Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortBetula pubescens
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | tree | Physiology | deciduous, single stem |
| Habit | erect | Category | vegetables, materials, ornamentals/turf, medicinals & aromatic, forest/wood, environmental |
| Life span | perennial | Plant attributes | |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | deep (>>150 cm) | shallow (20-50 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 10 | 18 | 6 | 26 | Soil texture | medium, organic | heavy, medium, organic |
| Rainfall (annual) | 400 | 900 | 200 | 1100 | Soil fertility | moderate | low |
| Latitude | 44 | 40 | 68 | 70 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 2000 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 4.5 | 7.5 | 4 | 8 | Soil drainage | poorly (saturated >50% of year), well (dry spells) | poorly (saturated >50% of year), well (dry spells) |
| Light intensity | clear skies | very bright | cloudy skies | very bright | |||
| Climate zone | temperate oceanic (Do), temperate continental (Dc), boreal (E) | Photoperiod | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | -40 | Killing temp. early growth | 0 |
| Abiotic toler. | wind, flooding | Abiotic suscept. | |
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | Crop cycle | 0 | 0 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| food & beverage | starch | stems |
| food & beverage | sap | |
| food & beverage | vitamins | leaves |
| medicinal | digestive system applications | leaves |
| medicinal | genitourinary system applications | leaves |
| medicinal | immune system applications | leaves |
| medicinal | muscular/skeletal applications | leaves |
| medicinal | genitourinary system applications | stems |
| medicinal | digestive system applications | stems |
| medicinal | blood system applications | stems |
| medicinal | skin applications | stems |
| material | timber wood | bark |
| material | paper | bark |
| material | dye/tannin | stems |
| fuels | charcoal | bark |
| environmental | pioneer | entire plant |