Damasonium californicum torr

Description

Active Growth Period Spring and Summer After Harvest Regrowth Rate Slow Bloat None C:N Ratio Medium Coppice Potential No Fall Conspicuous No Fire Resistant No Flower Color White Flower Conspicuous Yes Foliage Color Green Foliage Porosity Summer Porous Foliage Porosity Winter Porous Foliage Texture Medium Fruit/Seed Color Brown Fruit/Seed Conspicuous No Growth Form Rhizomatous Growth Rate Moderate Height at 20 Years, Maximum (feet) Height, Mature (feet) 1.5 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 No Adapted to Fine Textured Soils Yes Adapted to Medium Textured Soils Yes Anaerobic Tolerance High CaCO3 Tolerance Medium Cold Stratification Required No Drought Tolerance None Fertility Requirement Low Fire Tolerance Low Frost Free Days, Minimum 120 Hedge Tolerance None Moisture Use High pH, Minimum 5.8 pH, Maximum 7.8 Planting Density per Acre, Minimum 2700 Planting Density per Acre, Maximum 4800 Precipitation, Minimum 12 Precipitation, Maximum 18 Root Depth, Minimum (inches) 8 Salinity Tolerance None Shade Tolerance Intolerant Temperature, Minimum (-F) -23 Reproduction Bloom Period Mid Spring Commercial Availability No Known Source Fruit/Seed Abundance Medium Fruit/Seed Period Begin Summer Fruit/Seed Period End Summer 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 Yes Propagated by Tubers No Seed per Pound 360000 Seed Spread Rate Slow Seedling Vigor Low Small Grain No Vegetative Spread Rate Slow 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 Palatable Graze Animal Palatable Human No Post Product No Protein Potential Pulpwood Product No Veneer Product No