competitive_stratum

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• Label: Competitive stratum
• Entity URI: https://w3id.org/APD/traits/trait_0030026
• Type: categorical
• Definition: A classification [NCIT:C25161] that indicates the vegetation layer [ENVO:01000355] a taxon [NCIT:C40098] reaches within its community [ECSO:00000310], used to assess competition [EnvThes:21097] within the community.;Categorical descriptions of a taxon's relative stature in its community, used to assess competitive heirarchies within a community.
• Additional comments: None
• Allowed values:

  value	description
  ground	Graminoids, herbs and ferns reaching maximum heights of c. 0.2-1 m.
  mid	Shrubs reaching maximum heights of c. 1-2 m.
  post_fire_ephemeral	Taxa that avoid competition with other strata by rapidly completing their life cycle after fire; a sub-category of 'ground'.
  upper	Tall shrubs reaching maximum heights of c. 3-5 m.

See the AusTraits Plant Dictionary (https://w3id.org/APD/traits/trait_0030026) for additional information about this trait.

Coverage

For this trait, AusTraits includes a total of 528 records. This includes:

• data for 476 species.
• data for 49 families.
• data from 3 datasets (see the portal Citations tab for a list of sources)