Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Erica arborea, 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 Source not recorded17 Not on the record3 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	L.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Sp. Pl.: 353 (1753)	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	1753	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Tree heath	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	Medit to W. Transcaucasus, Trop. African Mts., Arabian Pen.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	400 cm	400 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 10 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 68, 158, 175, 241, 474, 881, 882, 909	Sourced
Biological type	phanerophyte	phanerophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 158, 175, 350	Sourced
Flower color	white	white · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350, 882	Sourced
Fruit shape	capsule	capsule · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350, 882	Sourced
Growth habit	Shrub	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Inflorescence type	raceme	raceme · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350	Sourced
Maximum height	700 cm	700 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 68, 158, 175, 241, 474, 881, 882, 909	Sourced
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Bloom months	mar, apr, may	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Duration	perennial	perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 818, 882	Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity	4 / 9 · moderately dry air	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Light	8 / 9 · light	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Nitrogen fixation	None	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 20, 57, 444, 445	Sourced
Ph maximum	pH 5.5	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Ph minimum	pH 5	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Soil nutriments	4 / 9 · rather poor (meso-oligotrophic)	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Soil salinity	0 / 9 · absent from saline soils	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Cultivation
Minimum root depth	empty	200 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 474	Not on the record
Usda legacy
C n ratio	empty	42.3 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 412, 881	Not on the record
Other
Human usage type	—	ornamental, timber · TRY Plant Trait Database · Reported · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 68	Not on the record

Erica arborea L., 1753 41% complete

Tree heath

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