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Protocol Information
Carol and Jerry Baskin
Professors
University of Kentucky
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0225
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| Family Scientific Name: |
Pinaceae |
| Family Common Name: |
Pine family |
| Scientific Name: |
Abies fraseri (Pursh) Poiret |
| Common Name: |
Fraser fir |
| Species Code: |
ABIFRA |
| General Distribution: |
A. fraseri is found at 1500 m elevation in North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. |
| Propagation Goal: |
Plants |
| Propagation Method: |
Seed |
| Product Type: |
Container (plug) |
| Propagule Processing: |
Seeds exhibit physiological dormancy. |
| Pre-Planting Treatments: |
Seeds are stratified for 112 days and germinated under 30D/20N C alternating temperature cycle. Germination was greater under light than dark. |
| Other Comments: |
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| References: |
Franklin, J. F. (1974). Abies Mill. Fir. Pp. 168-183. In: C. S. Schopmeyer (Tech. Coord.). Seeds of woody plants in the United States. USDA. Forest Service. Agriculture Handbook No. 450.
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, Carol C.; Baskin, Jerry M. 2002. Propagation protocol for production of container Abies fraseri (Pursh) Poiret plants; University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky. In: Native Plant Network. URL: http://www.nativeplantnetwork.org (accessed 3 September 2010). Moscow (ID): University of Idaho, College of Natural Resources, Forest Research Nursery. |
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