Echinochloa polystachya (Kunth) Hitchc.

Creeping river grass (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Echinochloa

Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite herb. It grows 1-2m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.0 - 2.0
Root system creeping-root
Rooting depth (meter) 1.5
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity 4-12
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses animal food fodder gene source
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) 22 - 28
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Echinochloa polystachya world distribution map, present in Belize, Brazil, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Ecuador, Guyana, Honduras, Haiti, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Paraguay, Suriname, Uruguay, United States of America, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Conservation status

Echinochloa polystachya threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:88097-2
WFO ID wfo-0000865398
COL ID 38H3M
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 629595
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Synonyms

Echinochloa polystachya Echinochloa spectabile Oplismenus polystachyus Oplismenus spectabilis Panicum bonplandianum Panicum polystachyum Panicum spectabile Orthopogon hirsutus Panicum phyllanthum Pseudechinolaena spectabilis Echinochloa polystachya var. spectabilis Echinochloa polystachya var. polystachya