Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortGleditsia triacanthos
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | tree | Physiology | deciduous, single stem |
| Habit | erect | Category | pulses (grain legumes), forage/pasture, materials, 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. | 26 | 38 | 6 | 40 | Soil texture | heavy, medium, light | heavy, medium, light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 700 | 1500 | 500 | 1800 | Soil fertility | high | moderate |
| Latitude | 28 | 10 | 40 | 50 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 2200 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | high (>10 dS/m)) |
| Soil PH | 5.5 | 8 | 4.5 | 9 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry) |
| Light intensity | very bright | very bright | very bright | clear 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), neutral day (12-14 hours), long day (>14 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | -34 | Killing temp. early growth | -1 |
| Abiotic toler. | drought | Abiotic suscept. | fire, wind |
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | Crop cycle | 180 | 300 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| animal food (feed) | vitamins | leaves |
| animal food (feed) | minerals | leaves |
| animal food (feed) | protein | fruits |
| animal food (feed) | vitamins | fruits |
| animal food (feed) | minerals | fruits |
| non-vertebrate food | vitamins | fruits |
| non-vertebrate food | minerals | fruits |
| non-vertebrate food | protein | fruits |
| material | timber wood | bark |
| fuels | petroleum substitutes/alcohol | bark |
| fuels | alcohol | bark |