Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortMedicago falcata
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | herb | Physiology | multi stem |
| Habit | Category | forage/pasture, environmental, weed | |
| Life span | perennial | Plant attributes | |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | medium (50-150 cm) | shallow (20-50 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 15 | 24 | 2 | 37 | Soil texture | medium, light | medium, light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 500 | 900 | 310 | 1360 | Soil fertility | moderate | low |
| Latitude | - | - | - | - | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | - | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | medium (4-10 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 6 | 7 | 5 | 8.2 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | poorly (saturated >50% of year), well (dry spells) |
| Light intensity | very bright | very bright | 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), boreal (E) | Photoperiod | short day (<12 hours), neutral day (12-14 hours), long day (>14 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | -27 | Killing temp. early growth | -1 |
| Abiotic toler. | Abiotic suscept. | ||
| Introduction risks. | can become a weed |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | Crop cycle | 100 | 210 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| environmental | erosion control | entire plant |
| animal food (feed) | minerals | entire plant |
| animal food (feed) | vitamins | entire plant |