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Each value Trefle shows for Juncus bufonius, 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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Sourced16 Differs from sources5 Source not recorded11 Not on the record8 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.: 328 (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	Toad rush	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	Temp. & Subtrop. to Trop. Mts.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	15 cm	15 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 13 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 45, 71, 92, 116, 164, 174, 178, 203, 270, 500, 598, 882, 918	Sourced
Biological type	therophyte	therophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 21 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 164, 174, 175, 178, 203, 500, 833, 882, 918	Sourced
Flower color	green	brown, white · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 92, 877, 882	Differs from sources
Flower conspicuous	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Foliage color	empty	green · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Foliage texture	fine	fine · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 92	Sourced
Fruit color	red, brown	brown, red · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92, 882	Sourced
Fruit conspicuous	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Fruit shape	capsule	capsule · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 882	Sourced
Growth form	Bunch	Bunch · 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	Rapid	Rapid · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Sourced
Maximum height	25 cm	24.5 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 45, 71, 92, 116, 164, 174, 178, 203, 270, 500, 598, 882, 918	Differs from sources
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	may, jun, jul, aug, sep	mar, may, jun, jul · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 10 observations · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 45, 174, 203, 833 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded jan, mar, may, jun, jul · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 10 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 45, 174, 203, 833	Differs from sources
Duration	annual, perennial	annual, perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 23 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 92, 164, 178, 203, 598, 818, 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	8 / 12 · very wet, flooded several months a year (hydrophilous)	8 / 12 · very wet, flooded several months a year (hydrophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 203	Sourced
Light	7 / 9 · half-light to light	8 / 9 · light · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489	Differs from sources
Nitrogen fixation	None	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 7 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 71, 445, 882	Sourced
Ph maximum	pH 7.6	pH 7.6 · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Ph minimum	pH 4.6	pH 4.6 · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Soil nutriments	5 / 9 · intermediate (mesotrophic)	5 / 9 · intermediate (mesotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242	Sourced
Soil salinity	0 / 9 · absent from saline soils	1 / 9 · barely saline (hyperoligohaline) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178	Differs from sources
Cultivation
Minimum root depth	11 cm	11 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92, 818	Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio	empty	30.1 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 412	Not on the record
Other
Propagation method	—	seed · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92, 174	Not on the record
Salt tolerance	—	Medium · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Shade tolerance	—	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 11 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92, 174	Not on the record
Soil ph indicator	—	5 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 203, 242	Not on the record
Temperature indicator	—	5 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 242	Not on the record

Juncus bufonius L., 1753 56% complete

Toad rush

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