Carex (aquatilis)
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Alaska Plant Materials Center Alaska Plant Materials Center 5310 S. Bodenburg Spur Rd. Palmer, Alaska 99645 907-745-4469 907-746-1568 (fax) Don.Ross@alaska.gov http://www.plants.alaska.gov/ |
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| Family Scientific Name: | Cyperaceae | ||
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| Family Common Name: | Sedge | ||
| Scientific Name: | Carex aquatilis Wahlenberg aquatilis | ||
| Common Name: | Water Sedge | ||
| Ecotype: | Bogs and marshes throughout Alaska | ||
| Propagation Goal: | plants | ||
| Propagation Method: | seed | ||
| ProductType: | Container (plug) | ||
| Time To Grow: | 0 | ||
| Target Specifications: | Cells of dimension: 3" x 3" x 4". Firm root system, healthy shoots (approximately 6 inches or more tall.) | ||
| Propagule Collection: | By gloved hand. Stem is sharp. Fruiting heads are ripe just before shattering. Seeds enclosed in perigynia. When ripe, seeds are brown and hard. Care needs to be taken when harvesting to avoid perigynia smut. | ||
| Propagule Processing: | Air dry. Clean with brush cleaner and by hand. Care needs to be given that seed is not harmed, but that the perigynia is removed. Approximately 900 seeds per gram. Tetrazolium test showed 90+ % viability. Store seeds in freezer until time for processing. | ||
| Pre-Planting Treatments: | Place 1 g. of seed in cloth bags. Run cold water over them for 24 hours. Either place bags between layers of wet peat (peat sandwich) or plant directly into standard no hole flats containing 18 3x3" cells with obligate soil mixture. Store seeds for spring planting in a cooler over winter to enable a sheltered cold moist stratification (cooler was not turned on, but left to fluctuate with ambient temperature.) | ||
| Growing Area Preparation/ Annual Practices for Perennial Crops: |
In spring bring planted seeds into greenhouse. Those seeds in peat sandwiches can be planted either directly outside in wetland bed (coir mat with inch of obligate soil mix) or into cells filled with obligate soil mixture and then placed in greenhouse. | ||
| Establishment Phase: | If using fishy peat as the peat portion of the obligate soil mix, fertilize with organic compost tea. If soil less mixture used, fertilize with non-organic fertilizer. | ||
| Length of Establishment Phase: | Seeds germinate readily with this cold, moist stratification. | ||
| Active Growth Phase: | Once temperatures outside remain above freezing, move cells to lathhouse. Try to plant C.aquatilis plugs before plants get potbound. If potbound then be sure to tease roots apart when planting. | ||
| References: |
Flora of North America Editorial Committee, 2002. Flora of North America, Volume 23, Oxford University Press,p.397. Steinfeld, David E. 2001. Propagation protocol for production of container Carex aquatilis Wahl. plants (Root Trainer 20); J. Herbert Stone Nursery, Central Point, Oregon. In: Native Plant Network. URL: http://www.nativeplantnetwork.org (accessed 9 April 2002). Moscow (ID): University of Idaho, College of Natural Resources, Forest Research Nursery. |
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Citation:
Moore, Nancy; Hunt, Peggy. 2003. Propagation protocol for production of Container (plug) Carex aquatilis Wahlenberg plants Alaska Plant Materials Center Palmer, Alaska. 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.
