Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortStenotaphrum secundatum
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | grass | Physiology | multi stem |
| Habit | prostrate/procumbent/semi-erect | Category | forage/pasture, environmental |
| Life span | perennial | Plant attributes | grown on large scale, grown on small scale |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | medium (50-150 cm) | shallow (20-50 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 18 | 30 | 10 | 34 | Soil texture | heavy, medium, light, organic | heavy, medium, light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 800 | 2000 | 300 | 3000 | Soil fertility | high | low |
| Latitude | 8 | - | 40 | 45 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | - | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | high (>10 dS/m)) |
| Soil PH | 6 | 7.5 | 5 | 8.5 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | poorly (saturated >50% of year), well (dry spells) |
| Light intensity | cloudy skies | light shade | very bright | heavy shade | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), tropical wet (Ar), steppe or semiarid (Bs), subtropical humid (Cf), subtropical dry summer (Cs) | Photoperiod | short day (<12 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | -4 | Killing temp. early growth | -1 |
| Abiotic toler. | wind, flooding, grazing/browsing, coastal salt spray, salt winds | Abiotic suscept. | |
| Introduction risks. | susceptible to nematodes |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | small scale (manual), large scale/commercial | Crop cycle | 150 | 240 |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| phase planting | Macroptilium atropurpureum, Desmodium heterophyllum, Desmodium heterocarpon subsp. ovalifolium, Desmodium incanum, Desmodium triflorum, Desmanthus leptophyllus, Desmanthus pernambucanus, Leucaena leucocephala | low | low | |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| animal food (feed) | vitamins | entire plant |
| animal food (feed) | minerals | entire plant |
| environmental | ornamental/turf | entire plant |
| environmental | erosion control | entire plant |
| environmental | pioneer | entire plant |