AusTraits

Rubus leucostachys

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Family Rosaceae

Taxonomy: Rubus leucostachys Schleich. ex Sm.

Misapplied names: 5 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Rubus chloocladus W.C.R.Watson (pro parte misapplied)
  • Rubus chloocladus W.C.R.Watson (misapplied)
  • Rubus fruticosus L. (pro parte misapplied)
  • Rubus ulmifolius Schott (misapplied)
  • Rubus ulmifolius hybrids (misapplied)

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

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Carey_2003 (3), Catford_2014 (9), Cheal_2017 (6), Clarke_2015 (6), Doherty_2021 (2), Morgan_2011_1 (5), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (11), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (13), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 32 traits from 70 records in 13 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]
  • post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (1); post_fire_recruitment_absent (3) [sources: Carey_2003; Cheal_2017; Clarke_2015]
flower morphology
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_type (categorical): compound_fruit_other (1); drupe (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): black (2); red (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 62.5 mm (30-100 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 52.5 mm (15-85 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 4.25 cm (1.5-7 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 74.71 g/m2 (74.71-74.71 g/m2) [sources: Catford_2014]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); obovate (1); ovate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): cordate (1); cuneate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): toothed (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (3); tree (1) [sources: Catford_2014; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • life_form (categorical): phanerophyte (1) [sources: Morgan_2011_1]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (5) [sources: Catford_2014; Morgan_2011_1; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): dense (1); prostrate (2); spreading (1); stoloniferous (1) [sources: Catford_2014; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (1); zoochory (1) [sources: Catford_2014; Morgan_2011_1]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): widely_dispersed (1) [sources: Cheal_2017]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): vegetative (2) [sources: Catford_2014; Morgan_2011_1]
  • 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): 2.89 mg (2.89-2.89 mg) [sources: Catford_2014]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
RBGV_20231113VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2023811N. 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/.
Catford_201499J. 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.
Cheal_201766D. 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.
Clarke_201536P. 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.
Morgan_2011_155J. Morgan. “Unpublished data: Grassy woodland traits, La Trobe University”. 2011.
NHNSW_202244N. 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/.
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.
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.