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Atriplex (canescens)

Carol and Jerry Baskin
Professors
University of Kentucky
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0225
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Family Scientific Name: Chenopodiaceae
Family Common Name: Goose-foot family
Scientific Name: Atriplex canescens (Pursh) Nutt.
Common Name: Four wing saltbush
Species Code: ATRCAN
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 16 to 19 C.
References: Springfield, H. W. (1969). Temperatures for germination of fourwing saltbush. J. Range Manage. 22, 49-50.
Springfield, H. W. (1970). Germination and establishment of fourwing saltbush in the Southwest. USDA Forest Serv. Res. Pap. RM-55.
Stidham, N. D., Ahring, R. M., Powell, J. and Claypool, P. L. (1980). Chemical scarification, moist prechilling, and thiourea effects on germination of 18 shrub species. J. Range Manage. 33, 115-118.
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) Atriplex canescens (Pursh) Nutt. plants University of Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky. In: Native Plant Network. URL: https://NativePlantNetwork.org (accessed 2024/05/19). US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, National Center for Reforestation, Nurseries, and Genetic Resources.