Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortPhragmites australis
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | grass | Physiology | multi stem |
| Habit | erect | Category | forage/pasture, vegetables, materials, ornamentals/turf, medicinals & aromatic, environmental, weed |
| Life span | perennial | Plant attributes | grown on small scale |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | medium (50-150 cm) | shallow (20-50 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 30 | 35 | 7 | 40 | Soil texture | heavy | heavy, medium |
| Rainfall (annual) | 500 | 1000 | 300 | 2400 | Soil fertility | moderate | low |
| Latitude | - | - | - | - | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | - | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | medium (4-10 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 5.5 | 6.5 | 4.8 | 8.2 | Soil drainage | poorly (saturated >50% of year) | poorly (saturated >50% of year) |
| Light intensity | very bright | very bright | very bright | cloudy skies | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), 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 | Abiotic suscept. | trampling |
| Introduction risks. | can become a weed |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | Crop cycle | 150 | 240 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| food & beverage | vitamins | seedlings |
| food & beverage | minerals | seedlings |
| animal food (feed) | vitamins | entire plant |
| animal food (feed) | minerals | entire plant |
| medicinal | seedlings | |
| environmental | erosion control | entire plant |
| environmental | ornamental/turf | entire plant |
| material | fibres | leaves |
| material | paper | leaves |
| fuels | alcohol | entire plant |
| fuels | petroleum substitutes/alcohol | entire plant |