Trochocarpa montana

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Family Ericaceae

Taxonomy: Trochocarpa montana J.B.Williams & J.T.Hunter

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)

Trochocarpa sp. A (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Campbell_2006 (6), Clarke_2009 (5), Kooyman_2011 (13), NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (16), NSWFRD_2014 (4), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Smith_1996 (85), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 42 traits from 143 records in 11 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 (4) [sources: Campbell_2006; Clarke_2009; NSWFRD_2014]
post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment_absent (1) [sources: Campbell_2006]

flower morphology

flower_colour (categorical): blue_purple (1); pink (1); red_brown (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_type (categorical): drupe (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 114.45 mm2 (51.1-179.9 mm2) [sources: Smith_1996]
leaf_length (numerical): 27.77 mm (10.5-50 mm) [sources: Smith_1996; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 11.37 mm (4-26 mm) [sources: Smith_1996; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 14.66 mg (13.57-15.69 mg) [sources: Smith_1996]
petiole_length (numerical): 0.3 cm (0.15-0.45 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 128.07 g/m2 (128.07-128.07 g/m2) [sources: Smith_1996]
leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.54 g/g (0.53-0.57 g/g) [sources: Smith_1996]
leaf_water_content_per_dry_mass (numerical): 0.84 g/g (0.75-0.89 g/g) [sources: Smith_1996]
leaf_shape (categorical): narrowly_elliptical (1); narrowly_ovate (1); widely_ovate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2014_2]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_inclination_angle (numerical): 26 deg (5-50 deg) [sources: Smith_1996]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (5); tree (1) [sources: Campbell_2006; Clarke_2009; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
dispersers (categorical): vertebrates (1) [sources: Campbell_2006]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyynn (1); nnyynyynnnnn (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014]
seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (1) [sources: Campbell_2006]
bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_buds (2); basal_stem_buds (2) [sources: Campbell_2006; Clarke_2009; NSWFRD_2014]

nutrient and stable isotope

leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 12.02 mg/g (12.02-12.02 mg/g) [sources: Smith_1996]
leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 0.58 mg/g (0.58-0.58 mg/g) [sources: Smith_1996]

seed morphology

seed_length (numerical): 2.25 mm (1-3.5 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
seed_width (numerical): 1.5 mm (1-2.5 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 8 m (2-10 m) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
Smith_1996	17	85	B. Smith. “Community-level convergence and community structure of temperate Nothofagus forests”. PhD. University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, 1996. url: http://web.nateko.lu.se/personal/benjamin.smith/thesis/thesis.html.
NHNSW_2023	10	16	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/.
Kooyman_2011	9	13	R. Kooyman, M. Rossetto, W. Cornwell, and M. Westoby. “Phylogenetic tests of community assembly across regional to continental scales in tropical and subtropical rain forests”. Global Ecology and Biogeography 20 (2011), pp. 707-716. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00641.x.
Campbell_2006	6	6	M. L. Campbell and P. J. Clarke. “Response of montane wet sclerophyll forest understorey species to fire- evidence from high and low intensity fires”. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 127 (2006), pp. 63-73. doi: unknown.
Clarke_2009	3	5	P. J. Clarke, K. J. E. Knox, M. L. Campbell, and L. M. Copeland. “Post-fire recovery of woody plants in the New England Tableland Bioregion”. Cunninghamia 11 (2009), pp. 221-239. doi: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/4907.
NHNSW_2014_2	4	4	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NSWFRD_2014	4	4	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.
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.
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/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.