Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortAgave lecheguilla
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | herb | Physiology | evergreen, single stem |
| Habit | erect, acaulescent (or rosette plants) | Category | materials, weed |
| 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. | 15 | 25 | 10 | 30 | Soil texture | heavy, medium, light | heavy, medium, light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 450 | 600 | 250 | 800 | Soil fertility | moderate | low |
| Latitude | 20 | 20 | 30 | 30 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | 180 | 2000 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 6.5 | 7.5 | 6 | 8 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry) | well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry) |
| Light intensity | very bright | very bright | very bright | clear skies | |||
| Climate zone | desert or arid (Bw), steppe or semiarid (Bs), subtropical dry summer (Cs) | Photoperiod | short day (<12 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | -10 | Killing temp. early growth | -1 |
| Abiotic toler. | Abiotic suscept. | ||
| Introduction risks. | can become a weed |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | Crop cycle | 70 | 150 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| material | fibres | leaves |
| poison | mammals | entire plant |