Nardus stricta L., 1753 39% complete

Matgrass

Sp. Pl.: 53 (1753)

Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Nardus stricta, 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 sources1 Source not recorded9 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.: 53 (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 Matgrass No source recorded
Source not recorded
Observations Azores, NW. Africa, Europe to Mongolia and Türkiye, Greenland to NE. U.S.A. No source recorded
Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height 16 cm
  • 16 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 160 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 28, 45, 76, 86, 88, 116, 164, 174, 178, 308, 310, 449, 468, 500, 519, 526, 807, 818, 898
Sourced
Biological type hemicryptophyte
  • hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 47 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 84, 164, 174, 178, 203, 500, 580, 918
Sourced
Flower color purple
  • purple · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Foliage texture empty Not on the record
Growth habit Graminoid
  • Graminoid · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Maximum height 26 cm
  • 26 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 28, 45, 76, 86, 88, 116, 164, 174, 178, 308, 310, 449, 468, 500, 519, 526, 807, 818, 898
Sourced
Sexuality empty Not on the record
Vegetable false No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phenology
Bloom months may, jun, jul, aug
1 earlier or rejected value
  • Superseded feb, may, jun · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 8 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 45, 174, 203
Differs from sources
Duration perennial
  • perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 19 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 28, 71, 86, 164, 178, 203, 460, 818, 882, 918
Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity 6 / 9 · moderately humid air
  • 6 / 9 · moderately humid air · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Ground humidity empty
  • 6 / 12 · moist (meso-hygrophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 489
Not on the record
Light 8 / 9 · light Sourced
Nitrogen fixation None
  • None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 12 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 57, 67, 71, 130, 444, 445, 822
Sourced
Ph maximum pH 4.5
  • pH 4.5 · 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 4
  • pH 4 · 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 2 / 9 · very poor (peroligotrophic)
  • 2 / 9 · very poor (peroligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Sourced
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
Cultivation
Minimum root depth 76 cm Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio empty
  • 29.3 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 17 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 76, 88, 329, 372, 412, 468
Not on the record
Other
Propagation method — Not on the record
Shade tolerance — Not on the record
Soil ph indicator — Not on the record
Temperature indicator — Not on the record