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Populus (tremuloides)

Carol and Jerry Baskin
Professors
University of Kentucky
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0225
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Family Scientific Name: Salicaceae
Family Common Name: Willow family
Scientific Name: Populus tremuloides Michx.
Common Name: Aspen
Species Code: POPTRE
General Distribution: P. tremuloides is found from Alaska to Labrador,south through the United States to Virginia and Nebraska, and south throughout the western states to northern Mexico.
Propagation Goal: plants
Propagation Method: seed
ProductType: Container (plug)
Time To Grow: 0
Propagule Processing: Seeds are non dormant. Germination occurs at 30D/20N C alternating temperature cycle.
References: Zasada, J. C. and Viereck, L. A. (1975). The effect of temperature and stratification on germination in selected members of the Salicaceae in interior Alaska. Can. J. For. Res. 5, 333-337.
Fechner, G. H., Burr, K. E. and Myers, J. F. (1981). Effects of storage, temperature, and moisture stress on seed germination and early seedling development of trembling aspen. Can. J. For. Res. 11, 718-722.
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) Populus tremuloides Michx. plants University of Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky. In: Native Plant Network. URL: https://NativePlantNetwork.org (accessed 2024/07/02). US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, National Center for Reforestation, Nurseries, and Genetic Resources.