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Hierochloe (alpina)

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: Hierochloe alpina (Swartz.) R&S
Common Name: Alpine sweetgrass
Species Code: HIEALP
General Distribution: H. alpina is a circumboreal species; occurring to the south at high elevations in Montana, New York,, New Hampshire, and Vermont.
Propagation Goal: plants
Propagation Method: seed
ProductType: Container (plug)
Time To Grow: 0
Propagule Processing: Inferred seed dormancy is physiological dormancy.
References: Weilenmann, K. (1981). Importance of germination and first developmental phases of alpine taxa from various habitats. Ber. Beobot. Inst. ETH, Stiftung Rubel 48, 68-119. (In German with English summary).
Zuur-Isler, D. (1982). Germinating behaviour and early life phases of some species from alpine serpentine soils. Ber. Beobot. Inst. ETH, Stiftung Rubel 49, 76-107. (In German with English summary).
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) Hierochloe alpina (Swartz.) R&S plants University of Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky. In: Native Plant Network. URL: https://NativePlantNetwork.org (accessed 2025/06/08). US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, National Center for Reforestation, Nurseries, and Genetic Resources.