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Leymus (cinereus)

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

Family Scientific Name: Poaceae
Family Common Name: Grass family
Scientific Name: Leymus cinereus (S.&M.) Love
Common Synonym: Elymus cinereus Scribn. & Merr.
Common Name: Basin wild rye
Species Code: LEYCIN
General Distribution: L. cinereus is found from central and western Canada to Montana and South Dakota, south to Nebraska and south to Arizona and California.
Propagation Goal: plants
Propagation Method: seed
ProductType: Container (plug)
Time To Grow: 0
Propagule Processing: Seeds exhibit physiological dormancy.
Pre-Planting Treatments: Seeds are placed in cold moist stratification for 6 to 12 days.
Germination occurs at 20D/10N C alternating temperature cycle.
In another study, seeds placed in cold stratification germinated at 25/15 alternating temperature cycle.
References: Meyer, S. E., Beckstead, J., Allen, P. S. and Pullman, H. (1995). Germination ecophysiology of Lymus cinereus (Poaceae). Int. J. Plant Sci. 156, 206-215.
Evans, R. A. and Young, J. A. (1983). `Magnar' basin wildrye - germination in relation to temperature. J. Range Manage. 36, 395-398.
Table 10.24 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) Leymus cinereus (S.&M.) Love plants University of Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky. In: Native Plant Network. URL: https://NativePlantNetwork.org (accessed 2024/07/23). US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, National Center for Reforestation, Nurseries, and Genetic Resources.