Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Carex utriculata, 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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Sourced9 Differs from sources1 Source not recorded12 Not on the record4 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	Boott	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	W.J.Hooker, Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 221 (1839)	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	1839	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Northwest territory sedge	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Family common name	Sedge family	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	N. America to NE. Mexico, N. & EC. Europe to Japan	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	54 cm	53.7 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92, 557	Differs from sources
Flower color	green	green · 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
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Duration	empty	perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Ecology
Ph maximum	pH 7.7	pH 7.7 · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Ph minimum	pH 5.7	pH 5.7 · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth	empty	20 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Other
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

Carex utriculata Boott, 1839 35% complete

Northwest territory sedge

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