Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Juncus acutiflorus, 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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Sourced12 Differs from sources2 Source not recorded9 Not on the record10 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	Ehrh. ex Hoffm.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Deutschl. Fl. Bot. Taschenb. 1: 125 (1791)	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	1791	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Sharpflower rush	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	Europe, Medit. to Iraq	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	78 cm	78.3 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 116, 164, 178, 500, 617, 918	Differs from sources
Biological type	hemicryptophyte	hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 8 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 164, 174, 178, 500, 918	Sourced
Flower color	brown	brown · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 882	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 color	empty	brown, red, yellow · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Not on the record
Fruit shape	capsule	capsule · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 882	Sourced
Growth habit	Graminoid	Graminoid · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Maximum height	90 cm	90 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 116, 164, 178, 500, 617, 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	jul	jul · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 174 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded feb, jul · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 174	Sourced
Duration	perennial	perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 11 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 110, 164, 178, 882, 918	Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity	8 / 9 · very humid air	8 / 9 · very humid air · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Ground humidity	empty	8 / 12 · very wet, flooded several months a year (hydrophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178	Not on the record
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	empty	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 71	Not on the record
Ph maximum	pH 7	pH 7 · 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 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
Soil nutriments	6 / 9 · rather rich (meso-eutrophic)	3 / 9 · poor (oligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242	Differs from sources
Soil salinity	0 / 9 · absent from saline soils	0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242, 489	Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio	empty	20.5 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 617	Not on the record
Other
Propagation method	—	seed, vegetative · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 174	Not on the record
Shade tolerance	—	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 174	Not on the record
Soil ph indicator	—	5 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242	Not on the record
Temperature indicator	—	6 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 242, 489	Not on the record

Juncus acutiflorus Ehrh. ex Hoffm., 1791 37% complete

Sharpflower rush

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