Pinus taeda

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Family Pinaceae

Taxonomy: Pinus taeda L.

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

Distribution (APC): Qld (naturalised), NSW (doubtfully naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (11), NHNSW_2014_2 (1), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (8), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 15 traits from 30 records in 7 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

flower morphology

flower_colour (categorical): red_brown (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 90 mm (50-130 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): strobilus (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
fruit_colour (categorical): brown (1); yellow (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 187.5 mm (130-250 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): sheathing (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): toothed (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): tree (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): decumbent (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022]

seed morphology

seed_shape (categorical): winged (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 30 m (30-30 m) [sources: ABRS_2023]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
ABRS_2023	9	11	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.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/.
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/.
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.
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.