Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Robinia pseudoacacia, 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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Sourced11 Differs from sources3 Source not recorded17 Not on the record9 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	L.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Sp. Pl.: 722 (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	False acacia	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	EC. & E. U.S.A.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	1605 cm	1605 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 164 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 20, 25, 28, 68, 92, 174, 175, 178, 184, 214, 236, 421, 500, 673, 685, 818, 873, 880, 882, 898, 909	Sourced
Biological type	phanerophyte	phanerophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 9 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 174, 175, 178, 203, 500, 918	Sourced
Flower color	white	white · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 92, 882	Sourced
Flower conspicuous	true	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Foliage color	green, grey	green, grey · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 7 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92, 236, 443, 879	Sourced
Foliage texture	medium	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Fruit color	empty	black · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Fruit conspicuous	true	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Fruit shape	legume	legume · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 882	Sourced
Growth form	Multiple Stem	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Growth habit	Tree	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	2100 cm	2100 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 8 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 20, 25, 28, 68, 92, 174, 175, 178, 184, 214, 236, 421, 500, 673, 685, 818, 873, 880, 882, 898, 909	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	feb, may · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 174, 203	Differs from sources
Duration	perennial	perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 52 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 28, 71, 92, 175, 178, 236, 424, 443, 460, 759, 818, 879, 882, 918, 925	Sourced
Fruit months	empty	jan, feb, dec · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Not on the record
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity	4 / 9 · moderately dry 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	7 / 9 · half-light to light · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489	Differs from sources
Nitrogen fixation	High	High · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 26 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 20, 57, 67, 71, 89, 92, 96, 444, 445, 822	Sourced
Ph maximum	pH 8.2	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Ph minimum	pH 4.6	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Soil nutriments	8 / 9 · very rich (pereutrophic)	7 / 9 · rich (eutrophic) · 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 · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 174, 178, 242	Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth	262 cm	262 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 16 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92, 432, 818, 898	Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio	empty	11.1 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 12 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 412, 424, 981	Not on the record
Other
Human usage type	—	coppice_potential, fuelwood, lumber, medical, nursery_stock, ornamental, other, posts, pulpwood, timber · TRY Plant Trait Database · Reported · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 68, 92	Not on the record
Salt tolerance	—	Low · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Soil ph indicator	—	6 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 203, 489	Not on the record
Temperature indicator	—	7 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 203, 242	Not on the record

Robinia pseudoacacia L., 1753 54% complete

False acacia

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