Carex atherodes Spreng., 1826 35% complete

Wheat sedge

Syst. Veg. 3: 828 (1826)

Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Carex atherodes, 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 Source not recorded12 Not on the record13 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author Spreng. No source recorded
Source not recorded
Bibliography Syst. Veg. 3: 828 (1826) 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 1826 No source recorded
Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name Wheat sedge No source recorded
Source not recorded
Family common name Sedge family No source recorded
Source not recorded
Observations Subarctic & Temp. Northern Hemisphere No source recorded
Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height 90 cm
2 earlier or rejected values
Sourced
Biological type geophyte
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded geophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 918
  • Superseded geophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 918
Sourced
Flower color empty
2 earlier or rejected values
Not on the record
Flower conspicuous false No source recorded
Source not recorded
Foliage color empty
2 earlier or rejected values
Not on the record
Foliage texture coarse
2 earlier or rejected values
Sourced
Fruit color empty
2 earlier or rejected values
Not on the record
Fruit conspicuous false No source recorded
Source not recorded
Fruit shape empty
2 earlier or rejected values
Not on the record
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
2 earlier or rejected values
Sourced
Maximum height empty
2 earlier or rejected values
Not on the record
Sexuality empty
2 earlier or rejected values
Not on the record
Vegetable false No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phenology
Duration perennial
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 92, 918
  • Superseded perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 92, 918
Sourced
Ecology
Nitrogen fixation None
2 earlier or rejected values
Sourced
Ph maximum pH 7.2
  • pH 7.2 · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Ph minimum pH 4.5
  • pH 4.5 · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Soil nutriments empty
  • 5 / 9 · intermediate (mesotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded 5 / 9 · intermediate (mesotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242
  • Superseded 5 / 9 · intermediate (mesotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242
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 242
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242
  • Superseded 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242
Not on the record
Cultivation
Minimum root depth empty
2 earlier or rejected values
Not on the record
Other
Salt tolerance —
2 earlier or rejected values
Not on the record
Shade tolerance —
2 earlier or rejected values
Not on the record
Soil ph indicator —
2 earlier or rejected values
Not on the record
Temperature indicator —
2 earlier or rejected values
Not on the record