Sporobolus creber

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Family Poaceae

Taxonomy: Sporobolus creber De Nardi

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)

Sporobolus indicus var. creber (De Nardi) Veldkamp (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): SA, Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (15), Draper_2023 (3), GrassBase_2014 (8), Kew_2019_1 (1), Kubiak_2009 (2), Metcalfe_2020_2 (18), NHNSW_2014 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (2), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (7), NSWFRD_2014 (7), Osborne_2014 (1), Pickup_2021 (9), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (7), Simpson_2021 (3), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (18), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (4). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 53 traits from 124 records in 22 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): partial_resprouting (4); resprouts (2) [sources: Kubiak_2009; NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021; Simpson_2021]
post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (3) [sources: Pickup_2021]

flower morphology

flower_colour (categorical): green (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2; Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 0.7 mm (0.5-0.85 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Metcalfe_2020_2]
fruit_width (numerical): 0.55 mm (0.5-0.6 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
fruit_height (numerical): 0.3 mm (0.3-0.3 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): caryopsis (5) [sources: ABRS_2023; Metcalfe_2020_2; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1); indehiscent (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_colour (categorical): brown (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 390 mm2 (390-390 mm2) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
leaf_length (numerical): 270 mm (70-450 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; GrassBase_2014; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 3 mm (2-4 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; GrassBase_2014; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): linear (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): conduplicate (1); convolute (1); flat (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c4 (3) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2; Osborne_2014; White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): graminoid (3); herb (6); tussock (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; Metcalfe_2020_2; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_form (categorical): hemicryptophyte (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
life_history (categorical): perennial (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Simpson_2021; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): caespitose (1); erect (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
root_structure (categorical): non_mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): abiotic (1); self (1); wind (2) [sources: Draper_2023; Metcalfe_2020_2; White_2020]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (2); epizoochory (1) [sources: Draper_2023; Metcalfe_2020_2; White_2020]
dispersers (categorical): mammals (1); passive (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnnnnny (2); yyyyynnnnnnn (1); yyyyyyyyyyyy (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014; NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1); vegetative (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2; White_2020]
clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): belowground_clonal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
bud_bank_location (categorical): rhizome (2) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; Simpson_2021]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.08 mg (0.08-0.09 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1; Metcalfe_2020_2]
seed_length (numerical): 0.68 mm (0.5-0.85 mm) [sources: GrassBase_2014]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 1.09 m (0.14-1.4 m) [sources: GrassBase_2014; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
Metcalfe_2020_2	17	18	D. Metcalfe. “Unpublished data: Traits of Poaceae spp, CSIRO”. 2020.
White_2020	18	18	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
ABRS_2023	11	15	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Pickup_2021	3	9	M. Pickup and T. McDonald. Bushfire impacts — A national model for assessing local landscape restoration priorities. Project Phoenix Report. Greening Australia, 2021. url: https://www.greeningaustralia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/1.02R2.pdf.
GrassBase_2014	4	8	W. Clayton, M. Vorontsova, and K. H. &. H. Williamson. GrassBase - The online world grass flora. 2006. url: http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db.html.
NHNSW_2023	6	7	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/.
NSWFRD_2014	7	7	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.
RBGV_2023	7	7	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
ABRS_2022	4	4	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
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/.
Sjostrom_2006	4	4	A. 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.
eFLOWER_Dun_2022	3	4	L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
Draper_2023	3	3	J. T. Draper, S. Delean, J. G. Conran, P. Weinstein, and B. S. Simpson. “Life-history characteristics and climate correlates of dioecious plant species in central southern Australia”. Australian Journal of Botany unknown.unknown (2023), p. unknown. doi: 10.1071/BT22110.
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/.
Simpson_2021	3	3	K. J. Simpson, E. C. Jardine, S. Archibald, E. J. Forrestel, C. E. R. Lehmann, G. H. Thomas, and C. P. Osborne. “Resprouting grasses are associated with less frequent fire than seeders”. New Phytologist 230 (2021), pp. 832-844. doi: 10.1111/nph.17069.
Kubiak_2009	2	2	P. J. Kubiak. “Fire responses of bushland plants after the January 1994 wildfires in northern Sydney”. Cunninghamia 11.1 (2009), pp. 131-165.
NHNSW_2014_2	2	2	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Kew_2019_1	1	1	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
NHNSW_2014	1	1	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/search/simple.htm.
Osborne_2014	1	1	C. Osborne, A. Salomaa, T. Kluyver, V. Visser, E. Kellogg, O. Morrone, M. Vorontsova, W. Clayton, and D. Simpson. “A global database of C4 photosynthesis in grasses”. New Phytologist 204 (2014), pp. 441-446. doi: 10.1111/nph.12942.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.