  • pollination_system (categorical): abiotic (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • reproductive_maturity (numerical): 1 a (1-1 a) [sources: Burrows_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (9); barochory (1); epizoochory (1) [sources: Draper_2023; Meers_2007; Metcalfe_2020_2; Morgan_2011_1; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • dispersers (categorical): wind (6) [sources: Draper_2023; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnyyy (1); ynnnnnnnyyyy (4); yynnnnnnyyyy (3) [sources: Hughes_1992; NHNSW_2014; NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (1) [sources: Standish_2019]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (4); widely_dispersed (1) [sources: Cheal_2017; White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (6); vegetative (1) [sources: Meers_2007; Metcalfe_2020_2; Morgan_2011_1; White_2020]
  • clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): rhizome (2) [sources: Meers_2007; Williams_2011]
  • storage_organ (categorical): no_storage_organ (1); rhizome (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Leishman_1992; RBGV_2023]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): bud-bearing_root (1); none (1); rhizome (1); root_crown (1) [sources: Burrows_2008_2; Moore_2019_2; NSWFRD_2014; Simpson_2021]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.13 mg (0.1-0.17 mg) [sources: Catford_2014; Cross_2009; Leishman_1992; Meers_2007; Metcalfe_2020_2; Mokany_2015]
  • seed_length (numerical): 1.7 mm (1.7-1.7 mm) [sources: Jordan_2001]
  • seed_width (numerical): 1.5 mm (1.5-1.5 mm) [sources: Jordan_2001]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 0.69 m (0.15-1 m) [sources: GrassBase_2014; Hughes_1992; Mokany_2015; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; WAH_2023_2; Wheeler_2002]
  • plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (4) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
White_20201975M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
Moore_2019_21255N. A. Moore, J. S. Camac, and J. W. Morgan. “Effects of drought and fire on resprouting capacity of 52 temperate Australian perennial native grasses”. New Phytologist 221.3 (2018), pp. 1424-1433. doi: 10.1111/nph.15480.
Metcalfe_2020_21718D. Metcalfe. “Unpublished data: Traits of Poaceae spp, CSIRO”. 2020.
Meers_20071111T. Meers. “Role of plant functional traits in determining the response of vegetation to land use change on the Delatite Peninsula, Victoria.”. PhD. University of Melbourne, 2007.
ABRS_2023910Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Catford_2014810J. A. Catford, W. K. Morris, P. A. Vesk, C. J. Gippel, and B. J. Downes. “Species and environmental characteristics point to flow regulation and drought as drivers of riparian plant invasion”. Diversity and Distributions 20 (2014), pp. 1084-1096. doi: 10.1111/ddi.12225.
Wheeler_2002810J. R. Wheeler, N. G. Marchant, and M. Lewington. Flora of the south west: Bunbury, Augusta, Denmark. Australian Biological Resources Study ; University of Western Australia Press, 2002. ISBN: 9780642568168.
Pickup_202139M. Pickup and T. McDonald. Bushfire impacts — A national model for assessing local landscape restoration priorities. Project Phoenix Report. Greening Australia, 2021. url: https://www.greeningaustralia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/1.02R2.pdf.
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.
RBGV_202388VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Cheal_201757D. Cheal. Growth stages and tolerable fire intervals for Victoria's native vegetation data sets. Fire and adaptive management, report no. 84. Victorian Government Department of Sustainability and Environment Melbourne, 2010.
Jordan_200177G. 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.
NSWFRD_201477B. 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.
GrassBase_201436W. Clayton, M. Vorontsova, and K. H. &. H. Williamson. GrassBase - The online world grass flora. 2006. url: http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db.html.
Leishman_199266M. R. Leishman and M. Westoby. “Classifying plants into groups on the basis of associations of individual traits-Evidence from Australian semi-arid woodlands”. Journal of Ecology 80 (1992), pp. 417-424. doi: 10.2307/2260687.
NHNSW_202356N. 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/.
Standish_201966R. Standish. “Unpublished data: Jarrah forest, Murdoch University”. 2019.
Mokany_201535K. 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.
Morgan_2011_155J. Morgan. “Unpublished data: Grassy woodland traits, La Trobe University”. 2011.
NHNSW_2014_255Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
ABRS_202244Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Burrows_2008_244N. D. Burrows, G. Wardell-Johnson, and B. Ward. “Post-fire juvenile period of plants in south-west Australia forests and implications for fire management”. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 91 (2008), pp. 163-174. ISSN: 0035922X. url: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19156 (visited on 03/27/2025).
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Hughes_199244L. Hughes and B. Rice. “Unpublished data: Traits data for 643 species, Macquarie University”. 1992.
Kew_2019_614Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Germination data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
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RBGV_202244VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
SAH_202334S. 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/.
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Draper_202333J. T. Draper, S. Delean, J. G. Conran, P. Weinstein, and B. S. Simpson. “Life-history characteristics and climate correlates of dioecious plant species in central southern Australia”. Australian Journal of Botany unknown.unknown (2023), p. unknown. doi: 10.1071/BT22110.
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Kubiak_200922P. J. Kubiak. “Fire responses of bushland plants after the January 1994 wildfires in northern Sydney”. Cunninghamia 11.1 (2009), pp. 131-165.
WAH_2023_222Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
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Osborne_201411C. Osborne, A. Salomaa, T. Kluyver, V. Visser, E. Kellogg, O. Morrone, M. Vorontsova, W. Clayton, and D. Simpson. “A global database of C4 photosynthesis in grasses”. New Phytologist 204 (2014), pp. 441-446. doi: 10.1111/nph.12942.
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