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Bromus tomentellus

Description
Life form	grass	Physiology	multi stem
Habit	prostrate/procumbent/semi-erect	Category	forage/pasture
Life span		Plant attributes

Ecology
	Optimal		Absolute			Optimal	Absolute
	Min	Max	Min	Max	Soil depth	shallow (20-50 cm)	shallow (20-50 cm)
Temperat. requir.	12	19	2	23	Soil texture	heavy, medium, light	heavy, medium, light
Rainfall (annual)	400	1000	200	1700	Soil fertility	moderate	low
Latitude	-	-	-	-	Soil Al. tox
Altitude	---	---	1000	3400	Soil salinity	low (<4 dS/m)	low (<4 dS/m)
Soil PH	6	7	5.3	8.2	Soil drainage	well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry)	well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry)
Light intensity	very bright	clear skies	very bright	cloudy skies

Climate zone	desert or arid (Bw), 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	long day (>14 hours)
Killing temp. during rest	-5	Killing temp. early growth	-1
Abiotic toler.		Abiotic suscept.
Introduction risks.

Cultivation
			Min	Max
Product. system		Crop cycle	90	180
Cropping system	Subsystem	Companion species	Level of mechanization	Labour intensity

(at most All5102550100)

Uses
Main use	Detailed use	Used part
animal food (feed)	vitamins	entire plant
animal food (feed)	minerals	entire plant