Carex alba Scop., 1771 22% complete

White sedge

Fl. Carniol., ed. 2, 2: 216 (1771)

Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Carex alba, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced5 Differs from sources2 Source not recorded9 Not on the record8 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author Scop. No source recorded
Source not recorded
Bibliography Fl. Carniol., ed. 2, 2: 216 (1771) No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
Source not recorded
Rank species No source recorded
Source not recorded
Status accepted No source recorded
Source not recorded
Year 1771 No source recorded
Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name White sedge No source recorded
Source not recorded
Family common name Sedge family No source recorded
Source not recorded
Observations E. Pyrenees to Russian Far East No source recorded
Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height 18 cm
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded 17.5 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 164, 500, 918
  • Superseded 17.5 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 164, 500, 918
Differs from sources
Biological type geophyte
  • geophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 164, 500, 918
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded geophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 164, 500, 918
  • Superseded geophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 164, 500, 918
Sourced
Foliage texture empty
2 earlier or rejected values
Not on the record
Fruit shape empty
2 earlier or rejected values
Not on the record
Maximum height 23 cm
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded 22.5 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 164, 500, 918
  • Superseded 22.5 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 164, 500, 918
Differs from sources
Sexuality empty
2 earlier or rejected values
Not on the record
Phenology
Duration perennial
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 164, 918
  • Superseded perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 164, 918
Sourced
Ecology
Ground humidity empty
  • 4 / 12 · moderately dry (meso-xerophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded 4 / 12 · moderately dry (meso-xerophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242
  • Superseded 4 / 12 · moderately dry (meso-xerophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242
Not on the record
Light empty
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded 5 / 9 · half-shade · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 489
  • Superseded 5 / 9 · half-shade · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 489
Not on the record
Nitrogen fixation None
2 earlier or rejected values
Sourced
Soil nutriments 3 / 9 · poor (oligotrophic)
  • 3 / 9 · poor (oligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242, 489
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded 3 / 9 · poor (oligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242, 489
  • Superseded 3 / 9 · poor (oligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242, 489
Sourced
Soil salinity 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils
  • 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242, 489
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242, 489
  • Superseded 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242, 489
Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio empty
2 earlier or rejected values
Not on the record
Other
Soil ph indicator —
2 earlier or rejected values
Not on the record
Temperature indicator —
2 earlier or rejected values
Not on the record