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Caragana korshinskii

Authority Family Magnoliopsida:Rosidae:Fabales:Leguminosae Synonyms Common names Editor Ecocrop code 4186

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BRIEF DESCRIPTION A spreading thorny shrub reaching a height of up to 2.5 m. GROWING PERIOD Long-lived perennial, reaching an age of 40-75 years. COMMON NAMES Caragana korshinskii. FURTHER INF Caragana korshinskii can be found in the sandy deserts, on steep slopes and undulating plains of Inner Mongolia, China. It forms nitogen-fixing modules. It is resistant to heat, cold drought, wind erosion, sand burial and hail storms. Under good conditions the fodder yield may be up to 560 kg/ha. (pH estimated by the compiler).
Sources
SOURCES Walls J 1982 pp 69 [USE, TEMP, TEXT, RAIN] Shing T 1992 pp 309 [RAIN, TEMP, TEXT, FER, DEP]