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Each value Trefle shows for Gaultheria shallon, 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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Sourced9 Differs from sources3 Source not recorded16 Not on the record7 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	Pursh	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 283 (1813)	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	1813	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Salal	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	Alaska to W. U.S.A.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	173 cm	172.5 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 10 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 28, 68, 92, 116, 174, 178, 873	Differs from sources
Biological type	nanophanerophyte	nanophanerophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 174, 178	Sourced
Flower color	white	white · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Sourced
Flower conspicuous	true	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Foliage color	green	green · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Sourced
Foliage texture	medium	medium · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Sourced
Fruit color	purple	purple · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Sourced
Fruit conspicuous	true	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Growth form	Rhizomatous	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Growth habit	Shrub, Subshrub	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Growth rate	Rapid	Rapid · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Sourced
Maximum height	empty	150 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 28, 68, 92, 116, 174, 178, 873	Not on the record
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Duration	perennial	perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 28, 92, 178, 759	Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity	9 / 9 · saturated air	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Ground humidity	empty	4 / 12 · moderately dry (meso-xerophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178	Not on the record
Light	8 / 9 · light	3 / 9 · shade · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178	Differs from sources
Nitrogen fixation	None	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 71, 445	Sourced
Ph maximum	pH 7	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Ph minimum	pH 5.5	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Soil nutriments	2 / 9 · very poor (peroligotrophic)	3 / 9 · poor (oligotrophic) · 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 174, 178	Sourced
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	—	coppice_potential, nursery_stock, ornamental · 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	—	Deep · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Soil ph indicator	—	4 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178	Not on the record

Gaultheria shallon Pursh, 1813 47% complete

Salal

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