Factors affecting germination of endangered northeastern bulrush, Scirpus ancistrochaetus Schuyler (Cyperaceae)

Seed Science and Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 733-741

  Lentz, Kendra A ^a,b   Johnson, Heidi A ^a,c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Botany ^*  (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SCIRPUS ANCISTROCHAETUS;

EID: 0032419966     PISSN: 02510952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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