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Each value Trefle shows for Carex melanostachya, 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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Sourced4 Differs from sources2 Source not recorded16 Not on the record7 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	M.Bieb. ex Willd.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Sp. Pl., ed. 4, 4: 299 (1805)	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	1805	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Great plains sedge	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Family common name	Sedge family	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	Europe to Xinjiang	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	40 cm	40 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 500, 918	Sourced
Biological type	hemicryptophyte	hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 500, 918	Sourced
Flower color	brown	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Fruit shape	empty	nut · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4	Not on the record
Growth habit	Graminoid	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Maximum height	empty	50 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 500, 918	Not on the record
Sexuality	empty	monoecious · 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	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Duration	perennial	perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 918	Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity	8 / 9 · very 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	8 / 9 · light	7 / 9 · half-light to light · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 489	Differs from sources
Nitrogen fixation	empty	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 71	Not on the record
Ph maximum	pH 7	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Ph minimum	pH 6.5	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Soil nutriments	6 / 9 · rather rich (meso-eutrophic)	6 / 9 · rather rich (meso-eutrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 489	Sourced
Soil salinity	0 / 9 · absent from saline soils	2 / 9 · very slightly saline (peroligohaline) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 489	Differs from sources
Other
Soil ph indicator	—	7 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 489	Not on the record
Temperature indicator	—	6 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 489	Not on the record

Carex melanostachya M.Bieb. ex Willd., 1805 35% complete

Great plains sedge

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