Data sheet

Zea mays ssp. mays

Description
Life form	grass	Physiology	single stem
Habit	erect	Category	cereals & pseudocereals, forage/pasture, vegetables, materials, environmental
Life span	annual	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.	18	33	10	47	Soil texture	medium, organic	heavy, medium, light
Rainfall (annual)	600	1200	400	1800	Soil fertility	high	low
Latitude	-	-	40	48	Soil Al. tox
Altitude	---	---	-	4000	Soil salinity	low (<4 dS/m)	medium (4-10 dS/m)
Soil PH	5	7	4.5	8.5	Soil drainage	well (dry spells)	well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry)
Light intensity	very bright	very bright	very bright	clear skies

Climate zone	tropical wet & dry (Aw), steppe or semiarid (Bs), subtropical humid (Cf), subtropical dry summer (Cs), subtropical dry winter (Cw), temperate oceanic (Do), temperate continental (Dc), temperate with humid winters (Df), temperate with dry winters (Dw)	Photoperiod	short day (<12 hours), neutral day (12-14 hours)
Killing temp. during rest	no input	Killing temp. early growth	no input
Abiotic toler.		Abiotic suscept.	hail
Introduction risks.	mono culture may cause erosion problems, can become a weed