Slender-flower thistle - Carduus tenuiflorus ( edit )

Botany

Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Sub-family: Carduoideae
(subfam & crops)
Species: Carduus tenuiflorus
Common name: Slender-flower thistle

Vertical photograph ( אד )

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Sneek, Netherlands - 4 June 2016 (more photos)

Origin

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North West Europe
(other crops from this region )

Uses

Main use:
Harvest method:
total removing
Shelf life:
no shelf life
Yield first season:
n/a
Yield top season:
n/a
Parameter Concerning part Quality Crop's name Proportion Top-50
Edibility
Medicinal
no part
no effect
- n/a -
_
_
medicals
Lipids wood
(no extraction method
)
inapplicable
0%
0%
liphids
Apiculture:
inapplicable
honey
Fruit:
inedible
fruits
Nut:
inedible
nuts
Fodder:
fodder
Wood stem / wood
timber
Fuel: stem / wood -1.25 credits 0 kcal/kg fuelwood
Minor uses:








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Plant Details

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Sneek, Netherlands - 4 June 2016 (more photos)

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Crown

Parameter Value Unit Top-50
Height:
0
m tallest
Crown width:
0
m widest
Planting distance:
30
cm
Row distance:
30
cm
Growing speed:
very fast
fastest
Shade tolerance:
partial shade
umbra

Roots

Parameter Value Top-50
RootSystem:
shallow
hexagon
MycorRhiza:
endo-mycorrhizae
AM-plants
Symbiotic fungi:
M-fungi
N-fixing:
not able to
N-plants
Symbiotic bacteria:
N-bact.

Crop Timing

Parameter Value Unit Top-50
First flowering: 0 - 1 Years latest
Soonest commercial removal:
1
Years fastest
Lifespan:
2
Years oldest
InterCropModel(ICM):

Regeneration

Parameter Value Top-50
Flower morphology: hermaphroditic
specials
Pollinators:
itself
specials
Allelopathy: not allelopathic resists
Abscission: evergreen specials
Invasiveness: very invasive weeds
Thorns: thorns fencers

Environment

Parameter min optimal max Unit Top-50
Altitude: 0m 400 m 800m meters above sea-level highest
Temperature: 2°C 10°C 25°C Celcius hardiest
Rainfall: 350 mm 625 mm 900 mm mm/year (litres/m2) dryest
Soil-pH: 5.0 6.5 pH dryest
Soil-texture:
loam
Climate:
temperate

Seeds

Parameter Value Unit
Seed storage:
Seed viability:
60
months
Seed weight:
38,000
42,000
seeds/kg

Tolerances

Parameter Value Top-50
Salt tolerance:
intolerant
tolerants
Wind tolerance:
tolerant
tolerants
Fire tolerance:
a bit tolerant
tolerants

Pests and Diseases

Pests:
Diseases:

Propagation instruction

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Seeds Market

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Additional Photos

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