Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Desmodium canadense, 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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Sourced3 Differs from sources1 Source not recorded10 Not on the record1 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	(L.) DC.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Prodr. 2: 328 (1825)	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	1825	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Showy tick trefoil	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	SE. Canada to C. & NE. U.S.A.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	97 cm	96.5 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 54 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 66, 335, 569, 664, 853, 866, 925	Differs from sources
Biological type	hemicryptophyte	hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 204 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 925	Sourced
Growth habit	Forb/herb	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Duration	perennial	perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 207 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 28, 110, 925	Sourced
Ecology
Nitrogen fixation	High	High · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 10 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 20, 57, 96, 444, 822	Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio	empty	22.1 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 570	Not on the record

Desmodium canadense (L.) DC., 1825 18% complete

Showy tick trefoil

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