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Each value Trefle shows for Eleocharis multicaulis, 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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Sourced11 Differs from sources3 Source not recorded10 Not on the record5 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	(Sm.) Desv.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Observ. Pl. Angers: 74 (1818)	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	1818	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Many-stalked spike-rush	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Family common name	Sedge family	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	Macaronesia, Europe to N. Africa	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	30 cm	30 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 116, 174, 178, 918	Sourced
Biological type	hemicryptophyte	hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 7 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 174, 178, 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	fine · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4	Not on the record
Fruit shape	empty	nut · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4	Not on the record
Maximum height	40 cm	40 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 116, 174, 178, 918	Sourced
Sexuality	empty	hermaphrodite · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4	Not on the record
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Bloom months	jun, jul, aug	jun, jul · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 174 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded feb, jun · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 174	Differs from sources
Duration	perennial	perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 178, 918	Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity	9 / 9 · saturated air	9 / 9 · saturated air · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Ground humidity	10 / 12 · amphibious all year, base always under water (permanent helophyte)	10 / 12 · amphibious all year, base always under water (permanent helophyte) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242	Sourced
Light	8 / 9 · light	8 / 9 · light · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178	Sourced
Nitrogen fixation	None	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 71, 445	Sourced
Ph maximum	pH 5.5	pH 5.5 · Earlier Trefle data · Inferred · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded derived from a Baseflor soil reaction class by the 2022 import, a class not a measurement	Sourced
Ph minimum	pH 5	pH 5 · Earlier Trefle data · Inferred · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded derived from a Baseflor soil reaction class by the 2022 import, a class not a measurement	Sourced
Soil nutriments	3 / 9 · poor (oligotrophic)	2 / 9 · very poor (peroligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242	Differs from sources
Soil salinity	1 / 9 · barely saline (hyperoligohaline)	0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 174, 178	Differs from sources
Other
Soil ph indicator	—	4 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178	Not on the record
Temperature indicator	—	6 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 242	Not on the record

Eleocharis multicaulis (Sm.) Desv., 1818 39% complete

Many-stalked spike-rush

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