Carex ornithopoda Willd., 1805 31% complete

Bird-foot sedge

Sp. Pl., ed. 4, 4: 255 (1805)

Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Carex ornithopoda, 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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Sourced8 Differs from sources2 Source not recorded10 Not on the record7 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author Willd. No source recorded
Source not recorded
Bibliography Sp. Pl., ed. 4, 4: 255 (1805) 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 1805 No source recorded
Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name Bird-foot sedge No source recorded
Source not recorded
Family common name Sedge family No source recorded
Source not recorded
Observations Europe to Türkiye No source recorded
Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height 3 cm
  • 3.4 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 26 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 71, 164, 178, 320, 356, 500, 918
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded 3.4 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 26 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 71, 164, 178, 320, 356, 500, 918
  • Superseded 3.4 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 26 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 71, 164, 178, 320, 356, 500, 918
Differs from sources
Biological type hemicryptophyte
  • hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 10 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 164, 174, 178, 500, 918
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 10 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 164, 174, 178, 500, 918
  • Superseded hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 10 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 164, 174, 178, 500, 918
Sourced
Flower color brown
  • brown · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Foliage texture empty
2 earlier or rejected values
Not on the record
Fruit shape empty
2 earlier or rejected values
Not on the record
Maximum height 9 cm
  • 9 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 71, 164, 178, 320, 356, 500, 918
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded 9 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 71, 164, 178, 320, 356, 500, 918
  • Superseded 9 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 71, 164, 178, 320, 356, 500, 918
Sourced
Sexuality empty
2 earlier or rejected values
Not on the record
Vegetable false No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phenology
Bloom months apr, may, jun
  • apr|may|jun · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Differs from sources
Duration perennial
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 164, 178, 918
  • Superseded perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 164, 178, 918
Sourced
Ecology
Ground humidity 4 / 12 · moderately dry (meso-xerophilous)
  • 4 / 12 · moderately dry (meso-xerophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded 4 / 12 · moderately dry (meso-xerophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489
  • Superseded 4 / 12 · moderately dry (meso-xerophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489
Sourced
Light 7 / 9 · half-light to light
  • 7 / 9 · half-light to light · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded 7 / 9 · half-light to light · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489
  • Superseded 7 / 9 · half-light to light · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489
Sourced
Nitrogen fixation None
2 earlier or rejected values
Sourced
Soil nutriments empty
  • 3 / 9 · poor (oligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded 3 / 9 · poor (oligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
  • Superseded 3 / 9 · poor (oligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Not on the record
Soil salinity 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils
  • 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242, 489
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242, 489
  • Superseded 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242, 489
Sourced
Other
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