Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortLotus creticus
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | herb | Physiology | multi stem |
| Habit | prostrate/procumbent/semi-erect | Category | forage/pasture, ornamentals/turf, environmental |
| Life span | perennial | Plant attributes | grown on small scale |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | medium (50-150 cm) | shallow (20-50 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 12 | 30 | 8 | 35 | Soil texture | light | heavy, medium, light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 400 | 800 | 250 | 1000 | Soil fertility | low | low |
| Latitude | 30 | 30 | 50 | 50 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 200 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 6.5 | 7.5 | 6 | 8 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry) |
| Light intensity | clear skies | very bright | cloudy skies | very bright | |||
| Climate zone | steppe or semiarid (Bs), subtropical dry summer (Cs) | Photoperiod | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | -2 | Killing temp. early growth | 0 |
| Abiotic toler. | Abiotic suscept. | ||
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | Crop cycle | 90 | 0 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| animal food (feed) | minerals | entire plant |
| animal food (feed) | vitamins | entire plant |
| animal food (feed) | protein | entire plant |
| environmental | erosion control | entire plant |
| environmental | ornamental/turf | entire plant |