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Pinaceae (Pinus)



Pinus (lambertiana)


Pinaceae

Pine family


Pinus

lambertiana



Dougl.










Sugar pine

PINLAM


P. lambertiana is found from Oregon south through the Cascades and Sierra range to south central California.


plants

seed

Container (plug)


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Seed dormancy is physiological dormancy.

Seeds are placed in cold moist stratification for 90 days. Germination occurs at 5 to 25 C.












Stone, E. C. (1957a). Embryo dormancy and embryo vigor of sugar pine as affected by length of storage and storage temperatures. For. Sci. 3, 357-371.
Baron, F. J. (1978). Moisture and temperature in relation to seed structure and germination of sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana Dougl.). Amer. J. Bot. 65, 804-810.
Table 10.35 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.

Baskin, Jerry M.; Baskin, Carol C.. 2002. Propagation protocol for production of Container (plug) Pinus lambertiana Dougl. plants University of Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky. In: Native Plant Network. URL: https://NativePlantNetwork.org (accessed 2024/12/22). US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, National Center for Reforestation, Nurseries, and Genetic Resources.