Juncus sphaerocarpus Nees, 1818 31% complete

Toad rush

Flora 1: 521 (1818)

Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Juncus sphaerocarpus, 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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Sourced7 Differs from sources4 Source not recorded9 Not on the record7 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author Nees No source recorded
Source not recorded
Bibliography Flora 1: 521 (1818) 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 1818 No source recorded
Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name Toad rush No source recorded
Source not recorded
Observations C. Europe to Xinjiang, Medit. to NE. Trop. Africa and W. Himalaya No source recorded
Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height 15 cm Sourced
Biological type therophyte
  • therophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 500, 918
Sourced
Flower color brown Differs from sources
Fruit shape empty Not on the record
Maximum height empty Not on the record
Sexuality empty Not on the record
Vegetable false No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phenology
Bloom months may, jun, jul, aug, sep
  • may|jun|jul|aug|sep · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Differs from sources
Duration annual Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity 8 / 9 · very humid air
  • 8 / 9 · very humid air · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Ground humidity empty
  • 8 / 12 · very wet, flooded several months a year (hydrophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 489
Not on the record
Light 8 / 9 · light Sourced
Nitrogen fixation empty Not on the record
Ph maximum pH 6.5
  • pH 6.5 · Earlier Trefle data · Inferred · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded derived from a Baseflor soil reaction class by the 2022 import, a class not a measurement
Sourced
Ph minimum pH 5.5
  • pH 5.5 · Earlier Trefle data · Inferred · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded derived from a Baseflor soil reaction class by the 2022 import, a class not a measurement
Sourced
Soil nutriments 5 / 9 · intermediate (mesotrophic)
  • 3 / 9 · poor (oligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242, 489
Differs from sources
Soil salinity 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils
  • 1 / 9 · barely saline (hyperoligohaline) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242, 489
Differs from sources
Other
Soil ph indicator — Not on the record
Temperature indicator — Not on the record