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Preliminary observations of using smoke-water to increase low-elevation Beargrass Xerophyllum tenax germination

Daniela J Shebitz, Kern Ewing and Jorge Gutierrez
Native Plants Journal, March 2009, 10 (1) 13-20; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2979/NPJ.2009.10.1.13
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