leaf_dry_matter_content

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• Label: Leaf dry matter content (LDMC)
• Entity URI: https://w3id.org/APD/traits/trait_0011262
• Type: numeric
• Definition: A leaf mass trait [TO:0000505] which is the ratio [PATO:0001470] of leaf dry mass [TO:0001014] to leaf [PO:0025034] fresh mass [APD:glossary/40044].;The ratio of leaf dry mass to leaf fresh mass; LDMC.
• Additional comments: Two similar traits are `leaf_water_content_per_dry_mass`, the ratio of leaf water content to leaf dry mass and `leaf_water_content_per_fresh_mass`, the ratio of leaf water content to leaf fresh mass.
• units: g/g
• allowable range: 0.001 - 2 g/g

See the AusTraits Plant Dictionary (https://w3id.org/APD/traits/trait_0011262) for additional information about this trait.

Coverage

For this trait, AusTraits includes a total of 8,369 records. This includes:

• data for 1,555 species.
• data for 162 families.
• data from 36 datasets (see the portal Citations tab for a list of sources)