Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortCupressus macrocarpa
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | tree | Physiology | evergreen, single stem |
| Habit | erect | Category | ornamentals/turf, forest/wood, environmental |
| Life span | perennial | Plant attributes | grown on small scale |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | deep (>>150 cm) | medium (50-150 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 20 | 32 | 6 | 36 | Soil texture | medium, light | medium, light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 900 | 1400 | 700 | 1600 | Soil fertility | low | low |
| Latitude | 35 | 25 | 40 | 55 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 3500 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | medium (4-10 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 5.5 | 7 | 4.5 | 8.5 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry) | well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry) |
| Light intensity | very bright | cloudy skies | very bright | light shade | |||
| Climate zone | subtropical dry summer (Cs) | Photoperiod | short day (<12 hours), neutral day (12-14 hours), long day (>14 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | -14 | Killing temp. early growth | -1 |
| Abiotic toler. | wind, coastal salt spray | Abiotic suscept. | |
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | Crop cycle | 240 | 300 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| environmental | shade & shelter | entire plant |
| environmental | erosion control | entire plant |
| environmental | windbreak | entire plant |
| environmental | ornamental/turf | entire plant |