Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortAlopecurus pratensis
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | grass | Physiology | multi stem |
| Habit | prostrate/procumbent/semi-erect | Category | forage/pasture |
| 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. | 9 | 22 | 2 | 32 | Soil texture | medium | heavy, medium |
| Rainfall (annual) | 600 | 1000 | 200 | 1800 | Soil fertility | high | moderate |
| Latitude | 28 | 28 | 60 | 60 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 1200 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 5 | 7.5 | 4.5 | 8.5 | 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 | cloudy skies | |||
| Climate zone | desert or arid (Bw), steppe or semiarid (Bs), 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 | -20 | Killing temp. early growth | -5 |
| Abiotic toler. | Abiotic suscept. | ||
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | Crop cycle | 90 | 180 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| phase planting | low | low | ||
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| animal food (feed) | minerals | entire plant |
| animal food (feed) | vitamins | entire plant |