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Breaking Germination Dormancy of Texas Native Perennial Herbaceous Legumes

Dean A Dittus and James P Muir
Native Plants Journal, March 2010, 11 (1) 5-10; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2979/NPJ.2010.11.1.5
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