Phyllodoce caerulea (L.) Bab., 1843 37% complete

Mountain-heath

Man. Brit. Bot.: 194 (1843)

Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Phyllodoce caerulea, 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 Differs from sources4 Source not recorded9 Not on the record5 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author (L.) Bab. No source recorded
Source not recorded
Bibliography Man. Brit. Bot.: 194 (1843) 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 1843 No source recorded
Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name Mountain-heath No source recorded
Source not recorded
Observations NC. Pyrenees (to Pico de la Mina), N. Europe to N. Korea, N. & NC. Japan, Subarctic America to NE. U.S.A. No source recorded
Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height 7 cm
  • 7.45 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 86 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 45, 68, 174, 178, 214, 468
Differs from sources
Biological type chamaephyte Sourced
Flower color blue
  • blue · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Growth habit Subshrub, Shrub
  • Subshrub, Shrub · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Maximum height 20 cm
  • 20 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 45, 68, 174, 178, 214, 468
Sourced
Vegetable false No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phenology
Bloom months jun, jul, aug
1 earlier or rejected value
Differs from sources
Duration perennial 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 empty
  • 4 / 12 · moderately dry (meso-xerophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Not on the record
Light 8 / 9 · light
  • 7 / 9 · half-light to light · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Differs from sources
Nitrogen fixation None 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 1 / 9 · extremely poor (hyperoligotrophic)
  • 2 / 9 · very poor (peroligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Differs from sources
Soil salinity 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils
  • 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 174, 178
Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth empty Not on the record
Other
Human usage type — Not on the record
Shade tolerance — Not on the record
Soil ph indicator — Not on the record