woodiness_detailed

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• Label: Detailed woodiness categories
• Entity URI: https://w3id.org/APD/traits/trait_0030019
• Type: categorical
• Definition: A whole plant [PO:0000003] phenotype [NCIT:C16977] trait which indicates the vertical [PATO:0001854] extent, distribution [PATO:0000060], and type [NCIT:C25284] of wood present in stems [PO:0009047], roots [PO:0009005], and reproductive shoot systems [PO:0025082], distinguishing between plants with secondary xylem (true wood) [PO:0005848] versus wood-like lignification [CHEBI:6457] (woodiness in monocots and ferns).;Trait indicating the extent, distribution, and type of secondary xylem (true wood) and wood-like lignification (woodiness in monocots and ferns) in stems, roots, and reproductive shoots.
• Additional comments: This trait documents in detail the degree and type of lignification in a plant's stems and roots (woodiness), while `plant woodiness` is a binary trait collapsing woodiness into a pair of values, `woody` versus `herbaceous`. Datasets that only use the terms `woody` versus `herbaceous` are only mapped to the binary trait; only datasets that explicitly indicate different levels of woodiness are mapped to `plant woodiness detailed`.
• Allowed values:

  value	description
  herbaceous	Plant with non-lignified stems.
  semi_woody	Plant that forms stems considered only "partially woody", generally having lower lignin and cellulose contents and possibly not forming secondary xylem. These are generally short-lived, fast-growing stems. (Synonyms, green-stem shrub, soft shrub, soft wood)
  woody	Plant whose stems produce secondary xylem (true wood).
  woody_base	Plant where secondary xylem (true wood) is present only at the base of stems. (Synonyms, suffrutescent)
  woody_like_inflorescence	Taxa, including monocots, that produce thick, stiff, robust lignified inflorescence shoots but are otherwise non-woody.
  woody_like_stem	Taxa, including monocots and ferns, that produce thick, stiff, robust lignified stems but do not produce secondary xylem.
  woody_root	Plant that has a woody rootstock but non-woody above-ground stems.

See the AusTraits Plant Dictionary (https://w3id.org/APD/traits/trait_0030019) for additional information about this trait.

Coverage

For this trait, AusTraits includes a total of 78,376 records. This includes:

• data for 30,563 species.
• data for 309 families.
• data from 13 datasets (see the portal Citations tab for a list of sources)