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Each value Trefle shows for Bouteloua curtipendula, 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 sources1 Source not recorded11 Not on the record6 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	(Michx.) Torr.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	R.B.Marcy, Explor. Red River Louisiana: 300 (1853)	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	1853	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Tall grama grass	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	N. & C. America to N. Argentina	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	43 cm	42.8 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 60 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 28, 66, 92, 193, 415, 569, 793, 853, 866, 925	Differs from sources
Biological type	hemicryptophyte	hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 215 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 925	Sourced
Flower color	yellow	yellow · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Sourced
Flower conspicuous	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Foliage color	green	green · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Sourced
Foliage texture	medium	medium · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Sourced
Fruit color	brown	brown · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Sourced
Fruit conspicuous	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Growth form	Rhizomatous	Rhizomatous · 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	Moderate · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Sourced
Sexuality	empty	hermaphrodite · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 365	Not on the record
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Bloom months	jun, jul	jun, jul · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 54 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 66, 163, 415	Sourced
Duration	perennial	perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 226 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 28, 66, 92, 110, 193, 365, 460, 818, 925	Sourced
Ecology
Nitrogen fixation	None	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 9 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 20, 57, 66, 89, 96, 110, 193, 444	Sourced
Ph maximum	pH 7.8	pH 7.8 · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Ph minimum	pH 5.5	pH 5.5 · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth	181 cm	181 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92, 818	Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio	empty	32.9 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 16 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 193, 412, 570	Not on the record
Other
Human usage type	—	fodder · TRY Plant Trait Database · Reported · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Propagation method	—	seed · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Salt tolerance	—	Low · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Shade tolerance	—	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record

Bouteloua curtipendula (Michx.) Torr., 1853 43% complete

Tall grama grass

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