Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortAstragalus sinicus
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | herb | Physiology | multi stem |
| Habit | climber/scrambler/scadent | Category | forage/pasture, environmental |
| Life span | biennial, perennial | Plant attributes | |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | medium (50-150 cm) | shallow (20-50 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 15 | 25 | 10 | 28 | Soil texture | heavy, medium | heavy, medium |
| Rainfall (annual) | 500 | 1000 | 300 | 2000 | Soil fertility | moderate | high |
| Latitude | 24 | 22 | 35 | 37 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 800 | Soil salinity | ||
| Soil PH | 5 | 7 | 4.5 | 7.5 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | poorly (saturated >50% of year), well (dry spells) |
| Light intensity | clear skies | very bright | cloudy skies | very bright | |||
| Climate zone | steppe or semiarid (Bs), subtropical humid (Cf), subtropical dry summer (Cs), temperate oceanic (Do) | Photoperiod | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | -1 | Killing temp. early growth | -1 |
| Abiotic toler. | flooding | Abiotic suscept. | |
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | Crop cycle | 0 | 0 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| phase planting | grasses | low | low | |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| animal food (feed) | vitamins | entire plant |
| animal food (feed) | protein | entire plant |
| environmental | manure/fertilizer | entire plant |