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Atriplex (patula)

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

Family Scientific Name: Chenopodiaceae
Family Common Name: Goose foot family
Scientific Name: Atriplex patula L.
Common Name: Boreal saltbush
Species Code: ATRPAT
General Distribution: A. patula is a circumboreal species found throughout northern and western North America.
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 5/25 C alternating temperature cycle.
Germination was greater in light than dark.
References: Young, J. A., Kay, B. L., George, H. and Evans, R. A. (1980). Germination of three species of Atriplex. Agron. J. 72, 705-709.
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 patula L. 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.