Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortAcacia pendula
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | tree | Physiology | single stem |
| Habit | erect | Category | forage/pasture, ornamentals/turf, forest/wood, 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. | 20 | 30 | 4 | 34 | Soil texture | heavy, medium | heavy, medium |
| Rainfall (annual) | 400 | 700 | 250 | 900 | Soil fertility | low | low |
| Latitude | 20 | 20 | 35 | 35 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 500 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 7 | 8 | 6.5 | 8.5 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells) |
| Light intensity | very bright | very bright | very bright | clear skies | |||
| Climate zone | desert or arid (Bw), steppe or semiarid (Bs), subtropical humid (Cf), subtropical dry winter (Cw) | Photoperiod | short day (<12 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | -5 | Killing temp. early growth | 0 |
| Abiotic toler. | drought | Abiotic suscept. | |
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | Crop cycle | 90 | 210 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| environmental | shade & shelter | entire plant |
| environmental | windbreak | entire plant |
| environmental | nitrogen fixation | roots |
| environmental | ornamental/turf | entire plant |
| material | timber wood | bark |
| fuels | fuelwood | bark |
| animal food (feed) | vitamins | leaves |
| animal food (feed) | minerals | leaves |