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Each value Trefle shows for Larrea tridentata, 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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Sourced5 Source not recorded9 Not on the record9 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	(DC.) Coville	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 4: 75 (1893)	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	1893	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Creosote bush	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	SW. & SC. U.S.A. to Mexico	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	194 cm	194 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 13 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 20, 28, 92, 241, 251, 708, 818, 909	Sourced
Flower color	empty	yellow · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Foliage color	empty	green, yellow · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Foliage texture	empty	fine · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Fruit color	empty	white · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Growth habit	Shrub	Shrub · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Growth rate	empty	Slow · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Maximum height	empty	400 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 20, 28, 92, 241, 251, 708, 818, 909	Not on the record
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Duration	perennial	perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 18 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 28, 92, 818	Sourced
Ecology
Nitrogen fixation	None	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 103 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 20, 57, 67, 96, 130, 444, 445, 822	Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth	115 cm	115 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 16 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92, 339, 432, 818	Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio	empty	14.7 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 981	Not on the record
Other
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 · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record

Larrea tridentata (DC.) Coville, 1893 18% complete

Creosote bush

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