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Carex (abrupta)

Amy Bartow
Seed and Plant Production Manager
USDA NRCS - Corvallis Plant Materials Center
3415 NE Granger Ave
Corvallis, Oregon 97330
(541) 757-4812 ext 103
(541) 757-4733 (fax)
amy.bartow@or.usda.gov
http://plant-materials.nrcs.usda.gov/orpmc
Family Scientific Name: Cyperaceae
Family Common Name: Sedge Family
Scientific Name: Carex abrupta Mackenzie
Common Name: abruptbeak sedge
Species Code: CAAB2
Ecotype: Seeds were collected from Lassen National Park.
Propagation Goal: plants
Propagation Method: seed
ProductType: Plug + (container-field grown hybrids)
Time To Grow: 4 Months
Target Specifications: Good looking plug with roots that have tightly filled the cone-tainer.
Propagule Collection: Seeds were hand stipped from plants when mature.
Propagule Processing: Seeds were cleaned using a small air screen machine.
Pre-Planting Treatments: Germination trials were established with the following results:
90 days cold stratification, 43% germination; 120 days cold stratification, 33% germination; and 120 days cold stratification, 44% germination.
Growing Area Preparation/
Annual Practices for Perennial Crops:		 Seeds were sown into cone-tainers filled with Sunshine#1 (a soil-less,peat-based media)amended with micro-nutrients (Micromax) and a slow-release fertilizer (Osmocote 14-14-14). Flats of cone-tainers were placed in greenhouse with daytime temperatures around 80 degrees F.
Other Comments: This species, which is typical of sedges, likes heat and light while germinating.

Citation:

Bartow, Amy. 2008. Propagation protocol for production of Plug + (container-field grown hybrids) Carex abrupta Mackenzie plants USDA NRCS - Corvallis Plant Materials Center Corvallis, Oregon. In: Native Plant Network. URL: https://NativePlantNetwork.org (accessed 2024/07/22). US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, National Center for Reforestation, Nurseries, and Genetic Resources.