Longevity of black cherry seed in the forest floor

G. W. Wendel

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Longevity of black cherry seed in the forest floor

Informally Refereed

Authors:

G. W. Wendel

Year:

1972

Type:

Research Note

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

Research Note NE-149. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 4p.

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Abstract

Observations made on the Fernow Experimental Forest in West Virginia indicate that some black cherry seeds remain viable in the forest floor over three winters. On the average fewer than 10 percent of the seeds stored in the forest floor germinated the first spring, about 50 percent germinated the second spring, and 25 percent germinated the third spring.

Citation

Wendel, G. W. 1972. Longevity of black cherry seed in the forest floor. Research Note NE-149. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 4p.