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Schoenoplectus (americanus)

Carol and Jerry Baskin
Professors
University of Kentucky
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0225
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Family Scientific Name: Cyperaceae
Family Common Name: Sedge Family
Scientific Name: Schoenoplectus americanus (Pers.) Volk. ex Schinz & R. Keller
Common Synonym: Scirpus americanus Pers.
Common Name: American bulrush
Species Code: SCHAME
Propagation Goal: plants
Propagation Method: seed
ProductType: Container (plug)
Time To Grow: 0
Propagule Processing: Seed dormancy is physiological dormancy.
Pre-Planting Treatments: Seeds were cold stratified for 180 days. Seeds germinate at temperatures of 30 to 32 C in the presence of light.
References: Baskin C.C. and Baskin J.M. Seeds: Ecology, Biogeography, and Evolution of Dormancy and Germination, Academic Press, 1998. 666p.
Isley 1944.A study of conditions that affect the germination of Scirpus seeds.Cornell Univers. Ag. Expt. Station Mem. 257.

Citation:

Baskin, Carol C.. 2003. Propagation protocol for production of Container (plug) Schoenoplectus americanus (Pers.) Volk. ex Schinz & R. Keller plants University of Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky. 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.