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Germination Of Seeds Of Perennials Native To The Minnesota Region, May L. Wright

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

Requirements for the germination of the seeds of herbaceous perennials native to the Minnesota region are given in general. Examples of specific requirements are noted for certain plant species.

Preliminary Studies On A One-Year-Old Field At The Cedar Creek Natural History Area, Minnesota, Dennis T. Disrud

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

Qualitative and quantitative data are reported from a 12-acre one-year-old field composed of two 6-acre strips of diverse history. Frequency and density of angiosperms were recorded from 70 ½ x ¼ meter quadrats during July, August, and September of 1965. Seventy-two species and varieties in 57 genera and 28 families are represented in collections from this field. Twenty-six species were recorded from the quadrats sampled, representing 36.l per cent of the total number collected. Vegetation present during the first year following abandonment was composed primarily of and dominated by annual forbs; dominants included Ambrosia artemisiifolia, Chenopodium leptophyllum, Mollugo verticillata, Polygonum …

Germination And Early Development Of The Silky Prairie Clover, Richard B. Forbes

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

Field and laboratory studies of the silky prairie clover (Petalostemon villosum Nutt.) in central Minnesota indicated that seeds of this plant require scarification but do not require an overwintering period, to germinate. Germination and primary root growth are rapid; shoot growth appears to be quite slow. Methods of associating shoot growth with age are suggested and several notes on the life history of the plant ore presented.

The History Of Germinating Embryos Of The Eastern Dwarfmistletoe (Arceuthobium Pusillum Peck), Frank H. Tainter

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

Embryos of germinating seeds of Arceuthobium pusillum have four histological zones: the protoderm of the radicular apex, which remains distinct throughout germination and through anticlinal divisions gives rise to the epidermis; the procambium, which matures into a simple vascular strand in the mature radicle; the ground meristem, which matures into the cortex; and the promeristem, from which the procambium and ground meristem are derived.

Life-Forms In The Flora Of Minnesota, John W. Thieret

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

A life-form study, using the Raunkiaer classification, was mode of the spermatophytes of Minnesota. Three life-form spectra ore presented: Minnesota (Ph 13.0%, Ch 3.0%, H 49.0%, Cr 22.0%, Th 13.0%); Cloy County, a grassland area (Ph 12.3%, Ch 1.7%, H 53.7%, Cr 19.5%, Th 12 .8%); and St. Louis and Lake counties, within the Boreal Coniferous Forest (Ph 14.9%, Ch 2.9%, H 47.2%, Cr 25.5%, Th 9.5%. (These data indicate that a hemicryptophytic climate prevails in Minnesota and ore generally in harmony with Raunkiaer's assertions concerning the relation between life-form spectra and latitude.

The Competition Of Wild Oats With Wheat, Barley And Oats For Phosphorus And Potassium, J. M. Halloin, Theodore W. Sudia

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

Wild oat plants attained the same heights, weights, and P contents when competing with barley, wheat, oats, or other wild oats al both high and low nutrient concentrations. This same relation was found in the K content of wild oats grown with barley and wheat, but wild oats competing with oats contained less K than those competing with wild oats, and this difference was accentuated with increased nutrient concentrations.

Barley plants grown in competition with wild oats or with other barley plants showed no effects of competitive interaction al either nutrient concentration.

Wheat and oats, like barley, showed no gross …