Production and survivorship of the functional stolons of giant cutgrass, Zizaniopsis miliacea (Poaceae)

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 811-818

  Fox, Alison M ^a   Haller, William T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adventitious roots; Axillary shoots; Dispersal; Functional stolons; Giant cutgrass; Poaceae; Stand expansion; Vegetative reproduction

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; GRASS; PRODUCTIVITY; SURVIVORSHIP;

FLORIDA; UNITED STATES;

ZIZANIOPSIS MILIACEA;

EID: 0034126735     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2656888     Document Type: Article

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