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Type: Journal Article
Author(s): O. W. Archibold
Publication Date: 1980

Seed traps were installed at seven sites along a transect in a burned mixedwood forest site in northern Saskatchewan to determine annual seed inputs. The seeds were returned to the laboratory for germination and identification. A total of 1698 seeds was collected in the 1977-1978 season, representing a seeding rate of 8.98 million seeds/ha. Epilobium angustifolium L. was most abundant representing 63% of the total. Betula papyrifera Marsh. accounted for 27.6% and Picea glauca (Moench) Voss 6.1%. The seed count for 1978-1979 was 651 (3.44 million/ha) and represented a significant decline in herb and tree seeds.© National Research Council of Canada, NRC Research Press. Abstract reproduced by permission.

Citation: Archibold, O. W. 1980. Seed input into a postfire forest site in northern Saskatchewan. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, v. 10, no. 2, p. 129-134.

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Keywords:
  • Angustifolium
  • Betula
  • Betula papyrifera
  • boreal forests
  • Canada
  • coniferous forests
  • cover
  • Epilobium
  • Epilobium angustifolium
  • germination
  • grasses
  • grasslike plants
  • hardwood forests
  • herbaceous vegetation
  • Picea
  • Picea glauca
  • plant communities
  • population density
  • Populus tremuloides
  • post fire recovery
  • regeneration
  • reproduction
  • Saskatchewan
  • seed germination
  • seedlings
  • seeds
  • shrubs
  • succession
  • understory vegetation
Tall Timbers Record Number: 6980Location Status: In-fileCall Number: Journals-CAbstract Status: Fair use, Okay, Reproduced by permission
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