Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortCoronilla varia
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | herb | Physiology | multi stem |
| Habit | prostrate/procumbent/semi-erect | Category | forage/pasture, cover crop, environmental, weed |
| Life span | perennial | 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. | 15 | 28 | 10 | 40 | Soil texture | heavy, medium | heavy, medium |
| Rainfall (annual) | 600 | 800 | 300 | 1000 | Soil fertility | high | low |
| Latitude | 30 | 25 | 65 | 70 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 900 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | medium (4-10 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 6 | 7 | 5 | 8 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells) |
| Light intensity | clear skies | very bright | light shade | very bright | |||
| Climate zone | steppe or semiarid (Bs), subtropical humid (Cf), subtropical dry summer (Cs), temperate oceanic (Do), temperate continental (Dc) | Photoperiod | short day (<12 hours), neutral day (12-14 hours), long day (>14 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | -5 | Killing temp. early growth | -1 |
| Abiotic toler. | drought | Abiotic suscept. | |
| Introduction risks. | can become a weed |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | Crop cycle | 180 | 300 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| phase planting | Poa pratensis, Dactylis glomerata, Phleum pratense, Panicum virgatum | low | low | |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| animal food (feed) | minerals | leaves |
| animal food (feed) | vitamins | leaves |
| environmental | erosion control | entire plant |
| environmental | revegetation | entire plant |
| environmental | pioneer | entire plant |
| material | honey | flowers |