Broad leaved panic grass (Panicum latifolium)
Description
Morphology/Physiology Active Growth Period Summer After Harvest Regrowth Rate Slow Bloat None C:N Ratio Coppice Potential No Fall Conspicuous No Fire Resistant No Flower Color Green Flower Conspicuous No Foliage Color Green Foliage Porosity Summer Porous Foliage Porosity Winter Porous Foliage Texture Fine Fruit/Seed Color Yellow Fruit/Seed Conspicuous No Growth Form Bunch Growth Rate Rapid Height at 20 Years, Maximum (feet) Height, Mature (feet) 3.3 Known Allelopath No Leaf Retention No Lifespan Short Low Growing Grass No Nitrogen Fixation None Resprout Ability No Shape and Orientation Erect Toxicity None Growth Requirements Adapted to Coarse Textured Soils Yes Adapted to Fine Textured Soils No Adapted to Medium Textured Soils Yes Anaerobic Tolerance None CaCO3 Tolerance Medium Cold Stratification Required No Drought Tolerance Medium Fertility Requirement Low Fire Tolerance None Frost Free Days, Minimum 120 Hedge Tolerance None Moisture Use Low pH, Minimum 4.0 pH, Maximum 6.5 Planting Density per Acre, Minimum Planting Density per Acre, Maximum Precipitation, Minimum 20 Precipitation, Maximum 60 Root Depth, Minimum (inches) 4 Salinity Tolerance None Shade Tolerance Intermediate Temperature, Minimum (-F) -43 Reproduction Bloom Period Spring Commercial Availability No Known Source Fruit/Seed Abundance Low Fruit/Seed Period Begin Summer Fruit/Seed Period End Fall Fruit/Seed Persistence No Propagated by Bare Root No Propagated by Bulb No Propagated by Container No Propagated by Corm No Propagated by Cuttings No Propagated by Seed Yes Propagated by Sod No Propagated by Sprigs No Propagated by Tubers No Seed per Pound 210000 Seed Spread Rate Slow Seedling Vigor Medium Small Grain No Vegetative Spread Rate None Suitability/Use Berry/Nut/Seed Product No Christmas Tree Product No Fodder Product No Fuelwood Product Lumber Product No Naval Store Product No Nursery Stock Product No Palatable Browse Animal Medium Palatable Graze Animal Medium Palatable Human No Post Product No Protein Potential Pulpwood Product No Veneer Product No
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum: Magnoliophyta
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Class: Liliopsida
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Order: Poales
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Family: Poaceae
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Genus: Panicum
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