Schoenus nigricans L., 1753 27% complete

Black bog-rush

Sp. Pl.: 43 (1753)

Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Schoenus nigricans, 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 record11 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author L. No source recorded
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Bibliography Sp. Pl.: 43 (1753) No source recorded
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Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
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Rank species No source recorded
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Status accepted No source recorded
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Year 1753 No source recorded
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Descriptive
Common name Black bog-rush No source recorded
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Family common name Sedge family No source recorded
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Observations Cosmopolitan No source recorded
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Morphology
Average height 42 cm
  • 42 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 13 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 164, 174, 178, 500, 818, 898, 926
Sourced
Biological type hemicryptophyte
  • hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 11 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 164, 174, 175, 178, 500, 877, 918
Sourced
Flower color empty Not on the record
Foliage texture empty Not on the record
Fruit shape empty Not on the record
Maximum height 60 cm
  • 60 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 164, 174, 178, 500, 818, 898, 926
Sourced
Sexuality empty Not on the record
Phenology
Bloom months may, jun
1 earlier or rejected value
Sourced
Duration perennial
  • perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 164, 175, 178, 818, 918
Sourced
Ecology
Ground humidity 9 / 12 · amphibious part of the year (seasonal helophyte)
  • 9 / 12 · amphibious part of the year (seasonal helophyte) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489
Sourced
Light 9 / 9 · full sun Sourced
Nitrogen fixation None Sourced
Soil nutriments empty
  • 2 / 9 · very poor (peroligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Not on the record
Soil salinity empty
  • 1 / 9 · barely saline (hyperoligohaline) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242
Not on the record
Cultivation
Minimum root depth 49 cm Sourced
Other
Halophyte status — Not on the record
Propagation method — Not on the record
Shade tolerance — Not on the record
Soil ph indicator — Not on the record
Temperature indicator — Not on the record