Pinus pinaster

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Family Pinaceae

Taxonomy: Pinus pinaster Aiton

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)

Pinus maritima Lam. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), NSW (doubtfully naturalised), ACT (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (10), NHNSW_2014_2 (1), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (8), NSWFRD_2014 (2), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (9), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (8), Standish_2019 (7), WAH_2022_1 (3), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (6), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Yang_2023 (6). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 23 traits from 80 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): fire_killed (4) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; Standish_2019; Yang_2023]
post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (1) [sources: Yang_2023]

flower morphology

flower_colour (categorical): green (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
sex_type (categorical): monoecious (2) [sources: RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 161.67 mm (80-250 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): strobilus (5) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; WAH_2023_2]
fruit_colour (categorical): brown (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 200 mm (80-300 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; WAH_2023_2]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): oblique (1); sheathing (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): toothed (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (5) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; WAH_2023_2]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): tree (9) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Standish_2019; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (8) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Standish_2019; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (7) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Standish_2019]
root_structure (categorical): ectomycorrhizal (1) [sources: Standish_2019]
seedbank_location (categorical): canopy_seedbank (2) [sources: Standish_2019; Yang_2023]
serotiny (categorical): serotinous (1) [sources: Yang_2023]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 50.45 mg (50.45-50.45 mg) [sources: Standish_2019]
seed_shape (categorical): winged (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 34 m (2-40 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
ABRS_2023	8	10	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
RBGV_2023	7	9	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2023	6	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/.
SAH_2023	7	8	S. 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/.
Standish_2019	7	7	R. Standish. “Unpublished data: Jarrah forest, Murdoch University”. 2019.
WAH_2023_2	4	6	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Yang_2023	5	6	S. Yang. “Unpublished data: Fire response traits scored from national and state floras and the taxonomic literature, University of New South Wales”. 2023.
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/.
WAH_2022_2	4	4	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
ABRS_2022	3	3	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_2022	3	3	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/.
SAH_2022	3	3	S. 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/.
WAH_2022_1	3	3	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
NSWFRD_2014	2	2	B. 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.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
NHNSW_2014_2	1	1	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.