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Each value Trefle shows for Lonicera xylosteum, 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 recorded13 Not on the record8 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	L.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Sp. Pl.: 174 (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	European fly honeysuckle	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	Europe to C. Siberia and NE. Türkiye	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	151 cm	151 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 32 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 20, 25, 68, 116, 164, 174, 178, 200, 203, 500, 685, 818, 898	Sourced
Biological type	phanerophyte	phanerophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 28 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 161, 164, 174, 175, 178, 203, 220, 500, 918	Sourced
Flower color	white	white · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4	Sourced
Foliage texture	medium	medium · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 71	Sourced
Fruit shape	empty	berry · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4	Not on the record
Growth habit	Shrub	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Maximum height	200 cm	200 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 20, 25, 68, 116, 164, 174, 178, 200, 203, 500, 685, 818, 898	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	may, jun	may · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 203	Differs from sources
Duration	perennial	perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 9 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 178, 818, 918	Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity	5 / 9 · medium air humidity	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Ground humidity	empty	5 / 12 · fresh, never flooded (mesohydric) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178	Not on the record
Light	6 / 9 · half-shade to half-light	5 / 9 · half-shade · 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 · 6 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 20, 57, 71, 444, 445	Sourced
Ph maximum	pH 7.5	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Ph minimum	pH 7	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Soil nutriments	5 / 9 · intermediate (mesotrophic)	6 / 9 · rather rich (meso-eutrophic) · 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 · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 174, 178, 242, 489	Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth	133 cm	133 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 10 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 818, 898	Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio	empty	18.3 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 227, 412	Not on the record
Other
Human usage type	—	timber · TRY Plant Trait Database · Reported · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 68	Not on the record
Shade tolerance	—	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 174	Not on the record
Soil ph indicator	—	7 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178	Not on the record
Temperature indicator	—	6 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 203, 242	Not on the record

Lonicera xylosteum L., 1753 41% complete

European fly honeysuckle

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