Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Vaccinium vitis-idaea, 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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Sourced19 Differs from sources4 Source not recorded9 Not on the record7 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.: 351 (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	Cowberry	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	Subarctic & Temp. Northern Hemisphere	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	6 cm	6.1 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 164 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 1, 25, 28, 37, 45, 68, 88, 92, 116, 164, 174, 178, 214, 251, 273, 468, 519, 557, 724, 807, 818, 897, 898, 918, 941	Differs from sources
Biological type	chamaephyte	chamaephyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 10 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 84, 164, 174, 178, 500, 918	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	true · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Foliage color	green	green · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 13 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92, 443, 879	Sourced
Foliage texture	fine	coarse · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 7 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 92, 443, 879	Differs from sources
Fruit color	empty	red · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Fruit conspicuous	true	true · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Fruit shape	berry	berry · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 273	Sourced
Growth form	Rhizomatous	Rhizomatous · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Growth habit	Shrub, Subshrub	Shrub, Subshrub · 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
Maximum height	15 cm	14.5 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 1, 25, 28, 37, 45, 68, 88, 92, 116, 164, 174, 178, 214, 251, 273, 468, 519, 557, 724, 807, 818, 897, 898, 918, 941	Differs from sources
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	may, jun	may, jun · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 11 observations · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 45, 174 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded feb, may, jun · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 11 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 45, 174	Sourced
Duration	perennial	perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 16 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 28, 71, 92, 178, 443, 460, 818, 879, 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	5 / 12 · fresh, never flooded (mesohydric)	5 / 12 · fresh, never flooded (mesohydric) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489	Sourced
Light	5 / 9 · half-shade	5 / 9 · half-shade · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489	Sourced
Nitrogen fixation	None	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 100 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 1, 20, 37, 57, 71, 73, 94, 130, 444, 822	Sourced
Ph maximum	pH 6	pH 6 · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Ph minimum	pH 4.5	pH 4.5 · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Soil nutriments	3 / 9 · poor (oligotrophic)	2 / 9 · very poor (peroligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242, 489	Differs from sources
Soil salinity	0 / 9 · absent from saline soils	0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 174, 178, 242, 489	Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth	18 cm	18 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 21 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 73, 92, 468, 818, 832, 898	Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio	empty	51.8 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 126 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 76, 88, 105, 400, 412, 454, 468, 939, 941, 947	Not on the record
Other
Salt tolerance	—	Low · 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 · 6 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 · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 489	Not on the record

Vaccinium vitis-idaea L., 1753 56% complete

Cowberry

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