AusTraits

Olearia megalophylla

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Family Asteraceae

Taxonomy: Olearia megalophylla (F.Muell.) F.Muell. ex Benth.

Synonyms: 5 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Aster megalophyllus (F.Muell.) F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Eurybia megalophylla F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eurybia megalophylla F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Eurybia megalophylla Schltdl. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Olearia megalophylla var. [unnamed] (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): NSW, ACT, Vic

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ANBG_2019 (6), Carey_2003 (3), Cheal_2017 (8), Clarke_2015 (3), Doherty_2021 (2), Kew_2019_1 (3), McGlone_2015 (6), NHNSW_2014_2 (3), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (14), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (14), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (20), Zieminska_2015 (36). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 65 traits from 132 records in 17 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 (5) [sources: Carey_2003; Cheal_2017; Clarke_2015; Doherty_2021; White_2020]
  • post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (1); post_fire_recruitment_absent (2) [sources: Carey_2003; Cheal_2017; Clarke_2015]
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (1); yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): gynomonoecious (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 4.5 mm (4-5 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): achene (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 98.33 mm (20-130 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 24.83 mm (6-35 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 2.5 cm (2-3 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 212.04 g/m2 (207.12-218.57 g/m2) [sources: Zieminska_2015]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); narrowly_elliptical (1); narrowly_ovate (1); ovate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_margin_posture (categorical): flat (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1); opposite (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_arrangement (categorical): scattered (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (5) [sources: McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (3); short_lived_perennial (1) [sources: Cheal_2017; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): prostrate (1); rhizomatous (1); spreading (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2022]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): wind (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnnnyyy (1); yyynnnnnnnny (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; White_2020]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): long_persistent (1); transient (1) [sources: Cheal_2017; White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_buds (1); basal_stem_buds (2); bud-bearing_root (1) [sources: Carey_2003; Clarke_2015; Doherty_2021]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.91 mg (0.7-1.41 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019; Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_length (numerical): 2.7 mm (2.7-2.7 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019]
  • seed_width (numerical): 0.54 mm (0.54-0.54 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019]
  • seed_shape (categorical): cylindrical (1) [sources: ANBG_2019]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.62 mg/mm3 (0.56-0.66 mg/mm3) [sources: Zieminska_2015]
  • huber_value (numerical): 0 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf} (0-0 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf}) [sources: Zieminska_2015]
  • stem_vessel_density (numerical): 325.88 {count}/mm2 (220.3-411.18 {count}/mm2) [sources: Zieminska_2015]
  • stem_vessel_diameter (numerical): 18.6 um (17.47-19.48 um) [sources: Zieminska_2015]
  • stem_vessel_lumen_fraction (numerical): 0.09 mm2/mm2 (0.07-0.11 mm2/mm2) [sources: Zieminska_2015]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Zieminska_20151236K. Ziemińska, M. Westoby, and I. J. Wright. “Broad anatomical variation within a narrow wood density range - A study of twig wood across 69 Australian Angiosperms”. PLOS ONE 10.4 (2015), p. e0124892. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0124892.
White_20202020M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
NHNSW_20231214N. 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/.
RBGV_20231114VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Cheal_201788D. 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.
ANBG_201966Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
McGlone_201566M. S. McGlone, S. J. Richardson, G. J. Jordan, and G. L. Perry. “Is there a `suboptimal' woody species height? A response to Scheffer et al.”. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 30.1 (2015), pp. 4-5. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2014.09.007.
RBGV_202244VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Sjostrom_200644A. 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.
Carey_200333A. C. &. M. E. &. P. H. &. M. L. &. T. M. &. P. O. &. S. S. &. D. S. &. N. Webb. Wildfires in the ACT 2003: Report on Initial Impacts on Natural Ecosystems. Technical Report No. 17. Environment ACT, 2003. url: https://www.act.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/2539593/17-wildfires-in-the-act-report-on-initial-impacts-on-natural-ecosystems-2003.pdf.
Clarke_201533P. J. Clarke, M. J. Lawes, B. P. Murphy, J. Russell-Smith, C. E. Nano, R. Bradstock, N. J. Enright, J. B. Fontaine, C. R. Gosper, I. Radford, J. J. Midgley, and R. M. Gunton. “A synthesis of postfire recovery traits of woody plants in Australian ecosystems”. Science of The Total Environment 534 (2015), pp. 31-42. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.04.002.
Kew_2019_113Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
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/.
Doherty_202122M. Doherty. “Fire Severity and Plant Community Dynamics in the Australian Alps, Southeastern New South Wales”. PhD. Australian National University, 2021. url: http://hdl.handle.net/1885/224564.
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.