AusTraits

Morus alba

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Family Moraceae

Taxonomy: Morus alba L.

Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30

Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), LHI (naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (18), Kubiak_2009 (5), Mesaglio_2022 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (3), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (13), NSWFRD_2014 (4), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 24 traits from 58 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
flower morphology
  • sex_type (categorical): monoecious (1) [sources: ABRS_2022]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 25 mm (20-30 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): drupe (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): black (2); pink (1); purple (1); red (1); white (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 95 mm (40-150 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 65 mm (30-100 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 2.88 cm (1.5-4 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): narrowly_ovate (1); ovate (1); widely_ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): cordate (1); cuneate (1); truncate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): toothed (1); toothed_dentate (1); toothed_serrate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (3); tree (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnynnnn (1) [sources: Mesaglio_2022]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): vegetative (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 12 m (9-15 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
ABRS_20231418Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_20231013N. 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/.
Kubiak_200935P. J. Kubiak. “Fire responses of bushland plants after the January 1994 wildfires in northern Sydney”. Cunninghamia 11.1 (2009), pp. 131-165.
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.
NSWFRD_201434B. 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.
NHNSW_2014_233Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NHNSW_202233N. 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/.
WAH_2022_233Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Mesaglio_202211T. Mesaglio. “Unpublished data: Comprehensive biodiversity survey of Wategora Reserve and Everley Park along Duck River, western Sydney”. 2022. doi: 10.32942/X29886.
WAH_2023_211Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.