Graceful Buckwheat

Description

Morphology/Physiology Active Growth Period Spring and Summer After Harvest Regrowth Rate Bloat None C:N Ratio High Coppice Potential No Fall Conspicuous No Fire Resistant No Flower Color Yellow Flower Conspicuous Yes Foliage Color Gray-Green Foliage Porosity Summer Dense Foliage Porosity Winter Dense Foliage Texture Coarse Fruit/Seed Color Brown Fruit/Seed Conspicuous Yes Growth Form Single Crown Growth Rate Slow Height at 20 Years, Maximum (feet) Height, Mature (feet) 1.0 Known Allelopath No Leaf Retention No Lifespan Long Low Growing Grass No Nitrogen Fixation None Resprout Ability No Shape and Orientation Prostrate Toxicity None Growth Requirements Adapted to Coarse Textured Soils No Adapted to Fine Textured Soils No Adapted to Medium Textured Soils Yes Anaerobic Tolerance None CaCO3 Tolerance Medium Cold Stratification Required Yes Drought Tolerance High Fertility Requirement Low Fire Tolerance Medium Frost Free Days, Minimum 140 Hedge Tolerance None Moisture Use Low pH, Minimum 6.5 pH, Maximum 8.3 Planting Density per Acre, Minimum Planting Density per Acre, Maximum Precipitation, Minimum 10 Precipitation, Maximum 16 Root Depth, Minimum (inches) 16 Salinity Tolerance Low Shade Tolerance Intolerant Temperature, Minimum (-F) -28 Reproduction Bloom Period Late Spring Commercial Availability No Known Source Fruit/Seed Abundance Medium Fruit/Seed Period Begin Spring Fruit/Seed Period End Summer Fruit/Seed Persistence No Propagated by Bare Root Yes Propagated by Bulb No Propagated by Container Yes 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 300000 Seed Spread Rate Slow Seedling Vigor Low 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 Palatable Graze Animal Palatable Human No Post Product No Protein Potential Pulpwood Product No Veneer Product No