Cucurbita palmata

Coyote gourd · Cucurbitaceae

Summary of the structured data documented in ClimaFlora for this taxon.

CucurbitaceaeOther

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Identity and native distribution

Family

Cucurbitaceae

Life form

Other

Documented native regions

North America

Animal foodGene sourcesHuman foodInvertebrate foodMaterialsMedicinal useDocumented toxicity

Variable	Observed range	Central range
Annual mean temperature	0.73 – 24.41	4.93 – 23.87
Temperature of the warmest month	23.01 – 41.65	26.19 – 38.67
Temperature of the coldest month	-17.39 – 12.31	-13.19 – 10.03
Annual precipitation	130.7 – 1312.88	152.54 – 763.82
Precipitation seasonality	15.22 – 116.32	18.94 – 103.72

These values describe the documented climate envelope of the taxon. They are not, by themselves, a local recommendation.

Variable	Unit	Observed range	Central range
Cation exchange capacity (CEC)	cmol(+)/kg	10.62 – 27.95	13.1 – 23.2
Clay	%	7.33 – 34.04	13.5 – 29.18
Coarse fragments	%	1.43 – 31.8	7.2 – 23.9
Total nitrogen	g/kg	0.29 – 2.87	0.45 – 2.54
pH	—	5.7 – 8.6	6.22 – 8.4
Sand	%	24.12 – 76.8	31.2 – 63.88
Soil organic carbon	g/kg	2.8 – 48.9	3.7 – 32.2

These soil preferences should be compared with the site profile and the confidence of the local data.