Eleocharis ovata (Roth) Roem. & Schult., 1817 33% complete

Ovate spikerush

Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 2: 152 (1817)

Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Eleocharis ovata, 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 sources3 Source not recorded10 Not on the record13 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author (Roth) Roem. & Schult. No source recorded
Source not recorded
Bibliography Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 2: 152 (1817) 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 1817 No source recorded
Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name Ovate spikerush No source recorded
Source not recorded
Family common name Sedge family No source recorded
Source not recorded
Observations Temp. Northern Hemisphere No source recorded
Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height 22 cm Sourced
Biological type therophyte
  • therophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 500, 918
Sourced
Flower color empty Not on the record
Foliage texture empty Not on the record
Fruit color empty Not on the record
Fruit shape empty Not on the record
Growth habit Graminoid
  • Graminoid · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Growth rate empty Not on the record
Maximum height empty Not on the record
Sexuality empty Not on the record
Vegetable false No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phenology
Duration annual Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity 7 / 9 · humid air
  • 7 / 9 · humid air · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Ground humidity empty
  • 9 / 12 · amphibious part of the year (seasonal helophyte) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 489
Not on the record
Light 8 / 9 · light Differs from sources
Nitrogen fixation None Sourced
Ph maximum pH 6.5
  • pH 6.5 · 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 5.5
  • 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
Soil nutriments 4 / 9 · rather poor (meso-oligotrophic)
  • 6 / 9 · rather rich (meso-eutrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242, 489
Differs from sources
Soil salinity 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils
  • 1 / 9 · barely saline (hyperoligohaline) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242, 489
Differs from sources
Cultivation
Minimum root depth empty Not on the record
Other
Salt tolerance — Not on the record
Shade tolerance — Not on the record
Soil ph indicator — Not on the record
Temperature indicator — Not on the record