Protocol Information
Carol and Jerry Baskin
Professors
University of Kentucky
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0225
Family Scientific Name: Fagaceae Family Common Name: Oak family Scientific Name: Quercus rubra var. ambigua (Gray) Fern. Common Synonym: Quercus borealis Michx. f. Common Name: Northern red oak Species Code: QUERUB General Distribution: Q. rubra var. ambigua is found within temperate deciduous forests of eastern North America. Propagation Goal: Plants Propagation Method: Seed Product Type: Container (plug) Propagule Processing: Seeds exhibit physiological dormancy. Pre-Planting Treatments: Seeds are cold stratified for 90 days and germinate at 34 C. References: Aikman, J. M. (1934). The effect of low temperature on the germination and survival of native oaks. Proc. Iowa Acad. Sci. 41, 89-93.
Godman, R. M. and Mattson, G. A. (1980). Low temperatures optimum for field germination of northern red oak. Tree Plant. Notes 31(2), 32-34.
In: Baskin, C. and Baskin, J. Table 10.13 Chapter 10. Seeds: Ecology, Biogeography and Evolution of Dormancy and Germination. Academic Press, 1998. 666 pages.
Citation: Baskin, Carol C.; Baskin, Jerry M. 2002. Propagation protocol for production of container Quercus rubra var. ambigua (Gray) Fern. 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.