Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortLespedeza cuneata
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | herb | Physiology | multi stem |
| Habit | erect, prostrate/procumbent/semi-erect | Category | forage/pasture, materials, 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. | 16 | 26 | 6 | 36 | Soil texture | heavy, medium | heavy, medium |
| Rainfall (annual) | 1000 | 1400 | 650 | 2350 | Soil fertility | moderate | low |
| Latitude | 30 | - | 40 | - | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 2400 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 5.5 | 6.5 | 4.5 | 7.1 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry) |
| Light intensity | very bright | cloudy skies | very bright | cloudy skies | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), tropical wet (Ar), subtropical humid (Cf), temperate continental (Dc) | Photoperiod | short day (<12 hours), neutral day (12-14 hours), long day (>14 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | no input | Killing temp. early growth | no input |
| 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 |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| material | paper | bark |
| animal food (feed) | minerals | entire plant |
| animal food (feed) | vitamins | entire plant |
| environmental | erosion control | entire plant |
| environmental | soil improvers | entire plant |