The Woody Plant Seed Manual

Abstract

The first comprehensive handbook on the seeds of trees and shrubs produced by the USDA Forest Service was USDA Misc. Pub. 654, Woody-Plant Seed Manual. The manuscript was ready for publication in 1941, but World War II delayed publication until 1948. The boom in tree planting in the 1950s and 1960s created a large demand for seeds and exposed the gaps in our knowledge concerning production and quality of seeds of woody plants in general.

Titles contained within The Woody Plant Seed Manual

• Arctostaphylos Adans.: manzanita
• Artemisia L.: sagebrush
• Atriplex L.: saltbush
• Caragana arborescens Lam.: Siberian peashrub
• Carnegiea gigantea (Engelm.) Britton & Rose saguaro or giant cactus
• Ceratonia siliqua L.: carob
• Cercocarpus Kunth: mountain-mahogany
• Chamaebatia foliolosa Benth.: bearmat
• Chamaebatiaria millefolium (Torr.) Maxim.: fernbush
• Chrysothamnus Nutt.: rabbitbrush
• Coleogyne ramosissima Torr.: blackbrush
• Cotoneaster Medik.: cotoneaster
• Cytisus scoparius (L.) Link: Scotch broom
• Ephedra L.: ephedra or Mormon-tea
• Eriogonum Michx.: wild-buckwheat, buckwheatbrush
• Fallugia paradoxa (D. Don) Endl. ex Torr.: Apache-plume
• Fremontodendron Coville: fremontia, flannelbush
• Garrya Dougl. ex Lindl.: silktassel
• Ginkgo biloba L.: ginkgo
• Grayia spinosa (Hook.) Moq.: spiny hopsage
• Heteromeles arbutifolia (Lindl.) M. Roemer: Christmasberry
• Hippophae rhamnoides L.: common seabuckthorn
• Holodiscus (K. Koch) Maxim.: ocean-spray
• Kochia Roth: kochia
• Larix P. Mill.: larch
• Morus L.: mulberry
• Penstemon Schmidel: penstemon, beardtongue
• Phellodendron amurense Rupr.: Amur corktree
• Philadelphus L.: mock orange
• Purshia DC. ex Poir.: bitterbrush, cliffrose
• Ribes L.: currant, gooseberry
• Rosa L.: rose, briar
• Salvia L.: sage
• Sapindus saponaria var. drummondii (Hook. & Arn.) L. Benson: western soapberry
• Simmondsia chinensis (Link) Schneid.: jojoba
• Spiraea L.: spirea
• Syringa L.: lilac
• Tamarix chinensis Lour.: saltcedar or five-stamen tamarisk
• Ulex europaeus L.: common gorse
• Yucca L.: yucca
• Zuckia brandegei (Gray) Welsh & Stutz ex Welsh: siltbush

Citation

Bonner, Franklin T.; Karrfalt, Robert P., eds. 2008. The Woody Plant Seed Manual. Agric. Handbook No. 727. Washington, DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. 1223 p.