Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortEquisetum arvense
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | herb | Physiology | |
| Habit | erect | Category | vegetables, medicinals & aromatic |
| Life span | perennial | Plant attributes | harvested from wild |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | medium (50-150 cm) | shallow (20-50 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | - | - | - | - | Soil texture | medium, light, organic | wide, organic |
| Rainfall (annual) | - | - | - | - | Soil fertility | ||
| Latitude | 40 | 35 | 70 | 73 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 2000 | Soil salinity | ||
| Soil PH | - | - | - | - | Soil drainage | poorly (saturated >50% of year) | well (dry spells) |
| Light intensity | |||||||
| Climate zone | subtropical dry summer (Cs), temperate oceanic (Do), temperate continental (Dc), temperate with humid winters (Df), temperate with dry winters (Dw), boreal (E), polar (F) | Photoperiod | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | no input | Killing temp. early growth | no input |
| Abiotic toler. | Abiotic suscept. | ||
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | Crop cycle | 0 | 0 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| medicinal | nutritional applications | bark |
| medicinal | blood system applications | bark |
| medicinal | endocrine system applications | bark |
| medicinal | genitourinary system applications | bark |
| medicinal | respiratory applications | bark |
| medicinal | skin applications | bark |
| food & beverage | vitamins | seedlings |
| food & beverage | minerals | seedlings |