Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortSparganium erectum
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | grass | Physiology | deciduous, multi stem |
| Habit | erect | Category | roots/tubers, vegetables, ornamentals/turf, medicinals & aromatic |
| Life span | perennial | Plant attributes | harvested from wild |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | shallow (20-50 cm) | shallow (20-50 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 12 | 24 | 8 | 28 | Soil texture | heavy, organic | heavy, medium, light, wide, organic |
| Rainfall (annual) | 600 | 1200 | 400 | 1600 | Soil fertility | high | moderate |
| Latitude | 37 | 40 | 62 | 65 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 1500 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 6 | 7.5 | 5.8 | 8 | Soil drainage | poorly (saturated >50% of year) | poorly (saturated >50% of year) |
| Light intensity | cloudy skies | very bright | heavy shade | very bright | |||
| Climate zone | steppe or semiarid (Bs), subtropical dry summer (Cs), temperate oceanic (Do), temperate continental (Dc), boreal (E) | Photoperiod | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | -30 | Killing temp. early growth | 0 |
| Abiotic toler. | flooding | Abiotic suscept. | drought |
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | Crop cycle | 180 | 270 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| food & beverage | starch | bark |
| food & beverage | starch | buds |
| medicinal | immune system applications | leaves |
| environmental | ornamental/turf | entire plant |