leaf_water_content_per_dry_mass

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• Label: Leaf water content per unit leaf dry mass
• Entity URI: https://w3id.org/APD/traits/trait_0011265
• Type: numeric
• Definition: A leaf mass trait [TO:0000505] which is the ratio [PATO:0001470] of the mass [PATO:0000125] of water [CHEBI:15377] in a fresh [EnvThes:21976] leaf [PO:0025034] to leaf dry mass [TO:0001014].;The ratio of the mass of water in a fresh leaf (leaf water content) to leaf dry mass.
• Additional comments: A similar trait that is recorded by a greater number of studies is `leaf_dry_matter_content`, the ratio of a leaf dry mass to leaf fresh mass.
• units: g/g
• allowable range: 0.01 - 20 g/g

See the AusTraits Plant Dictionary (https://w3id.org/APD/traits/trait_0011265) for additional information about this trait.

Coverage

For this trait, AusTraits includes a total of 1,369 records. This includes:

• data for 265 species.
• data for 80 families.
• data from 9 datasets (see the portal Citations tab for a list of sources)