Bothriochloa saccharoides Rydb.

Silver bluestem (en), Barbon (fr), Bothriochloa fausse canne à sucre (fr), Barbon fausse canne à sucre (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Bothriochloa

Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite deciduous herb. It grows 0.6-0.9m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination anemogamy
Spread epizoochory
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.6 - 0.9
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 0.3
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c4

Environment

Light 7-8
Soil humidity 4-5
Soil texture 4-6
Soil acidity 5-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 4-8

Usage

Uses animal food medicinal non-vertebrate poison
Edible -
Therapeutic use Oral Aid (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -35
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Bothriochloa saccharoides unspecified picture

Distribution

Bothriochloa saccharoides world distribution map, present in Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Cuba, Dominica, Ecuador, France, Guatemala, Honduras, Haiti, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Palau, Puerto Rico, Paraguay, Uruguay, United States of America, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:35205-2
WFO ID wfo-0000853837
COL ID MN9Y
BDTFX ID 74879
INPN ID 86170
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Andropogon bertheroanus Andropogon saccharoides Bothriochloa saccharoides Holcus saccharoides Dichanthium saccharoides Amphilophis saccharoides Andropogon altissimus Erianthus saccharoides Saccharum argenteum Sorghum saccharoides Andropogon saccharoides subsp. parvispiculus Andropogon saccharoides var. saccharoides Bothriochloa saccharoides var. saccharoides Sorghum saccharoides var. saccharoides

Lower taxons

Bothriochloa saccharoides subsp. reevesii Bothriochloa saccharoides subsp. saccharoides Bothriochloa saccharoides subsp. americana Bothriochloa saccharoides subsp. australis