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Lespedeza (virginica)

Jill Barbour
Germination Specialist
USDA FS - National Seed Laboratory
5675 Riggins Mill Rd.
Dry Branch, Georgia 31020
478-751-3553
478-751-4135 (fax)
jbarbour@fs.fed.us
www.nsl.fs.fed.us
Family Scientific Name: Leguminosae
Family Common Name: Pea
Scientific Name: Lespedeza virginica (L.) Britton
Common Name: clover slender bush
Propagation Goal: seeds
Propagation Method: seed
ProductType: Propagules (seeds, cuttings, poles, etc.)
Stock Type: seed cleaning techniques
Time To Grow: 0
Propagule Processing: Pods were run twice through Westrup Brush Machine with a coarse shell (wire 10)and medium stiff brushes at speed 11. Light weight trash was remove with an aspirator at 0.015 inches of water column.
Used a 4 x 30" slotted and 4 x 32" slotted screens to remove the larger trash.
Other Comments: purity 95.56%
sd/lb 186,100
germination 75%

Citation:

Barbour, Jill R; Johnson, Gary; Karrfalt, Robert P; Kauffman, Gary. 2007. Propagation protocol for production of Propagules (seeds, cuttings, poles, etc.) Lespedeza virginica (L.) Britton seeds seed cleaning techniques; USDA FS - National Seed Laboratory Dry Branch, Georgia. In: Native Plant Network. URL: https://NativePlantNetwork.org (accessed 2025/04/21). US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, National Center for Reforestation, Nurseries, and Genetic Resources.