Carex rostrata Stokes, 1787 27% complete

Bottle sedge

W.Withering, Bot. Arr. Brit. Pl. ed. 2. 2: 1059 (1787)

Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Carex rostrata, 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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Sourced9 Source not recorded9 Not on the record13 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author Stokes No source recorded
Source not recorded
Bibliography W.Withering, Bot. Arr. Brit. Pl. ed. 2. 2: 1059 (1787) 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 1787 No source recorded
Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name Bottle sedge No source recorded
Source not recorded
Family common name Sedge family No source recorded
Source not recorded
Observations Subarctic & Temp. Eurasia, Subarctic America to N. U.S.A. No source recorded
Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height 60 cm
  • 60 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 8 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 1, 25, 28, 92, 164, 174, 178, 818, 918
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded 60 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 8 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 1, 25, 28, 92, 164, 174, 178, 818, 918
  • Superseded 60 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 8 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 1, 25, 28, 92, 164, 174, 178, 818, 918
Sourced
Biological type hemicryptophyte
  • hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 8 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 164, 174, 178, 500, 918
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 8 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 164, 174, 178, 500, 918
  • Superseded hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 8 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 164, 174, 178, 500, 918
Sourced
Flower color empty
2 earlier or rejected values
Not on the record
Foliage color empty
2 earlier or rejected values
Not on the record
Fruit color empty
2 earlier or rejected values
Not on the record
Fruit shape empty
2 earlier or rejected values
Not on the record
Growth rate empty
2 earlier or rejected values
Not on the record
Maximum height 80 cm
  • 80 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 1, 25, 28, 92, 164, 174, 178, 818, 918
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded 80 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 1, 25, 28, 92, 164, 174, 178, 818, 918
  • Superseded 80 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 1, 25, 28, 92, 164, 174, 178, 818, 918
Sourced
Sexuality empty
2 earlier or rejected values
Not on the record
Phenology
Bloom months feb, jun
2 earlier or rejected values
Sourced
Duration perennial
  • perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 11 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 92, 110, 164, 178, 460, 818, 918
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 11 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 92, 110, 164, 178, 460, 818, 918
  • Superseded perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 11 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 92, 110, 164, 178, 460, 818, 918
Sourced
Ecology
Ground humidity empty
  • 10 / 12 · amphibious all year, base always under water (permanent helophyte) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded 10 / 12 · amphibious all year, base always under water (permanent helophyte) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
  • Superseded 10 / 12 · amphibious all year, base always under water (permanent helophyte) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Not on the record
Light empty
2 earlier or rejected values
Not on the record
Nitrogen fixation None
  • None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 13 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 1, 20, 57, 67, 71, 89, 444, 445
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 13 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 1, 20, 57, 67, 71, 89, 444, 445
  • Superseded None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 13 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 1, 20, 57, 67, 71, 89, 444, 445
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 178, 242
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded 3 / 9 · poor (oligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242
  • Superseded 3 / 9 · poor (oligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242
Sourced
Soil salinity 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils
  • 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242, 489
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242, 489
  • Superseded 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242, 489
Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth 41 cm
2 earlier or rejected values
Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio empty
2 earlier or rejected values
Not on the record
Other
Salt tolerance —
2 earlier or rejected values
Not on the record
Shade tolerance —
2 earlier or rejected values
Not on the record
Soil ph indicator —
2 earlier or rejected values
Not on the record
Temperature indicator —
2 earlier or rejected values
Not on the record