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Pinus (lambertiana)

Carol and Jerry Baskin
Professors
University of Kentucky
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0225
seedlings.uidaho.com
Family Scientific Name: Pinaceae
Family Common Name: Pine family
Scientific Name: Pinus lambertiana Dougl.
Common Name: Sugar pine
Species Code: PINLAM
General Distribution: P. lambertiana is found from Oregon south through the Cascades and Sierra range to south central California.
Propagation Goal: plants
Propagation Method: seed
ProductType: Container (plug)
Time To Grow: 0
Propagule Processing: Seed dormancy is physiological dormancy.
Pre-Planting Treatments: Seeds are placed in cold moist stratification for 90 days.
Germination occurs at 5 to 25 C.
References: 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.

Citation:

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 2025/02/24). US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, National Center for Reforestation, Nurseries, and Genetic Resources.