Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Spiraea alba, 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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Sourced7 Source not recorded20 Not on the record8 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	Du Roi	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Harbk. Baumz. 2: 430 (1772)	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	1772	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Meadowsweet	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Family common name	Rose family	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	WC. & E. Canada to NC. & E. U.S.A.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	82 cm	82 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 25 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 68, 92, 116, 335, 500, 918, 925	Sourced
Biological type	chamaephyte	chamaephyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 69 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 500, 918, 925	Sourced
Flower color	white	white · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 92	Sourced
Flower conspicuous	true	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Foliage color	empty	green · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Foliage texture	fine	fine · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Sourced
Fruit color	empty	brown · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Fruit conspicuous	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Fruit shape	empty	follicle · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4	Not on the record
Growth form	Multiple Stem	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Growth habit	Shrub	No source recorded	Source not recorded
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 · 71 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92, 918, 925	Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity	7 / 9 · humid air	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Light	7 / 9 · half-light to light	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Nitrogen fixation	None	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 20, 57, 71, 94, 444, 445	Sourced
Ph maximum	pH 6.8	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Ph minimum	pH 4.3	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Soil nutriments	5 / 9 · intermediate (mesotrophic)	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Soil salinity	0 / 9 · absent from saline soils	No source recorded	Source not recorded
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
Other
Human usage type	—	nursery_stock, other · TRY Plant Trait Database · Reported · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 68, 92	Not on the record
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

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Meadowsweet

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