Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Bursera microphylla, 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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Sourced1 Differs from sources1 Source not recorded9 Not on the record2 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	A.Gray	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 5: 155 (1861)	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	1861	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Elephant tree	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	S. California, Arizona, N. Mexico	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	480 cm	480.04 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 184, 708	Differs from sources
Growth habit	Tree, Shrub	Tree, Shrub · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Sexuality	empty	polygamodioecious · 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
Ecology
Nitrogen fixation	empty	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 445	Not on the record

Bursera microphylla A.Gray, 1861 12% complete

Elephant tree

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