SMOKE-INDUCED GERMINATION IN PHACELIA STRICTAFLORA

Seedlings of Phacelia strictiflora A.L. de Jussieu (Hydrophyllaceae) germinate profusely after major fires in the Cross Timbers forest of Oklahoma and rarely at other times and places. Seed germination was greatly enhanced under laboratory conditions by exposure to a water suspension of smoke chemic...

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Main Authors: Stanley A. Rice, Sonya L. Ross
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oklahoma Native Plant Society 2013-12-01
Series:Oklahoma Native Plant Record
Online Access:http://ojs.library.okstate.edu/osu/index.php/ONPR/article/view/1638/1467