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Poa (alpina)

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

Family Scientific Name: Poaceae
Family Common Name: Grass family
Scientific Name: Poa alpina L.
Common Name: Alpine bluegrass
Species Code: POAALP
General Distribution: P. alpina is a circumboreal species found From Alaska to Newfoundland and south through the mountains of Montana,Idaho, Washington, Oregon, Wyoming, Colorado, and Utah.
Propagation Goal: plants
Propagation Method: seed
ProductType: Container (plug)
Time To Grow: 0
Propagule Processing: Seeds are non dormant.
Pre-Planting Treatments: Germination occurs at 22D/15N C alternating temperature cycle. Germination is greater in dark than light.
References: Bliss, L. C. (1958). Seed germination in arctic and alpine species. Arctic 11, 180-188.
Bock, J. H. (1976). The effects of increased snowpack on the phenology and seed germinability of selected alpine species. Pp. 265-280. In: H. W. Steinhoff and J. D. Ives (eds.). Ecological impacts of snowpack augmentation in the San Juan Mountains, Colorado. Final Report, San Juan Ecology Project. Colorado State University, Fort Collins.
Acharya, S. N. )1989). Germination response of two alpine grasses from the Rocky Mountains of Alberta. Can. J. Plant Sci. 69, 1165-1177.
Table 10.33 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) Poa alpina L. 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.