Physocarpon capitatum

Description

Morphology/Physiology Active Growth Period Spring and Summer After Harvest Regrowth Rate Bloat None C:N Ratio High Coppice Potential Yes Fall Conspicuous No Fire Resistant No Flower Color White Flower Conspicuous Yes Foliage Color Green Foliage Porosity Summer Dense Foliage Porosity Winter Porous Foliage Texture Coarse Fruit/Seed Color Red Fruit/Seed Conspicuous Yes Growth Form Multiple Stem Growth Rate Rapid Height at 20 Years,Maximum (feet) 8 Height,Mature (feet) 8.0 Known Allelopath No Leaf Retention No Lifespan Long Low Growing Grass No Nitrogen Fixation None Resprout Ability Yes Shape and Orientation Rounded 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 None Cold Stratification Required Yes Drought Tolerance Low Fertility Requirement Low Fire Tolerance None Frost Free Days,Minimum 90 Hedge Tolerance None Moisture Use Low pH,Minimum 6.5 pH,Maximum 7.0 Planting Density per Acre,Minimum 430 Planting Density per Acre,Maximum 1200 Precipitation,Minimum 20 Precipitation,Maximum 80 Root Depth,Minimum (inches) 20 Salinity Tolerance None Shade Tolerance Intolerant Temperature,Minimum (°F) -33 Reproduction Bloom Period Late Spring Commercial Availability Routinely Available Fruit/Seed Abundance High Fruit/Seed Period Begin Summer Fruit/Seed Period End Summer Fruit/Seed Persistence Yes Propagated by Bare Root Yes Propagated by Bulb No Propagated by Container Yes Propagated by Corm No Propagated by Cuttings Yes Propagated by Seed Yes Propagated by Sod No Propagated by Sprigs No Propagated by Tubers No Seed per Pound 700000 Seed Spread Rate Slow Seedling Vigor High 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 Yes Palatable Browse Animal Low Palatable Graze Animal Low Palatable Human No Post Product No Protein Potential Pulpwood Product No Veneer Product No