Panicum miliaceum -- (Broomcorn Millet)


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 Scientific Name:  Panicum miliaceum
 Common Name:  Broomcorn Millet
 Duration of Life:  Annual
 Bloom Color:  White
 Plant Origin:  Introduced
 Soil Type prefered:  Loam, Clay
 Drought Tolerance:  Low
 Flower Conspicuous:  No
 Soil Fertility Requirement:  Medium
 Moisture Use:  Low
 Shade Tolerance:  Intolerant
 Active Growth Period:  Summer
 Anaerobic Tolerance:  None
 Calcium Carbonate Tolerance:  None
 Bloom Period:  Summer
 Commercial Availability:  Routinely Available
 Cold Stratification Required:  No
 Fall Conspicuous:  Yes
 Frost Free Days, Minimum:  120
 Foliage Color:  Green
 Fruit/Seed Abundance:  High
 Fruit/Seed Period Begin:  Fall
 Fruit/Seed Conspicuous:  Yes
 Fruit/Seed Period End:  Winter
 Fruit/Seed Color:  Brown
 Fruit/Seed Persistence:  Yes
 Fire Tolerance:  None
 Foliage Texture:  Fine
 Growth Form:  Bunch
 Growth Habit:  Grass
 Growth Rate:  Rapid
 Height, Mature (feet):  3
 Leaf Retention:  No
 Low Growing Grass:  No
 Life Span:  Short
 pH (Maximum):  6.8
 pH (Minimum):  5.8
 Precipitation (Minimum):  25
 Protein Potential:  Low
 Resprout Ability:  No
 Root Depth, Min. (inches):  10
 Salt Tolerance:  None
 Shape and Orientation:  Erect
 Small Grain:  No
 Seed per Pound:  84800
 Seed Spread Rate:  Moderate
 Seedling Vigor:  High
 Temperature, Minimum (F):  47
 Toxicity:  None
 Vegetative Spread Rate:  None
 Propagation:  Seed
 Palpable: (eatable)  Browse Animal (Low), Graze Animal (Low)
 Uses:  Fodder
 Category:  Monocot
 Division:  Magnoliophyta
 Class:  Liliopsida
 Order:  Cyperales
 Family:  Poaceae
 Genus:  Panicum

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