Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortPaspalum distichum
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | grass | Physiology | multi stem |
| Habit | erect | 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. | 20 | 30 | 15 | 36 | Soil texture | heavy, medium, light, organic | heavy, medium, light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 600 | 750 | 400 | 1200 | Soil fertility | high | moderate |
| Latitude | - | - | - | - | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | - | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | high (>10 dS/m)) |
| Soil PH | 5.5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | Soil drainage | poorly (saturated >50% of year) | poorly (saturated >50% of year), well (dry spells) |
| Light intensity | clear skies | cloudy skies | very bright | light shade | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), tropical wet (Ar), steppe or semiarid (Bs), subtropical humid (Cf) | Photoperiod | short day (<12 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | no input | Killing temp. early growth | no input |
| Abiotic toler. | flooding, grazing/browsing, trampling | Abiotic suscept. | |
| Introduction risks. | can become a weed |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | Crop cycle | 90 | 180 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| animal food (feed) | minerals | entire plant |
| animal food (feed) | vitamins | entire plant |
| environmental | erosion control | entire plant |