Seed dormancy and germination of a panel of New Zealand plants suitable for re-vegetation

New Zealand Journal of Botany

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 373-382

  Mackay, A C ^a   McGill, C R ^a   Fountain, D W ^a   Southward, R C ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Carex trifida; Coprosma robusta; Cyperus ustulatus; Dormancy; Germination; Hebe stricta; Muehlenbeckia australis; Myrsine australis; Phormium tenax; Phormium tenax Yellow Wave'; Seed; Sophora prostrata; Stratification

Indexed keywords

DORMANCY; GERMINATION; REVEGETATION; SEED;

NEW ZEALAND;

CAREX; CAREX TRIFIDA; COPROSMA ROBUSTA; CYPERUS; CYPERUS USTULATUS; HEBE; HEBE STRICTA; LEPTOSPERMUM SCOPARIUM; MUEHLENBECKIA; MUEHLENBECKIA AUSTRALIS; MYRSINE; MYRSINE AUSTRALIS; PHORMIUM TENAX; SOPHORA PROSTATA; SOPHORA PROSTRATA;

EID: 0036769841     PISSN: 0028825X     EISSN: 11758643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0028825X.2002.9512798     Document Type: Article

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