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Each value Trefle shows for Robinia hispida, 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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Sourced13 Source not recorded9 Not on the record1 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data, Merged from a synonym record

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	L.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Mant. Pl.: 101 (1767)	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	1767	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Moss locust	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	E. U.S.A.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	225 cm	225 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 68, 184, 500, 918	Sourced
Biological type	phanerophyte	phanerophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 918	Sourced
Flower color	white	white · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Flower conspicuous	false	false · Merged from a synonym record (Robinia hispida var. fertilis) · Reported · 2026-09-05	Sourced
Foliage texture	coarse	coarse · Merged from a synonym record (Robinia hispida var. fertilis) · Reported · 2026-09-05	Sourced
Fruit conspicuous	false	false · Merged from a synonym record (Robinia hispida var. fertilis) · Reported · 2026-09-05	Sourced
Growth form	Rhizomatous	Rhizomatous · Merged from a synonym record (Robinia hispida var. fertilis) · Reported · 2026-09-05	Sourced
Growth habit	Tree, Shrub	Tree, Shrub · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Growth rate	Rapid	Rapid · Merged from a synonym record (Robinia hispida var. fertilis) · Reported · 2026-09-05	Sourced
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Duration	perennial	perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 28, 918	Sourced
Ecology
Nitrogen fixation	High	High · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 444	Sourced
Ph maximum	pH 7.5	pH 7.5 · Merged from a synonym record (Robinia hispida var. fertilis) · Reported · 2026-09-05	Sourced
Ph minimum	pH 3.5	pH 3.5 · Merged from a synonym record (Robinia hispida var. fertilis) · Reported · 2026-09-05	Sourced
Other
Human usage type	—	ornamental · TRY Plant Trait Database · Reported · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 68	Not on the record

Robinia hispida L., 1767 35% complete

Moss locust

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