Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Rosa canina, 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 sources2 Source not recorded10 Not on the record6 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. 1:491. 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	Common-briar	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Family common name	Rose family	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	Macaronesia, NW. Africa, Europe to C. Asia and Pakistan	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	192 cm	192.33 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 27 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 20, 25, 28, 45, 68, 86, 174, 175, 178, 200, 203, 251, 655, 708, 882, 918	Differs from sources
Biological type	phanerophyte	phanerophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 27 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 174, 175, 178, 203, 488, 500, 655, 918	Sourced
Flower color	white, magenta	magenta, white · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 655, 882 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded magenta, white · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 655, 882	Sourced
Foliage texture	medium	medium · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 71 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded medium · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 71	Sourced
Growth habit	Vine, Subshrub	Vine, Subshrub · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Maximum height	300 cm	300 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 20, 25, 28, 45, 68, 86, 174, 175, 178, 200, 203, 251, 655, 708, 882, 918	Sourced
Sexuality	empty	hermaphrodite · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 4 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded hermaphrodite · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4	Not on the record
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Bloom months	mar, may, jun, jul	mar, may, jun, jul · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 7 observations · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 45, 174, 203 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded feb, mar, may, jun, jul · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 7 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 45, 174, 203	Sourced
Duration	perennial	perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 24 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 28, 71, 86, 178, 460, 882, 918	Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity	5 / 9 · medium air humidity	5 / 9 · medium air humidity · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Ground humidity	4 / 12 · moderately dry (meso-xerophilous)	4 / 12 · moderately dry (meso-xerophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 203, 242, 489 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded 4 / 12 · moderately dry (meso-xerophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 203, 242, 489	Sourced
Light	7 / 9 · half-light to light	7 / 9 · half-light to light · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded 7 / 9 · half-light to light · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489	Sourced
Nitrogen fixation	None	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 16 observations · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 20, 37, 57, 71, 89, 110, 444, 445 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 17 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 20, 37, 57, 71, 89, 110, 444, 445	Sourced
Ph maximum	pH 6.5	pH 6.5 · 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 5.5	pH 5.5 · 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
Soil nutriments	5 / 9 · intermediate (mesotrophic)	4 / 9 · rather poor (meso-oligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded 4 / 9 · rather poor (meso-oligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489	Differs from sources
Soil salinity	0 / 9 · absent from saline soils	0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242, 489 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242, 489	Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio	empty	36.7 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 227, 412 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded 36.7 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 227, 412	Not on the record
Other
Human usage type	—	food_general, medical, ornamental, other, timber · TRY Plant Trait Database · Reported · 1 observation · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 68 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded food_general, medical, ornamental, other, timber · TRY Plant Trait Database · Reported · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 68	Not on the record
Shade tolerance	—	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 9 observations · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 174 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 9 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 174	Not on the record
Soil ph indicator	—	7 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 203, 489 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded 7 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 203, 489	Not on the record
Temperature indicator	—	5 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 203, 489 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded 5 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 203, 489	Not on the record

Rosa canina L., 1753 43% complete

Common-briar

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