Carex vulpina L., 1753 29% complete

True fox sedge

Sp. Pl.: 973 (1753)

Data sources

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Sourced10 Source not recorded9 Not on the record8 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author L. No source recorded
Source not recorded
Bibliography Sp. Pl.: 973 (1753) 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 1753 No source recorded
Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name True fox sedge No source recorded
Source not recorded
Family common name Sedge family No source recorded
Source not recorded
Observations Europe to Xinjiang No source recorded
Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height 22 cm
  • 22 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 21 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 116, 178, 203, 221, 500, 818, 898, 918
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded 22 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 21 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 116, 178, 203, 221, 500, 818, 898, 918
  • Superseded 22 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 21 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 116, 178, 203, 221, 500, 818, 898, 918
Sourced
Biological type hemicryptophyte
  • hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 10 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 174, 178, 203, 500, 918
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 10 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 174, 178, 203, 500, 918
  • Superseded hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 10 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 174, 178, 203, 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 empty
  • 100 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 116, 178, 203, 221, 500, 818, 898, 918
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded 100 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 116, 178, 203, 221, 500, 818, 898, 918
  • Superseded 100 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 116, 178, 203, 221, 500, 818, 898, 918
Not on the record
Sexuality empty
2 earlier or rejected values
Not on the record
Phenology
Bloom months jan, may
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded jan, may · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 174, 203
  • Superseded jan, may · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 174, 203
Sourced
Duration perennial
  • perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 178, 203, 818, 918
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 178, 203, 818, 918
  • Superseded perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 178, 203, 818, 918
Sourced
Ecology
Ground humidity 8 / 12 · very wet, flooded several months a year (hydrophilous)
  • 8 / 12 · very wet, flooded several months a year (hydrophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 203, 489
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded 8 / 12 · very wet, flooded several months a year (hydrophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 203, 489
  • Superseded 8 / 12 · very wet, flooded several months a year (hydrophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 203, 489
Sourced
Light 8 / 9 · light
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded 8 / 9 · light · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489
  • Superseded 8 / 9 · light · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489
Sourced
Nitrogen fixation None
2 earlier or rejected values
Sourced
Soil nutriments 6 / 9 · rather rich (meso-eutrophic)
  • 6 / 9 · rather rich (meso-eutrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded 6 / 9 · rather rich (meso-eutrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242
  • Superseded 6 / 9 · rather rich (meso-eutrophic) · 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 · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242
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 178, 242
  • Superseded 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242
Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth 42 cm
2 earlier or rejected values
Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio empty
2 earlier or rejected values
Not on the record
Other
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