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Phalaris arundinacea

Description
Life form	grass	Physiology
Habit	erect	Category	forage/pasture
Life span	perennial	Plant attributes	grown on large scale

Ecology
	Optimal		Absolute			Optimal	Absolute
	Min	Max	Min	Max	Soil depth	medium (50-150 cm)	shallow (20-50 cm)
Temperat. requir.	17	25	2	38	Soil texture	heavy, medium, light	heavy, medium, light
Rainfall (annual)	700	1500	300	2600	Soil fertility	high	moderate
Latitude	43	41	63	70	Soil Al. tox
Altitude	---	---	-	2000	Soil salinity	low (<4 dS/m)	low (<4 dS/m)
Soil PH	6	7	4.5	8.2	Soil drainage	poorly (saturated >50% of year), well (dry spells)	poorly (saturated >50% of year), well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry)
Light intensity	clear skies	very bright	cloudy skies	very bright

Climate zone	steppe or semiarid (Bs), subtropical humid (Cf), temperate oceanic (Do), temperate continental (Dc), temperate with humid winters (Df), temperate with dry winters (Dw), boreal (E)	Photoperiod	long day (>14 hours)
Killing temp. during rest	-2	Killing temp. early growth	0
Abiotic toler.		Abiotic suscept.
Introduction risks.

Cultivation
			Min	Max
Product. system		Crop cycle	120	240
Cropping system	Subsystem	Companion species	Level of mechanization	Labour intensity
	sole cropping
	inter-cropping	legumes

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Uses
Main use	Detailed use	Used part
food & beverage	vitamins	entire plant
animal food (feed)	minerals	entire plant
animal food (feed)	vitamins	seeds
animal food (feed)	protein	seeds
animal food (feed)	minerals	seeds
environmental	pollution control	entire plant
environmental	erosion control	entire plant