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The Woody Plant Seed Manual
Bonner, Franklin T.; Karrfalt, Robert P., eds. The Woody Plant Seed Manual. Agric. Handbook No. 727. Washington, DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. 1223 p.
The first comprehensive handbook on the seeds of trees and shrubs produced by the USDA Forest Service was USDA Misc. Pub. 654, Woody-Plant Seed Manual. The manuscript was ready for publication in 1941, but World War II delayed publication until 1948. The boom in tree planting in the 1950s and 1960s created a large demand for seeds and exposed the gaps in our knowledge concerning production and quality of seeds of woody plants in general.
Keywords: seeds, woody plants, trees, shrubs
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Arctostaphylos Adans.: manzanita
Susan E. Meyer
PDF File Size: 220 KArtemisia L.: sagebrush
Susan E. Meyer
PDF File Size: 205 KAtriplex L.: saltbush
Susan E. Meyer
PDF File Size: 350 KCaragana arborescens Lam.: Siberian peashrub
Donald R. Dietz, Paul E. Slabaugh, and Franklin T. Bonner
PDF File Size: 215 KCarnegiea gigantea (Engelm.) Britton & Rose saguaro or giant cactus
Susan E. Meyer
PDF File Size: 225 KCeratonia siliqua L.: carob
Wayne D. Shepperd
PDF File Size: 205 KCercocarpus Kunth: mountain-mahogany
Stanley G. Kitchen
PDF File Size: 280 KChamaebatia foliolosa Benth.: bearmat
Arthur W. Magill and Susan E. Meyer
PDF File Size: 240 KChamaebatiaria millefolium (Torr.) Maxim.: fernbush
Nancy L. Shaw and Emerenciana G. Hurd
PDF File Size: 200 KChrysothamnus Nutt.: rabbitbrush
Susan E. Meyer
PDF File Size: 235 KColeogyne ramosissima Torr.: blackbrush
Burton K. Pendleton
PDF File Size: 305 KCotoneaster Medik.: cotoneaster
Paul E. Slabaugh and Nancy L. Shaw
PDF File Size: 235 KCytisus scoparius (L.) Link: Scotch broom
Susan E. Meyer
PDF File Size: 195 KEphedra L.: ephedra or Mormon-tea
Susan E. Meyer
PDF File Size: 205 KEriogonum Michx.: wild-buckwheat, buckwheatbrush
Susan E. Meyer
PDF File Size: 240 KFallugia paradoxa (D. Don) Endl. ex Torr.: Apache-plume
Susan E. Meyer
PDF File Size: 255 KFremontodendron Coville: fremontia, flannelbush
Susan E. Meyer
PDF File Size: 225 KGarrya Dougl. ex Lindl. silktassel
Wayne D. Shepperd
PDF File Size: 265 KGinkgo biloba L.: ginkgo
Wayne D. Shepperd
PDF File Size: 215 KGrayia spinosa (Hook.) Moq.: spiny hopsage
Nancy L. Shaw, Marshall R. Haferkamp, and Emerenciana G. Hurd
PDF File Size: 240 KHeteromeles arbutifolia (Lindl.) M. Roemer: Christmasberry
Susan E. Meyer
PDF File Size: 225 KHippophae rhamnoides L.: common seabuckthorn
Richard T. Busing and Paul E. Slabaugh
PDF File Size: 225 KHolodiscus (K. Koch) Maxim.: ocean-spray
Nancy L. Shaw, Emerenciana G. Hurd, and Peter F. Stickney
PDF File Size: 220 KKochia Roth: kochia
Stanley G. Kitchen and Stephen B. Monsen
PDF File Size: 220 KLarix P. Mill.: larch
Raymond C. Shearer
PDF File Size: 275 KMorus L.: mulberry
Jill R. Barbour, Ralph A. Read, and Robert L. Barnes
PDF File Size: 240 KPenstemon Schmidel: penstemon, beardtongue
Susan E. Meyer
PDF File Size: 225 KPhellodendron amurense Rupr.: Amur corktree
Ralph A. Read and John C. Zasada
PDF File Size: 250 KPhiladelphus L.: mock orange
Nancy L. Shaw, Emerenciana G. Hurd, and Peter F. Stickney
PDF File Size: 250 KPurshia DC. ex Poir.: bitterbrush, cliffrose
D.Terrance Booth, Susan E. Meyer, and Nancy L. Shaw
PDF File Size: 230 KRibes L.: currant, gooseberry
Robert D. Pfister and John P. Sloan
PDF File Size: 315 KRosa L.: rose, briar
Susan E. Meyer
PDF File Size: 295 KSalvia L.: sage
Susan E. Meyer
PDF File Size: 245 KSapindus saponaria var. drummondii (Hook. & Arn.) L. Benson: western soapberry
Ralph A. Read and John C. Zasada
PDF File Size: 245 KSimmondsia chinensis (Link) Schneid.: jojoba
Susan E. Meyer
PDF File Size: 265 KSpiraea L.: spirea
John C. Zasada and Peter F. Stickney
PDF File Size: 245 KSyringa L.: lilac
Paul O. Rudolf, Paul E. Slabaugh, and Nancy L. Shaw
PDF File Size: 280 KTamarix chinensis Lour.: saltcedar or five-stamen tamarisk
Wayne D. Shepperd
PDF File Size: 260 KUlex europaeus L.: common gorse
George P. Markin
PDF File Size: 225 KYucca L.: yucca
Robert R. Alexander, Floyd W. Pond, and Jane E. Rodgers
PDF File Size: 280 KZuckia brandegei (Gray) Welsh & Stutz ex Welsh: siltbush
Nancy L. Shaw, Rosemary L. Pendleton, and Emerenciana G. Hurd
PDF File Size: 370 K
Title: RMRS Other
Publications: The Woody Plant Seed Manual
Electronic Publish Date: April 13, 2009
Last Update: April
14, 2009