Data sheet

Echinochloa crus-galli

Description
Life form	grass	Physiology	multi stem
Habit	erect	Category	cereals & pseudocereals, forage/pasture, vegetables, environmental, weed
Life span	annual	Plant attributes	grown on small scale

Ecology
	Optimal		Absolute			Optimal	Absolute
	Min	Max	Min	Max	Soil depth	shallow (20-50 cm)	shallow (20-50 cm)
Temperat. requir.	17	30	2	40	Soil texture	heavy	heavy, medium, light
Rainfall (annual)	700	1100	310	2500	Soil fertility	high	moderate
Latitude	-	-	-	-	Soil Al. tox
Altitude	---	---	-	2500	Soil salinity	low (<4 dS/m)	medium (4-10 dS/m)
Soil PH	6	7	4.8	8.2	Soil drainage	poorly (saturated >50% of year)	poorly (saturated >50% of year), well (dry spells)
Light intensity	very bright	clear skies	very bright	cloudy skies

Climate zone	tropical wet & dry (Aw), tropical wet (Ar), steppe or semiarid (Bs), subtropical humid (Cf), temperate oceanic (Do), temperate continental (Dc), temperate with humid winters (Df), temperate with dry winters (Dw)	Photoperiod	short day (<12 hours)
Killing temp. during rest	no input	Killing temp. early growth	no input
Abiotic toler.	flooding	Abiotic suscept.
Introduction risks.	can become a weed