1. Beargrass.
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Shebitz, Daniela, Ewing, Kern, and Gutierrez, Jorge
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XEROPHYLLUM (Plants) , *GERMINATION , *SEED stratification , *PERENNIALS , *INFLORESCENCES , *PLANT conservation - Abstract
The article focuses on a study which examined the effectiveness of smokewater as a restoration tool in germinating beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Beargrass is a herbaceous perennial that produces a club- or cone-shaped inflorescence of white flowers. Conservation of beargrass and restoration of its habitat on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington has been a project of the Olympic National Forest staff with the help of Skokomish and Quinault Indian Nations which reintroduced anthropogenic burning. Results of the greenhouse study revealed that higher germination rates were recorded for Quinault seeds soaked in smokewater and after undergoing stratification. more...
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- 2009