Data sources

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Sourced7 Differs from sources3 Source not recorded17 Not on the record11 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	(L.) P.Beauv.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Ess. Agrostogr.: 51 (1812)	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	1812	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Foxtail bristle-grass	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	a cultigen from China	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	88 cm	87.5 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 8 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 92, 116, 164, 500, 882, 918	Differs from sources
Biological type	therophyte	therophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 9 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 164, 350, 500, 882, 918	Sourced
Flower conspicuous	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Foliage color	empty	green · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Foliage texture	fine	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Fruit conspicuous	true	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Fruit shape	caryopsis	caryopsis · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 350, 882	Sourced
Growth form	Bunch	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Growth habit	Graminoid	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
Inflorescence type	empty	spike · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350	Not on the record
Maximum height	120 cm	120 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 92, 116, 164, 500, 882, 918	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
Duration	annual, perennial	annual, perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 9 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 92, 164, 882, 918	Sourced
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 242	Not on the record
Light	8 / 9 · light	8 / 9 · light · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 489	Sourced
Nitrogen fixation	None	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 71, 445	Sourced
Ph maximum	pH 6.9	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Ph minimum	pH 5.3	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Soil nutriments	6 / 9 · rather rich (meso-eutrophic)	8 / 9 · very rich (pereutrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 242, 489	Differs from sources
Soil salinity	0 / 9 · absent from saline soils	1 / 9 · barely saline (hyperoligohaline) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 242, 489	Differs from sources
Cultivation
Minimum root depth	empty	20 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Other
Human usage type	—	fodder · TRY Plant Trait Database · Reported · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Propagation method	—	seed · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 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
Shade tolerance	—	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Soil ph indicator	—	7 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 242	Not on the record
Temperature indicator	—	8 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 242	Not on the record

Setaria italica (L.) P.Beauv., 1812 45% complete

Foxtail bristle-grass

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