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Cercis (canadensis)

Morris J. Houck, Jr.
USDA NRCS - James E. "Bud" Smith Plant Materials Center
3776 Farm Road 1292
Knox City, Texas 79529-2514
(940) 658-3922
(940) 658-3047 (fax)
mhouck@tx.nrcs.usda.gov
http://plant-materials.nrcs.usda.gov/txpmc
Family Scientific Name: Leguminosae
Family Common Name: Legume Family
Scientific Name: Cercis canadensis L.
Common Name: Eastern redbud
Species Code: CECA4
Ecotype: Veterans Lake Dam
General Distribution: Eastern United States: Connecticut to Iowa southward to Texas and Florida. Found on abandoned farmlands, cutover woodlands, or in forest understories.
Propagation Goal: plants
Propagation Method: seed
ProductType: Container (plug)
Time To Grow: 0
Target Specifications: Stock Type: Container seedling. Height: 3 ft. Caliper: N/A. Root System: Long taproot.
Propagule Collection: Collected in Chickasaw National Recreation Area, Sulphur, Oklahoma by Morris Houck, James Alderson and Gary Bates in 10/1991.
Propagule Processing: Seed Processing: Pods collected by hand and run through hammer mill at the NRCS PMC.
Seeds/Kg: N/A.
Germination: N/A.
Purity: N/A.
Pre-Planting Treatments: Seed Treatments: Sulfuric acid is added to seeds for a predetermined period. After treatment, the seeds should be washed thoroughly and then stored in a refrigerator with moist sphagnum peat moss until spring planting or sowed immediately (without pretreatment) after collection in the fall in well-prepared seed beds.
Growing Area Preparation/
Annual Practices for Perennial Crops:		 Propagation Environment: In the greenhouse and then set in the lath house for growing and hardening-off.

Container Type and Volume: 1 gallon.

Growing Media: Sunshine Mix #1 or #3.
Establishment Phase: Sowing Date: Seeds sown in late fall or early spring.

Seed Propagation Method: Hand seeding in containers or flats.

Emergence and Date: N/A.

Sowing/Planting Technique: Direct seeding by hand.

Establishment Phase: N/A.
Active Growth Phase: N/A.
Hardening Phase: N/A.
Harvesting, Storage and Shipping: Harvest Date: Late fall.

Total Time To Harvest: September.

Storage Conditions: N/A.
References: Seeds of Woody Plants in the United States, 305-308; NRCS James E. `Bud' Smith Plant Materials Center, Knox City, Texas, Plant Collection Information PM-580.

Citation:

Esquivel, Rudy G.. 2001. Propagation protocol for production of Container (plug) Cercis canadensis L. plants USDA NRCS - James E. "Bud" Smith Plant Materials Center Knox City, Texas. 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.