Festuca ovina L., 1753 43% complete

Ovina

Sp. Pl.: 73 (1753)

Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Festuca ovina, 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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Sourced14 Differs from sources3 Source not recorded9 Not on the record12 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author L. No source recorded
Source not recorded
Bibliography Sp. Pl.: 73 (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 Ovina No source recorded
Source not recorded
Observations Temp. Eurasia, Alaska to W. U.S.A. No source recorded
Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height 13 cm
  • 13 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 130 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 28, 45, 71, 86, 88, 92, 115, 116, 174, 175, 178, 310, 320, 449, 468, 474, 500, 526, 663, 705, 897, 917, 918
Sourced
Biological type hemicryptophyte
  • hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 19 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 84, 174, 175, 178, 500, 918
Sourced
Flower color empty Not on the record
Foliage color empty Not on the record
Foliage texture fine Differs from sources
Fruit color empty Not on the record
Fruit shape empty Not on the record
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 Sourced
Maximum height empty No source recorded
1 earlier or rejected value
  • Rejected 9 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 14 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 28, 45, 71, 86, 88, 92, 115, 116, 174, 175, 178, 310, 320, 449, 468, 474, 500, 526, 663, 705, 897, 917, 918 below the average height (13 cm) of the same record
Not on the record
Sexuality empty Not on the record
Vegetable false No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phenology
Bloom months may, jun, jul
  • may, jun, jul · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 20 observations · 2026-10-20
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 45, 115, 174
1 earlier or rejected value
  • Superseded feb, may, jun, jul · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 20 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 45, 115, 174
Sourced
Duration perennial
  • perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 25 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 28, 71, 86, 92, 110, 175, 178, 432, 460, 818, 918
Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity 5 / 9 · medium air humidity
  • 5 / 9 · medium air humidity · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Ground humidity 4 / 12 · moderately dry (meso-xerophilous)
  • 4 / 12 · moderately dry (meso-xerophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 489
Sourced
Light 8 / 9 · light
  • 7 / 9 · half-light to light · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489
Differs from sources
Nitrogen fixation None
  • None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 20 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 37, 67, 71, 89, 110, 130, 444, 445
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 5 / 9 · intermediate (mesotrophic)
  • 2 / 9 · very poor (peroligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242, 489
Differs from sources
Soil salinity 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils
  • 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 9 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242, 489
Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth 15 cm Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio empty Not on the record
Other
Propagation method — Not on the record
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