Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortTrifolium subterraneum
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | herb | Physiology | |
| Habit | prostrate/procumbent/semi-erect | Category | forage/pasture, cover crop |
| Life span | annual | Plant attributes | grown on large scale |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | shallow (20-50 cm) | shallow (20-50 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 15 | 25 | 3 | 30 | Soil texture | light | heavy, medium, light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 500 | 1000 | 250 | 1630 | Soil fertility | moderate | low |
| Latitude | 30 | 25 | 50 | 55 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 1300 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 5.5 | 6.5 | 4.5 | 8.2 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells) |
| Light intensity | cloudy skies | very bright | light shade | very bright | |||
| Climate zone | steppe or semiarid (Bs), subtropical dry summer (Cs), temperate oceanic (Do) | Photoperiod | long day (>14 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | -15 | Killing temp. early growth | 0 |
| Abiotic toler. | Abiotic suscept. | ||
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | large scale/commercial | Crop cycle | 100 | 240 |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| inter-cropping | Lolium multiflorum, Lolium perenne, Cynodon dactylon, Phalaris aquatica, red clover, white clover | |||
| inter-cropping | grains | |||
| inter-culture | almond, vine | |||
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| animal food (feed) | minerals | entire plant |
| animal food (feed) | vitamins | entire plant |
| animal food (feed) | protein | entire plant |
| environmental | erosion control | entire plant |
| environmental | soil improvers | entire plant |
| environmental | revegetation | entire plant |