RNGR.net is sponsored by the USDA Forest Service and Southern Regional Extension Forestry and is a colloborative effort between these two agencies.

U.S. Department of Agriculture USDA Forest Service Southern Regional Extension Forestry Southern Regional Extension Forestry

Skip to content. | Skip to navigation

The Forest Service National Center for Reforestation, Nurseries, and Genetic Resources (RNGR) is a leading source of technical information for nurseries and land managers regarding production and planting of trees and other native plants for reforestation, restoration, and conservation.

 
NPN Protocol Details Image

Baccharis (pilularis)

Margaret Smither-Kopperl
USDA NRCS - Lockeford Plant Materials Center
21001 Elliot Rd, PO Box 68
Lockeford, California 95237
209 727 5319
209 727 5923 (fax)
margaret.kopperl@ca.usda.gov
http://plant-materials.nrcs.usda.gov/capmc
Family Scientific Name: Asteraceae
Family Common Name: Sunflower family
Scientific Name: Baccharis pilularis DC.
Common Name: coyotebrush
Species Code: BAPI
Ecotype: San Joaquin Valley, CA
General Distribution: Northwest California, Sierra Nevada Foothills, west Central Western California, South Coast, Channel Islands, Western Transverse Ranges, Peninsular Ranges, Oregon, Northern Mexico.
Known Invasiveness: Plants are dioecious. Male cultivars are preferred for hedgerow plantings as female plants produce numerous wind-dispersed seeds.
Propagation Goal: plants
Propagation Method: vegetative
ProductType: Container (plug)
Stock Type: Rooted male vegetative cuttings in 1/2 gallon containers.
Time To Grow: 6 Months
Target Specifications: Approximately 6 months to fill a « gallon container; 4 months to fill a D-40 container. Height: « gallon containers from 14-17" D-40 containers from 8-12" Root system: full fibrous root system which fills the containers
Propagule Collection: Source of cuttings: USDA, NRCS, Lockeford Plant Material Center.
Cuttings were taken from the hedgerows located at the CAPMC. Collection date 3/30/2012
Propagule Processing: Trim cuttings to about 3" with sterile shears, two or three pairs of leaves at the top.
Pre-Planting Treatments: Dip cut end in 1:20 solution of Wood's brand rooting hormone recommended for herbaceous cuttings.
Growing Area Preparation/
Annual Practices for Perennial Crops:		 Place dipped cuttings two nodes deep into germination flat filled with a 1:1 mixture of vermiculite to perlite. Place flats in humidity tent set to mist for 1 minute every 32 minutes. Set bottom heat to 80 degrees. 33 days later on 5/1/2012, 96% of cuttings rooted.
Establishment Phase: Transplant rooted cuttings into D-40 containers using sunshine #4 soil, adding no fertilizer and put in lath house, set to irrigate every other day for 20 minutes
Length of Establishment Phase: 3 months
Active Growth Phase: Transplant into « gallon containers with Sunshine #4 soil and fertilize with Osmocote control release fertilizer 18-6-12 on 8/3/12 and returned to lath house.
Length of Active Growth Phase: 2 months
Hardening Phase: Coyote brush grows actively and blooms over the winter.
Other Comments: Use of male coyotebrush in plantings prevents seed production and the potential for invasiveness, with abundant floral resources over the winter.
References: Hickman, James C. The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California. Berkley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1993.

Citation:

Gomes, Amy; Smither-Kopperl, Margaret. 2012. Propagation protocol for production of Container (plug) Baccharis pilularis DC. plants Rooted male vegetative cuttings in 1/2 gallon containers.; USDA NRCS - Lockeford Plant Materials Center Lockeford, California. In: Native Plant Network. URL: https://NativePlantNetwork.org (accessed 2024/07/01). US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, National Center for Reforestation, Nurseries, and Genetic Resources.