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Some characteristics of fruitfulness and seed germination in red maple

Red maple (Acer rubrum L.) is one of the most wide-ranging, and reproductively unique species of trees in eastern North America. Its competitive status is the forest is enhanced not only by its vigorous sprouting ability but also by a capacity to produce large and frequent crops of seeds which mature, disseminate. and germinate during a few- weeks in late spring and early summer. Little is know of the quantitative aspects of red maple's fruitfulness or of the germinative potential of its seed. This Hole reports the results of a pilot study to investigate these characteristics.


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Author(s): Herschel G. Abbott

Publication: Tree Planters' Notes - Volume 25, Number 2 (1974)

Volume: 25

Number: 2