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Purshia (tridentata)

Carol and Jerry Baskin
Professors
University of Kentucky
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0225
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Family Scientific Name: Rosaceae
Family Common Name: Rose family
Scientific Name: Purshia tridentata (Pursh) DC
Common Name: Antelope bitterbrush
Species Code: PURTRI
General Distribution: P. tridentata si found from British Columbia to California and west from Montana to New Mexico.
Propagation Goal: plants
Propagation Method: seed
ProductType: Container (plug)
Time To Grow: 0
Propagule Processing: Seed dormancy is physiological dormancy.
Pre-Planting Treatments: Seeds are placed in cold moist stratification for 80 to 90 days.
Germination occurs at30D/10N C alternating temperature cycle.
In another study, seeds placed in cold stratification germinate at 20/15 alternating temperature cycle.
References: Peterson, R. A. (1953). Comparative effect of seed treatments upon seedling emergence in seven browse species. Ecology 34, 778-785.
McHenry, W. B. and Jensen, L. A. (1967). Response of bitterbrush (Purshia tridentata) seed to certain germination methods. Proc. Assoc. Offic. Seed Anal. 57, 89-95.
Shaw, N. (1984). Producing bareroot seedlings of native shrubs. Pp. 6-15. In: P. M. Murphy (compiler). The challenge of producing native plants for the Intermountain area. Proceedings Intermountain Nurseryman's Association 1983 Conference, 8-11 August 1983, Las Vegas, Nevada. USDA For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. INT-168.
Shaw, N. (1984). Producing bareroot seedlings of native shrubs. Pp. 6-15. In: P. M. Murphy (compiler). The challenge of producing native plants for the Intermountain area. Proceedings Intermountain Nurseryman's Association 1983 Conference, 8-11 August 1983, Las Vegas, Nevada. USDA For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. INT-168.
Shaw, N. (1984). Producing bareroot seedlings of native shrubs. Pp. 6-15. In: P. M. Murphy (compiler). The challenge of producing native plants for the Intermountain area. Proceedings Intermountain Nurseryman's Association 1983 Conference, 8-11 August 1983, Las Vegas, Nevada. USDA For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. INT-168.
Young, J. A. and Evans, R. A. (1976). Stratification of bitterbrush seeds. J. Range Manage. 29, 421-425.
Evans, R. A. and Young, J. A. (1977). Bitterbrush germination with constant and alternating temperatures. J. Range Manage. 30, 30-32.
Table 10.39 In: Baskin, C.J. and Baskin, J.M. Seeds: Ecology, Biogeography and Evolution in Dormancy and Germination, Academic Press, 1998. Chapter 10: A Geographical Perspective on Germination Ecology: Temperate and Arctic Zones, pages 331 to 458.

Citation:

Baskin, Jerry M.; Baskin, Carol C.. 2002. Propagation protocol for production of Container (plug) Purshia tridentata (Pursh) DC plants University of Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky. In: Native Plant Network. URL: https://NativePlantNetwork.org (accessed 2024/07/23). US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, National Center for Reforestation, Nurseries, and Genetic Resources.