Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortTamarix aphylla
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | tree | Physiology | evergreen, single stem, C3 photosynthesis |
| Habit | erect | Category | forest/wood, environmental |
| Life span | perennial | Plant attributes | grown on small scale |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | deep (>>150 cm) | medium (50-150 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 27 | 40 | 8 | 50 | Soil texture | medium, light | heavy, medium, light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 300 | 400 | 200 | 500 | Soil fertility | low | low |
| Latitude | 20 | 25 | 40 | 40 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 1400 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | high (>10 dS/m)) |
| Soil PH | 6.5 | 7.5 | 6 | 8.5 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry) | well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry) |
| Light intensity | very bright | very bright | very bright | clear skies | |||
| Climate zone | desert or arid (Bw), steppe or semiarid (Bs), subtropical dry summer (Cs) | Photoperiod | short day (<12 hours), neutral day (12-14 hours), long day (>14 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | -10 | Killing temp. early growth | -1 |
| Abiotic toler. | drought | Abiotic suscept. | |
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | Crop cycle | 120 | 180 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| material | dye/tannin | stems |
| material | timber wood | bark |
| fuels | fuelwood | bark |
| fuels | charcoal | bark |
| environmental | erosion control | entire plant |
| environmental | shade & shelter | entire plant |
| environmental | ornamental/turf | entire plant |
| environmental | agroforestry | entire plant |
| environmental | windbreak | entire plant |
| environmental | firebreaks | entire plant |