Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortAbies balsamea
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | tree | Physiology | evergreen, single stem |
| Habit | erect | Category | materials, forest/wood |
| Life span | perennial | Plant attributes | |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | medium (50-150 cm) | shallow (20-50 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 10 | 18 | 4 | 26 | Soil texture | heavy, medium, organic | heavy, medium, light, wide, organic |
| Rainfall (annual) | 750 | 1100 | 400 | 1500 | Soil fertility | moderate | low |
| Latitude | 45 | 42 | 55 | 58 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 1900 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 5 | 6.5 | 4.5 | 7.5 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | poorly (saturated >50% of year), well (dry spells) |
| Light intensity | cloudy skies | clear skies | cloudy skies | clear skies | |||
| Climate zone | temperate oceanic (Do), temperate continental (Dc), boreal (E) | Photoperiod | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | -25 | Killing temp. early growth | 0 |
| Abiotic toler. | Abiotic suscept. | ||
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | Crop cycle | 100 | 160 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| material | timber wood | bark |
| material | paper | bark |
| material | gums/resins | stems |