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Digitaria eriantha (pangolagrass)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Digitaria eriantha, commonly known as digitgrass or Pangola-grass, is a grass grown in tropical and subtropical climates. It grows relatively well in various soils, but grows especially well in moist soils. It is tolerant to droughts, water lodging, suppresses weeds and grows relatively quickly post grazing. This grass demonstrates great potential for farmers in Africa in subtropical and tropical climates, mostly for livestock feed.
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Attributes

Drought Tolerance [1]  Medium
Fire Tolerance [1]  High
Frost Free Days [1]  6 months
Growth Form [1]  Stoloniferous
Growth Period [1]  Summer
Growth Rate [1]  Moderate
Leaf Type [1]  Deciduous
Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Propagation [1]  Sprig
Regrowth Rate [1]  Rapid
Root Depth [1]  6 inches (15 cm)
Seed Spread Rate [1]  None
Shape/Orientation [1]  Decumbent
Structure [2]  Grass
Vegetative Spread Rate [1]  Moderate
Height [1]  24 inches (0.6 m)
Hardiness Zone Minimum [1]  USDA Zone: 8 Low Temperature: 10 F° (-12.2 C°) → 20 F° (-6.7 C°)
Light Preference [1]  Full Sun
Soil Acidity [1]  Moderate Acid
Soil Fertility [1]  Infertile
Water Use [1]  Low
Foliage Color [1]  Green
Screening - Summer [1]  Porous
Screening - Winter [1]  Porous

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Archipelago de Colon Biosphere Reserve 34336011 Galapagos Islands, Ecuador  
Central Gulf Coastal Plain Biosphere Reserve 40530 United States  
Gamkaberg Nature Reserve Provincial Nature Reserve IV 23767 Western Cape, South Africa  
Kruger National Park II 4718115 Mpumalanga, South Africa
Tuabaquey - Limones Ecological Reserve II 4859 Cuba  

Predators

Antonina graminis (felted grass coccid)[3]
Chorizococcus rostellum (Bermuda grass mealybug)[3]
Equus zebra (mountain zebra)[4]
Odonaspis saccharicaulis (paragrass scale)[3]
Syncerus caffer (African buffalo)[5]

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
3Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
4Equus zebra, B. L. Penzhorn, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 314, pp. 1-7 (1988)
5Forage selection by African buffalo in the late dry season in two landscapes, Valerio A. Macandza, Norman Owen-Smith & Paul C. Cross, South African Journal of Wildlife Research 34(2): 113–121 (October 2004)
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0