Agropyron cristatum (L.) Gaertn., 1770 37% complete

Crested wheatgrass

Novi Comment. Acad. Sci. Imp. Petrop. 14(1): 540 (1770)

Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Agropyron cristatum, 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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Sourced10 Differs from sources2 Source not recorded11 Not on the record13 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author (L.) Gaertn. No source recorded
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Bibliography Novi Comment. Acad. Sci. Imp. Petrop. 14(1): 540 (1770) No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
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Rank species No source recorded
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Status accepted No source recorded
Source not recorded
Year 1770 No source recorded
Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name Crested wheatgrass No source recorded
Source not recorded
Observations Temp. Eurasia, N. Africa No source recorded
Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height 39 cm
  • 39.05 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 32 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 86, 92, 164, 236, 302, 474, 500, 818, 918
Differs from sources
Biological type hemicryptophyte
  • hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 13 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 164, 300, 500, 918
Sourced
Flower color empty Not on the record
Flower conspicuous false No source recorded
Source not recorded
Foliage color green Sourced
Foliage texture fine Differs from sources
Fruit color empty Not on the record
Fruit conspicuous false No source recorded
Source not recorded
Growth form Bunch
  • Bunch · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Growth habit Graminoid
  • Graminoid · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Growth rate Moderate Sourced
Maximum height empty
  • 70 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 86, 92, 164, 236, 302, 474, 500, 818, 918
Not on the record
Vegetable false No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phenology
Duration perennial
  • perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 61 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 28, 86, 92, 110, 164, 236, 296, 403, 432, 443, 818, 879, 918
Sourced
Ecology
Ground humidity empty
  • 2 / 12 · dry (perxerophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 489
Not on the record
Light empty Not on the record
Nitrogen fixation None Sourced
Ph maximum pH 8.2
  • pH 8.2 · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Ph minimum pH 6
  • pH 6 · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Soil nutriments empty
  • 3 / 9 · poor (oligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 489
Not on the record
Soil salinity empty
  • 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 489
Not on the record
Cultivation
Minimum root depth 76 cm Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio empty Not on the record
Other
Propagation method — Not on the record
Salt tolerance — Not on the record
Shade tolerance — Not on the record
Soil ph indicator — Not on the record
Temperature indicator — Not on the record