Dalea bicolor

Silver Prairie-clover · Fabaceae

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

FabaceaeShrub

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Identity and native distribution

Family

Fabaceae

Life form

Shrub

Documented native regions

North America

Animal foodMedicinal use

Variable	Observed range	Central range
Annual mean temperature	11.89 – 27.01	12.61 – 26.89
Temperature of the warmest month	19.55 – 39.87	19.61 – 38.67
Temperature of the coldest month	-3.81 – 21.19	-3.27 – 19.59
Annual precipitation	89.8 – 2546.36	95.8 – 2097.26
Precipitation seasonality	29.92 – 116.32	31.6 – 110.54

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	10.3 – 32.93	12.2 – 28.57
Clay	%	7.58 – 54.28	15.28 – 50.02
Coarse fragments	%	0.92 – 27.38	2.38 – 22.7
Total nitrogen	g/kg	0.35 – 4.58	0.64 – 3.59
pH	—	5.2 – 8.4	5.5 – 8.2
Sand	%	18.82 – 76.8	27.25 – 63.88
Soil organic carbon	g/kg	2.8 – 60.12	4.5 – 47.92

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