Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Eriophorum scheuchzeri, 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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Sourced6 Differs from sources2 Source not recorded15 Not on the record6 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	Hoppe	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Bot. Taschenb. Anfänger Wiss. Apothekerkunst 11: 104 (1801)	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	1801	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	White cottonsedge	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Family common name	Sedge family	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	Europe to W. Himalaya and Mongolia, Subarctic & Subalpine N. America	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	15 cm	14.5 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 32 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 76, 164, 421, 468	Differs from sources
Biological type	hemicryptophyte	hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 164, 918	Sourced
Foliage texture	empty	fine · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4	Not on the record
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	28 cm	27.5 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 76, 164, 421, 468	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
Duration	perennial	perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 164, 918	Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity	9 / 9 · saturated air	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Light	8 / 9 · light	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Nitrogen fixation	None	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 71, 445	Sourced
Ph maximum	pH 4.5	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Ph minimum	pH 4	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Soil nutriments	2 / 9 · very poor (peroligotrophic)	2 / 9 · very poor (peroligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 242	Sourced
Soil salinity	0 / 9 · absent from saline soils	0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 242	Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth	13 cm	13 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 339	Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio	empty	23 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 76	Not on the record
Other
Soil ph indicator	—	4 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 242	Not on the record
Temperature indicator	—	2 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 242	Not on the record

Eriophorum scheuchzeri Hoppe, 1801 37% complete

White cottonsedge

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