Scrub Plum (Prunus geniculata) – Johnny Butterflyseed

Hard or Dormant Seeds

Johnny — Thu, 24 Aug 2023 14:43:49 +0000

Hard or dormant seeds are seeds that do not readily germinate under optimal conditions that would otherwise be favorable for the germination of non-dormant seeds of the same species. This dormancy acts as a survival mechanism for the plant, ensuring that the seeds don’t all germinate at once, especially under conditions that may be temporarily...

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Johnny Butterflyseed Finds Scrub Plum (Prunus geniculata) Seedling in the Wild

Johnny — Thu, 29 Jul 2021 14:27:06 +0000

Johnny Butterflyseed has found a Scrub Plum (Prunus geniculata) seedling in the wild, an exceptionally rare occurrence. Scrub Plum seedlings are so rare that determining the causes of their rarity was the central focus of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s recovery plan (USFWS, 1999). In annual censuses of ~900 scrub plum plants from 2002...

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Johnny Butterflyseed Celebrates First Scrub Plum (Prunus geniculata) Sprout

Johnny — Tue, 13 Jul 2021 14:14:32 +0000

Johnny Butterflyseed's first Scrub Plum

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Johnny Butterflyseed Submits Polk County’s First Scrub Plum Herbarium Specimen in Almost 34 Years

Johnny — Thu, 29 Apr 2021 21:52:30 +0000

The endangered Scrub Plum (prunus geniculata) is submitted by Johnny Butterflyseed to two Florida herbaria, the first for Polk County in a third of a century.

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