Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortAxonopus compressus
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | grass | Physiology | multi stem |
| Habit | erect | Category | forage/pasture, ornamentals/turf, environmental, weed |
| Life span | Plant attributes | grown on small scale | |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | shallow (20-50 cm) | shallow (20-50 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 23 | 30 | 16 | 35 | Soil texture | medium, light | heavy, medium, light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 1000 | 4000 | 775 | 5000 | Soil fertility | moderate | low |
| Latitude | - | - | 27 | 27 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 2300 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 5.5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells) |
| Light intensity | clear skies | light shade | very bright | heavy shade | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), tropical wet (Ar), subtropical humid (Cf) | Photoperiod | short day (<12 hours), neutral day (12-14 hours), long day (>14 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | no input | Killing temp. early growth | no input |
| Abiotic toler. | Abiotic suscept. | ||
| Introduction risks. | can become a weed |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | Crop cycle | 150 | 180 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| animal food (feed) | vitamins | entire plant |
| animal food (feed) | minerals | entire plant |
| environmental | erosion control | entire plant |
| environmental | ornamental/turf | entire plant |