Sesleria caerulea (L.) Ard., 1764 41% complete

Blue moor grass

Animadv. Bot. Spec. Alt.: 18 (1764)


Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Sesleria 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 sources1 Source not recorded14 Not on the record5 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author (L.) Ard. No source recorded
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Bibliography Animadv. Bot. Spec. Alt.: 18 (1764) No source recorded
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Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
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Rank species No source recorded
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Status accepted No source recorded
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Year 1764 No source recorded
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Descriptive
Common name Blue moor grass No source recorded
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Observations Europe No source recorded
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Morphology
Average height 9 cm
  • 8.7 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 104 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 45, 164, 174, 178, 310, 320, 356, 500, 582, 729, 832, 898
Differs from sources
Biological type hemicryptophyte
  • hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 10 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 71, 164, 174, 175, 178, 500
Sourced
Flower color white, blue No source recorded
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Growth habit Graminoid No source recorded
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Maximum height 17 cm
  • 17 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 11 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 45, 164, 174, 178, 310, 320, 356, 500, 582, 729, 832, 898
Sourced
Vegetable false No source recorded
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Phenology
Bloom months jan, may, jun Sourced
Duration perennial Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity 7 / 9 · humid air No source recorded
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Ground humidity 6 / 12 · moist (meso-hygrophilous)
  • 6 / 12 · moist (meso-hygrophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242, 489
Sourced
Light 7 / 9 · half-light to light
  • 7 / 9 · half-light to light · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
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Nitrogen fixation None Sourced
Ph maximum pH 9 No source recorded
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Ph minimum pH 8 No source recorded
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Soil nutriments 3 / 9 · poor (oligotrophic)
  • 3 / 9 · poor (oligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489
Sourced
Soil salinity 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils
  • 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242, 489
Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth 7 cm Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio empty Not on the record
Other
Propagation method — Not on the record
Shade tolerance — Not on the record
Soil ph indicator — Not on the record
Temperature indicator — Not on the record