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Festuca arundinacea

Description
Life form	grass	Physiology	multi stem
Habit	erect	Category	forage/pasture, ornamentals/turf
Life span	perennial	Plant attributes	grown on large scale

Ecology
	Optimal		Absolute			Optimal	Absolute
	Min	Max	Min	Max	Soil depth	shallow (20-50 cm)	shallow (20-50 cm)
Temperat. requir.	15	22	5	30	Soil texture	heavy, medium	heavy, medium, light
Rainfall (annual)	600	1300	400	1500	Soil fertility	moderate	low
Latitude	44	42	60	62	Soil Al. tox
Altitude	---	---	-	500	Soil salinity	low (<4 dS/m)	medium (4-10 dS/m)
Soil PH	5.5	8	4	9.5	Soil drainage	well (dry spells)	poorly (saturated >50% of year), well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry)
Light intensity	very bright	clear skies	very bright	cloudy skies

Climate zone	steppe or semiarid (Bs), subtropical humid (Cf), subtropical dry summer (Cs), subtropical dry winter (Cw), temperate oceanic (Do), temperate continental (Dc), temperate with humid winters (Df), temperate with dry winters (Dw)	Photoperiod	short day (<12 hours)
Killing temp. during rest	-3	Killing temp. early growth	0
Abiotic toler.		Abiotic suscept.
Introduction risks.

Cultivation
			Min	Max
Product. system	home garden, large scale/commercial	Crop cycle	150	180
Cropping system	Subsystem	Companion species	Level of mechanization	Labour intensity
	phase planting	perennial ryegrass, orchard grass, white clover, subterranean clover, alfalfa, red clover	high	low

(at most All5102550100)

Uses
Main use	Detailed use	Used part
animal food (feed)	minerals	entire plant
animal food (feed)	vitamins	entire plant
environmental	pollution control	entire plant
environmental	erosion control	entire plant
environmental	ornamental/turf	entire plant