Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Onoclea sensibilis, 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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Sourced6 Source not recorded9 Not on the record2 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.: 1062 (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	Sensitive fern	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	C. & E. Canada to N., C. & E. U.S.A., SE. Siberia to Japan and China	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	50 cm	50 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 41 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 50, 116, 133, 236, 335, 925	Sourced
Biological type	geophyte	geophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 128 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 925	Sourced
Foliage color	green	green · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 236, 443, 879	Sourced
Foliage texture	fine	fine · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 236, 443, 879	Sourced
Growth habit	Forb/herb	Forb/herb · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Duration	perennial	perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 132 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 236, 443, 879, 925	Sourced
Ecology
Nitrogen fixation	empty	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 71	Not on the record
Usda legacy
C n ratio	empty	25.5 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 50, 412	Not on the record

Onoclea sensibilis L., 1753 20% complete

Sensitive fern

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