Protocol Information
Carol and Jerry Baskin
Professors
University of Kentucky
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0225
Family Scientific Name: Salicaceae Family Common Name: Willow family Scientific Name: Salix bebbiana Sarg. Common Name: Bebb's willow Species Code: SALBEB General Distribution: S. bebbiana is found from from Alaska east to Newfoundland and south through the United States to Pennsylvania, Indiana, Iowa and through the western states to New Mexico, Arizona and California. Propagation Goal: Plants Propagation Method: Seed Product Type: Container (plug) Propagule Processing: Seeds are non dormant. Pre-Planting Treatments: Germination occurs at 5 to 25 C. References: Densmore, R. and Zasada, J. C. (1983). Seed dispersal and dormancy patterns in northern willows: Ecological and evolutionary significance. Can. J. Bot. 61, 3207-3216.
Baskin, C.J. and Baskin, J.M. Seeds: Ecology, Biogeography and Evolution in Dormancy and Germination, Academic Press, 1998. Chapter 10: A Geographical Perspective on Germination Ecology: Temperate and Arctic Zones, pages 331 to 458.
Citation: Baskin, Carol C.; Baskin, Jerry M. 2002. Propagation protocol for production of container Salix bebbiana Sarg. plants; University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky. In: Native Plant Network. URL: http://www.nativeplantnetwork.org (accessed 16 January 2009). Moscow (ID): University of Idaho, College of Natural Resources, Forest Research Nursery.