Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Persea palustris, 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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Sourced10 Source not recorded9 Not on the record8 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	(Raf.) Sarg.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Man. Trees, ed. 2: 358 (1922)	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	1922	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Swamp bay	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	SE. U.S.A. to E. Texas, Bahamas	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	255 cm	255 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 22 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 54, 92, 184, 873	Sourced
Flower color	empty	yellow · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 92 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded yellow · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Flower conspicuous	true	true · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Foliage color	empty	green · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 92 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded green · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Foliage texture	coarse	coarse · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 92 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded coarse · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Sourced
Fruit color	empty	black · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 92 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded black · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Fruit conspicuous	true	true · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Growth form	Single Stem	Single Stem · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Growth habit	Shrub, Tree	Shrub, Tree · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Growth rate	Moderate	Moderate · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 92 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded Moderate · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Sourced
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Duration	perennial	perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92, 759	Sourced
Ecology
Ph maximum	pH 7	pH 7 · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Ph minimum	pH 5	pH 5 · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth	empty	61 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 92 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded 61 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Usda legacy
C n ratio	empty	34 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 981 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded 34 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 981	Not on the record
Other
Human usage type	—	nursery_stock · TRY Plant Trait Database · Reported · 1 observation · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 92 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded nursery_stock · TRY Plant Trait Database · Reported · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Salt tolerance	—	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 92 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Shade tolerance	—	Intermediate · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 92 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded Intermediate · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record

Persea palustris (Raf.) Sarg., 1922 29% complete

Swamp bay

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