Protocol Information

Carol and Jerry Baskin
Professors
University of Kentucky
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0225

Family Scientific Name:	Ericaceae
Family Common Name:	Heath family
Scientific Name:	Rhododendron lapponicum (L.) Wahl.
Common Name:	Lapland rosebay
Species Code:	RHOLAP
General Distribution:	R. lapponicum is a circumpolar species found growing in dry fell fields and alpine slopes: from Alaska, Yukon and Northwest Territories east to Newfoundland and south to extreme northern British Columbia.
Propagation Goal:	Plants
Propagation Method:	Seed
Product Type:	Container (plug)
Propagule Processing:	Seeds exhibit physiological dormancy.
Pre-Planting Treatments:	Seeds are placed in cold moist stratification for 71 to 112 days. Germination occurs under greenhouse temperatures.
References:	Nichols, G. E. (1934). The influence of exposure to winter temperatures upon seed germination in various native American plants. Ecology 15, 364-373. 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 Rhododendron lapponicum (L.) Wahl. 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.