Bastard Stopper (Petitia domingensis)
Description
Active Growth Period Year Round After Harvest Regrowth Rate Bloat None C:N Ratio Coppice Potential No Fall Conspicuous No Fire Resistant No Flower Color White Flower Conspicuous Yes Foliage Color Green Foliage Porosity Summer Moderate Foliage Porosity Winter Moderate Foliage Texture Medium Fruit/Seed Color Red Fruit/Seed Conspicuous Yes Growth Form Thicket Forming Growth Rate Height at 20 Years, Maximum (feet) 64 Height, Mature (feet) 43.0 Known Allelopath No Leaf Retention Yes Lifespan Low Growing Grass No Nitrogen Fixation None Resprout Ability No Shape and Orientation Toxicity Growth Requirements Adapted to Coarse Textured Soils Yes Adapted to Fine Textured Soils Yes Adapted to Medium Textured Soils No Anaerobic Tolerance CaCO3 Tolerance Medium Cold Stratification Required No Drought Tolerance Fertility Requirement Medium Fire Tolerance Frost Free Days, Minimum 365 Hedge Tolerance Low Moisture Use pH, Minimum 6.0 pH, Maximum 8.5 Planting Density per Acre, Minimum 320 Planting Density per Acre, Maximum 640 Precipitation, Minimum Precipitation, Maximum Root Depth, Minimum (inches) 36 Salinity Tolerance Shade Tolerance Intolerant Temperature, Minimum (-F) 40 Reproduction Bloom Period Summer Commercial Availability Fruit/Seed Abundance Fruit/Seed Period Begin Year Round Fruit/Seed Period End Year Round Fruit/Seed Persistence Yes 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 132717 Seed Spread Rate Seedling Vigor Small Grain No Vegetative Spread Rate Suitability/Use Berry/Nut/Seed Product No Christmas Tree Product No Fodder Product No Fuelwood Product Medium Lumber Product Yes Naval Store Product No Nursery Stock Product No Palatable Browse Animal Palatable Graze Animal Palatable Human No Post Product Yes Protein Potential Pulpwood Product No Veneer Product Yes
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: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Lamiales
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Family: Lamiaceae
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Genus: Petitia
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