Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Rubus caesius, 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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Sourced14 Differs from sources4 Source not recorded10 Not on the record6 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	L.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Sp. pl. 1:493. 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	European dewberry	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Family common name	Rose family	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	Europe to Xinjiang and W. Himalaya, NW. Africa, SW. Arabian Pen.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	42 cm	42.47 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 57 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 45, 88, 90, 164, 178, 203, 251, 500, 617, 775, 866, 918	Differs from sources
Biological type	chamaephyte	chamaephyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 164, 174, 178, 203, 500, 918	Sourced
Flower color	white	white · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4	Sourced
Foliage texture	medium	medium · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 71	Sourced
Fruit shape	empty	drupe · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4	Not on the record
Growth habit	Subshrub	Subshrub · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Maximum height	60 cm	60 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 45, 88, 90, 164, 178, 203, 251, 500, 617, 775, 866, 918	Sourced
Sexuality	hermaphrodite	hermaphrodite · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4	Sourced
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Bloom months	mar, may, jun	mar, may, jun · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 45, 174, 203 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded feb, mar, may · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 45, 174, 203	Sourced
Duration	perennial	perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 178, 818, 918	Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity	6 / 9 · moderately humid air	6 / 9 · moderately humid air · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Ground humidity	7 / 12 · wet, flooded a few weeks a year (hygrophilous)	7 / 12 · wet, flooded a few weeks a year (hygrophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 203, 489	Sourced
Light	6 / 9 · half-shade to half-light	7 / 9 · half-light to light · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489	Differs from sources
Nitrogen fixation	None	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 71, 445	Sourced
Ph maximum	pH 7.5	pH 7.5 · 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 7	pH 7 · 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)	7 / 9 · rich (eutrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242	Differs from sources
Soil salinity	1 / 9 · barely saline (hyperoligohaline)	0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 174, 178, 242	Differs from sources
Cultivation
Minimum root depth	121 cm	121 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 818	Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio	empty	19.8 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 20 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 88, 90, 227, 412, 617	Not on the record
Other
Propagation method	—	seed · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 174	Not on the record
Shade tolerance	—	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 174	Not on the record
Soil ph indicator	—	8 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242	Not on the record
Temperature indicator	—	5 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 203	Not on the record

Rubus caesius L., 1753 47% complete

European dewberry

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