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Mahonia (fremontii)

Carol and Jerry Baskin
Professors
University of Kentucky
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0225
seedlings.uidaho.com

Family Scientific Name: Berberidaceae
Family Common Name: Barberry family
Scientific Name: Mahonia fremontii Torr.
Common Synonym: Berberis fremontii
Common Name: Fremont's oregon grape
Species Code: MAHFRE
General Distribution: M. fremontii is found in southern Colorado and Utah and northern New Mexico and Arizona.
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 stratification.
Germination occurs at 13/6 C alternating temperature cycle.
Germination was equal in light and dark.
References: Baskin, C. C., Baskin, J. M. and Meyer, S. E. (1993d). Seed dormancy in the Colorado Plateau shrub Mahonia fremontii (Berberidaceae) and its ecological and evolutionary implications. Southw. Nat. 38, 91-99.
Table 10.28 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) Mahonia fremontii Torr. 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.