Studies on the ecological life cycle of the native winter annual grass Alopecurus carolinianus, with particular reference to seed germination biology in a floodplain habitat

Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 280-290

  Baskin, C C ^a   Baskin, J M ^a   Chester, E W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Annual dormancy cycle; Flooding of seeds; Floodplain habitat; Secondary dormancy; Seed germination; Winter annual

Indexed keywords

DORMANCY; FLOODPLAIN; GERMINATION; GRASS; LIFE CYCLE;

ALOPECURUS CAROLINIANUS; LESQUERELLA LESCURII;

EID: 0034534489     PISSN: 10955674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3088646     Document Type: Article

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