Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortPsathyrostachys juncea
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | grass | Physiology | multi stem |
| Habit | Category | forage/pasture, environmental | |
| 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. | 9 | 22 | 2 | 28 | Soil texture | heavy, medium | heavy, medium, light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 500 | 900 | 300 | 1100 | Soil fertility | moderate | low |
| Latitude | 40 | - | 60 | - | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | - | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | medium (4-10 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 6 | 7 | 5.3 | 7.8 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry) | well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry) |
| Light intensity | very bright | clear skies | very bright | cloudy skies | |||
| Climate zone | steppe or semiarid (Bs), 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 | -10 | Killing temp. early growth | -1 |
| Abiotic toler. | grazing/browsing, trampling | Abiotic suscept. | |
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | Crop cycle | 90 | 150 | |
| 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 |