Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortLiquidambar styraciflua
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | tree | Physiology | deciduous, single stem |
| Habit | erect | Category | forest/wood, environmental |
| Life span | perennial | Plant attributes | |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | deep (>>150 cm) | medium (50-150 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 20 | 34 | 5 | 38 | Soil texture | heavy, medium | heavy, medium |
| Rainfall (annual) | 1000 | 1500 | 800 | 2500 | Soil fertility | high | moderate |
| Latitude | 11 | 11 | 40 | 40 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | 650 | 2000 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | medium (4-10 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 5 | 7 | 4.5 | 8.5 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | poorly (saturated >50% of year), well (dry spells) |
| Light intensity | very bright | clear skies | very bright | cloudy skies | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), subtropical humid (Cf), subtropical dry summer (Cs) | Photoperiod | short day (<12 hours), neutral day (12-14 hours), long day (>14 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | -11 | Killing temp. early growth | -1 |
| Abiotic toler. | wind, coastal salt spray | Abiotic suscept. | fire |
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | Crop cycle | 180 | 210 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| environmental | shade & shelter | entire plant |
| environmental | soil improvers | entire plant |
| material | timber wood | bark |
| medicinal | exudates | |