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Trisetum (spicatum)

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: Trisetum spicatum L.
Common Name: Alpine trisetum
Species Code: TRISPI
General Distribution: T. spicatum is a circumboreal species found throughout arctic and subarctic North America.It is found at high elevations through the mountain ranges of the western states.
Propagation Goal: plants
Propagation Method: seed
ProductType: Container (plug)
Time To Grow: 0
Propagule Processing: Seeds are non dormant.
Pre-Planting Treatments: Germination occurs at 20D/3N C and 25D/20N C alternating temperature cycles. Germination was greater in light than in dark.
References: Pelton, J. (1956). A study of seed dormancy in eighteen species of high altitude Colorado plants. Butler Univ. Stud. Bot. 13, 74-84.
Bliss, L. C. (1958). Seed germination in arctic and alpine species. Arctic 11, 180-188.
Sayers, R. L. and Ward, R. T. (1966). Germination responses in alpine species. Bot. Gaz. 127, 11-16.
Table 10.33 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) Trisetum spicatum L. plants University of Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky. In: Native Plant Network. URL: https://NativePlantNetwork.org (accessed 2024/04/20). US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, National Center for Reforestation, Nurseries, and Genetic Resources.