Vaccinium (uliginosum)
Carol and Jerry Baskin Professors University of Kentucky University of Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0225 seedlings.uidaho.com |
Family Scientific Name: | Ericaceae | ||
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Family Common Name: | Heath family | ||
Scientific Name: | Vaccinium uliginosum L. | ||
Common Name: | Bog blueberry | ||
Species Code: | VACULI | ||
General Distribution: | V. uliginosum is a circumboreal species found growing in cold bogs; from Alaska south to California along the Pacific coast and east across Canada to the Atlantic coast. | ||
Propagation Goal: | plants | ||
Propagation Method: | seed | ||
ProductType: | Container (plug) | ||
Time To Grow: | 0 | ||
Propagule Processing: | Seeds exhibit physiological dormancy.Seeds are placed in cold moist stratification for 30 days.Germination occurs at 20 to 25C. Germination is greater in light than in dark. | ||
References: |
Calmes, M. A. and Zasada, J. C. (1982). Some reproductive traits of four shrub species in the black spruce forest type of Alaska. Can. Field-Nat. 96, 35-40. 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.. 2002. Propagation protocol for production of Container (plug) Vaccinium uliginosum L. plants University of Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky. In: Native Plant Network. URL: https://NativePlantNetwork.org (accessed 2024/11/21). US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, National Center for Reforestation, Nurseries, and Genetic Resources.