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Lolium perenne

Description
Life form	grass	Physiology
Habit	erect	Category	forage/pasture
Life span	annual, biennial, perennial	Plant attributes	grown on large scale

Ecology
	Optimal		Absolute			Optimal	Absolute
	Min	Max	Min	Max	Soil depth	medium (50-150 cm)	shallow (20-50 cm)
Temperat. requir.	14	25	4	35	Soil texture	heavy, medium	heavy, medium
Rainfall (annual)	700	1750	500	2300	Soil fertility	high	moderate
Latitude	33	30	60	64	Soil Al. tox
Altitude	---	---	-	2000	Soil salinity	low (<4 dS/m)	medium (4-10 dS/m)
Soil PH	5	7	4.5	8.4	Soil drainage	well (dry spells)	well (dry spells)
Light intensity	clear skies	very bright	light shade	very bright

Climate zone	steppe or semiarid (Bs), subtropical humid (Cf), subtropical dry summer (Cs), subtropical dry winter (Cw), temperate oceanic (Do), temperate continental (Dc), temperate with humid winters (Df), temperate with dry winters (Dw), boreal (E)	Photoperiod	long day (>14 hours)
Killing temp. during rest	-2	Killing temp. early growth	0
Abiotic toler.		Abiotic suscept.
Introduction risks.

Cultivation
			Min	Max
Product. system	large scale/commercial	Crop cycle	90	270
Cropping system	Subsystem	Companion species	Level of mechanization	Labour intensity
	inter-cropping	red clover, white clover, alfalfa, subterranean clover, birdsfoot trefoil, orchard grass, tall fescue, oats, barley
	ratoon cropping	straw berry, nursery stock, vegetables

(at most All5102550100)

Uses
Main use	Detailed use	Used part
animal food (feed)	minerals	leaves
animal food (feed)	vitamins	leaves
animal food (feed)	protein	leaves
environmental	erosion control	entire plant
environmental	ornamental/turf	entire plant
environmental	soil improvers	entire plant