Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Vaccinium uliginosum, 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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Sourced11 Differs from sources2 Source not recorded17 Not on the record10 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	L.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Sp. Pl.: 350 (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	Bog blueberry	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	Subarctic & Temp. Northern Hemisphere	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	15 cm	15 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 163 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 1, 25, 45, 68, 73, 76, 92, 116, 164, 174, 178, 214, 468, 500, 557, 724, 807, 818, 898, 918, 941	Sourced
Biological type	chamaephyte	chamaephyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 9 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 164, 174, 178, 500, 918	Sourced
Flower color	white	white · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 92	Sourced
Flower conspicuous	true	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Foliage color	green	green · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92, 443, 879	Sourced
Foliage texture	medium	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Fruit color	empty	blue · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Fruit conspicuous	true	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Fruit shape	empty	berry · 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	Subshrub, 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
Maximum height	50 cm	50 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 1, 25, 45, 68, 73, 76, 92, 116, 164, 174, 178, 214, 468, 500, 557, 724, 807, 818, 898, 918, 941	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
Bloom months	jan, may	jan, may · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 45, 174	Sourced
Duration	perennial	perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 11 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 92, 178, 443, 818, 879, 918	Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity	7 / 9 · humid air	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Ground humidity	empty	8 / 12 · very wet, flooded several months a year (hydrophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 489	Not on the record
Light	5 / 9 · half-shade	7 / 9 · half-light to light · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489	Differs from sources
Nitrogen fixation	None	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 99 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 1, 20, 57, 67, 71, 73, 89, 130, 444, 445, 822	Sourced
Ph maximum	pH 5.7	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Ph minimum	pH 4.5	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Soil nutriments	3 / 9 · poor (oligotrophic)	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 178, 489	Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth	24 cm	24 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 13 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 73, 92, 468, 818, 898	Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio	empty	29.2 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 44 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 76, 105, 412, 468, 931, 932, 941, 947	Not on the record
Other
Human usage type	—	berries_nuts_seeds · TRY Plant Trait Database · Reported · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 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	—	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92, 174	Not on the record
Soil ph indicator	—	2 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489	Not on the record
Temperature indicator	—	4 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 489	Not on the record

Vaccinium uliginosum L., 1753 52% complete

Bog blueberry

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