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Sarcobatus (vermiculatus)

Carol and Jerry Baskin
Professors
University of Kentucky
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0225
seedlings.uidaho.com

Family Scientific Name: Chenopodiaceae
Family Common Name: Goose foot family
Scientific Name: Sarcobatus vermiculatus (Hook.) Torr.
Common Name: Greasewood
Species Code: SACVER
Propagation Goal: plants
Propagation Method: seed
ProductType: Container (plug)
Time To Grow: 0
Propagule Processing: Seed dormancy is physiological dormancy.Seeds are placed in cold stratification. Germination occurs at 10 C and 30D/20N C alternating temperature cycle.Germination was equal in light and dark.
References: Eddleman, L. E. (1979). Germination in black greasewood (Sarcobatus vermiculatus (Hook.) Torr.). Northw. Sci. 53, 289-294.
Sabo, D. G., Johnson, G. V., Martin, W. C. and Aldon, E. F. (1979). Germination requirements of 19 species of arid land plants. USDA For. Serv. Res. Pap. RM-210.Romo, J. T. and Haferkamp, M. R. (1987). Effects of osmotic potential, potassium chloride, and sodium chloride on germination of greasewood (Sarcobatus vermiculatus). Great Basin Nat. 47, 110-116.
Table 10.28 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) Sarcobatus vermiculatus (Hook.) Torr. plants University of Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky. 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.