Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortTrifolium pratense
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | herb | Physiology | multi stem |
| Habit | erect | Category | forage/pasture, medicinals & aromatic |
| 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. | 18 | 25 | 4 | 40 | Soil texture | medium, organic | heavy, medium, light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 700 | 1200 | 300 | 2100 | Soil fertility | high | moderate |
| Latitude | 34 | 30 | 64 | 68 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 3000 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 6 | 7.5 | 4.5 | 8.2 | Soil drainage | poorly (saturated >50% of year), well (dry spells) | poorly (saturated >50% of year), well (dry spells) |
| Light intensity | very bright | clear skies | very bright | light shade | |||
| Climate zone | steppe or semiarid (Bs), subtropical humid (Cf), subtropical dry summer (Cs), subtropical dry winter (Cw), temperate oceanic (Do), temperate continental (Dc), boreal (E) | Photoperiod | long day (>14 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | -5 | Killing temp. early growth | 0 |
| Abiotic toler. | Abiotic suscept. | ||
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | large scale/commercial | Crop cycle | 120 | 300 |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| phase planting | ||||
| inter-cropping | Phleum pratense, Festuca arundinacea, Festuca pratensis, Lolium multiforum, white clover | |||
| ratoon cropping | maize, potato, rice, oats, wheat, soybean, small grain, tobacco, rye, grass, sugar beet | |||
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| animal food (feed) | protein | entire plant |
| animal food (feed) | vitamins | entire plant |
| animal food (feed) | minerals | entire plant |
| food additive | condiment/seasoning | flowers |
| medicinal | muscular/skeletal applications | flowers |
| medicinal | genitourinary system applications | flowers |
| medicinal | respiratory applications | flowers |
| environmental | erosion control | entire plant |
| material | dye/tannin | flowers |