plant_tolerance_calcicole

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• Label: Plant calcium sensitivity
• Entity URI: https://w3id.org/APD/traits/trait_0030817
• Type: categorical
• Definition: An environmental [ENVO:01000203] tolerance [NCIT:C43414] trait which is a plant's [PO:0000003] calcium sensitivity [TO:0000006], corresponding to its sensitivity [NCIT:C25201] to high soil [ENVO:00001998] pH [NCIT:C45997].;Classification scheme of plant soil calcium tolerance, corresponding to its sensitivity to high soil pH. Plants are categorised as either calcifuge (intolerant of basic soils) or calcicole (tolerant of basic soils, such as calcareous sands and limestone derived soils).
• Additional comments: None
• Allowed values:

  value	description
  calcicole	Plants are tolerant of basic soils, such as calcareous sands and limestone derived soils.
  calcifuge	Plants are intolerant of basic soils. (Synonyms, acidophilous)

See the AusTraits Plant Dictionary (https://w3id.org/APD/traits/trait_0030817) for additional information about this trait.

Coverage

For this trait, AusTraits includes a total of 280 records. This includes:

• data for 226 species.
• data for 21 families.
• data from 1 datasets (see the portal Citations tab for a list of sources)