Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortEragrostis lehmanniana
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | grass | Physiology | multi stem |
| Habit | erect | Category | forage/pasture, medicinals & aromatic, environmental |
| Life span | annual, perennial | Plant attributes | |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | medium (50-150 cm) | shallow (20-50 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 17 | 25 | 7 | 31 | Soil texture | medium, light | heavy, medium, light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 300 | 500 | 200 | 1200 | Soil fertility | low | low |
| Latitude | 20 | 15 | 35 | 40 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 1700 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 7 | 8.5 | 6 | 9 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry) |
| Light intensity | very bright | clear skies | very bright | cloudy skies | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), desert or arid (Bw), steppe or semiarid (Bs), subtropical humid (Cf), temperate continental (Dc) | 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. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | Crop cycle | 120 | 280 | |
| 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 |
| medicinal | digestive system applications | entire plant |
| medicinal | immune system applications | entire plant |