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Bouteloua (gracilis)

Carol and Jerry Baskin
Professors
University of Kentucky
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0225
seedlings.uidaho.com
Family Scientific Name: Poaceae
Family Common Name: Grass family
Scientific Name: Bouteloua gracilis (HBK) Lag.
Common Name: Blue grama grass
Species Code: BOUGRA
General Distribution: B. gracilis is found from Manitoba to Alberta and south to Missouri, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California. It is also found in northern Mexico.
Propagation Goal: plants
Propagation Method: seed
ProductType: Container (plug)
Time To Grow: 0
Propagule Processing: Seeds are non dormant.
Pre-Planting Treatments: Germination occurs at 27 C, 29.5D/18N C , and 35D/27N C alternating temperature cycles. Germination was equal in light and dark.
Dry storage of spring germinating seeds resulted in 95% germination.
References: Ashby, W. C. and Hellmers, H. (1955). Temperature requirements for germination in relation to wild-land seeding. J. Range Manage. 8, 80-83.
Bokhari, U. G., Singh, J. S. and Smith, F. M. (1975). Influence of temperature regimes and water stress on the germination of three range grasses and its possible ecological significance to a shortgrass prairie. J. Appl. Ecol. 12, 153-163.
Shaidaee, G., Dahl, B. E. and Hansen, R. M. (1969). Germination and emergence of different age seeds of six grasses. J. Range Manage. 22, 240-243.
Table 10.25 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) Bouteloua gracilis (HBK) Lag. 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.