Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Scirpus cyperinus, 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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Sourced12 Differs from sources1 Source not recorded11 Not on the record7 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	(L.) Kunth	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Enum. Pl. 2: 170 (1837)	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	1837	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Cotton-grass bulrush	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Family common name	Sedge family	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	SC. & E. Canada to U.S.A., E. Mexico	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	39 cm	38.5 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 24 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 28, 92, 221	Differs from sources
Biological type	empty	hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4	Not on the record
Flower color	green	green · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Sourced
Flower conspicuous	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Foliage color	green	green · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Sourced
Foliage texture	coarse	coarse · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Fruit color	yellow	yellow · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Sourced
Fruit conspicuous	true	true · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Fruit shape	empty	nut · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4	Not on the record
Growth form	Bunch	Bunch · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Growth habit	Graminoid	Graminoid · 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 · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Sourced
Sexuality	empty	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
Duration	perennial	perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 28, 92	Sourced
Ecology
Nitrogen fixation	None	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 71, 445	Sourced
Ph maximum	pH 7.2	pH 7.2 · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Ph minimum	pH 4.8	pH 4.8 · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth	empty	30 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	28.7 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 22 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 221	Not on the record
Other
Salt tolerance	—	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 · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record

Scirpus cyperinus (L.) Kunth, 1837 39% complete

Cotton-grass bulrush

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