Fallugia (paradoxa)
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Allegra Mount Seed Lab Manager Borderlands Restoration PO Box 1191 Patagonia, Arizona 85624 949-690-2592 borderlands.restoration@gmail.com www.borderlandsrestoration.org |
| Family Scientific Name: | Rosaceae | ||
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| Family Common Name: | Rose Family | ||
| Scientific Name: | Fallugia paradoxa (D.Don) Endl. ex Torr. | ||
| Common Name: | Apache plume | ||
| Ecotype: | Madrean Archipelago | ||
| General Distribution: |
Apache plume grows in uplands, canyons and along washes, providing erosion control as well as forage for a variety of ungulates (Bonner and Karrfalt 2008, Flora of North America Editorial Committee 1993+). Found from 200-2800m in a variety of habitats across Mexico and the southwestern United States, it flowers April-October and is often rhizomatous and colonial in drainages while remaining solitary and non-rhizomatous in upland habitats (Flora of North America Editorial Committee 1993+). |
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| Propagation Goal: | Plants | ||
| Propagation Method: | Seed | ||
| ProductType: | Container (plug) | ||
| Propagule Collection: |
Soon after Apache plume fruits are ripe they disarticulate from the rest of the plant, making the collection season relatively short (Bonner and Karrfalt 2008). Collection should commence when the pink styles begin to fade and the achenes turn reddish (Bonner and Karrfalt 2008). Collect seeds by hand, gently gathering tufts of seed by their elongated feathery styles. |
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| Propagule Processing: |
There is no simple way to clean the seed without using very specialized mechanical equipment (Bonner and Karrfalt 2008). Borderlands Restoration does not currently not have access to this type of equipment. Seeds can be stored up to three years under optimal conditions (7-12% humidity), but viability decreases drastically hereafter (Bonner and Karrfalt 2008). |
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| Establishment Phase: |
Apache plume does not require pre-germination treatment although removal of styles has been shown in one study to increase germination rates, presumably because this increases seed-substrate contact (Bonner and Karrfalt 2008). This study also found that germinating seed at 20-25°C resulted in 85% germination rates, compared with seed germinated at 5-10°C which had much lower germination rates of 51% (Bonner and Karrfalt 2008). Although in most cases the literature agrees that stratification is not necessary for this species, Belcher (1985) recommends 30 day stratification at 3-5°C may be helpful in rare circumstances where seeds are not germinating. In general, germination rates for this species should be 80-100% if following protocols listed above (Belcher 1985). |
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| References: |
Belcher E, ed. Handbook on seeds of browse-shrubs and forbs. Tech. Publ. R8-TP8. USDA Forest Service, Southern Region, Atlanta, Georgia, 1985. Bonner, Franklin T. and Robert P. Karrfalt, eds.The woody plant seed manual, USDA Forest Service Agricultural Handbook No. 727. Government Printing Office, Washington DC: U.S Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, 2008. Flora of North America Editorial Committee, eds. Flora of North America North of Mexico. 20+ vols. New York and Oxford, 1993+. Borderlands Restoration Network (2018). BRN Native Plant Materials Program Database. Unpublished Raw Data. |
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Citation:
Allen-Cantú, Juniper; Claverie, Francesca; McNelis, Perin; Mount, Allegra. 2018. Propagation protocol for production of Container (plug) Fallugia paradoxa (D.Don) Endl. ex Torr. Plants Borderlands Restoration Patagonia, Arizona. 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.
