RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Propagation protocol for the <em>Endangered Crenulate Lead Plant Amorpha herbacea</em> var. <em>crenulata</em>
JF Native Plants Journal
JO NATIVE PLANTS JOURNAL
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 89
OP 93
DO 10.2979/NPJ.2006.7.1.89
VO 7
IS 1
A1 Roncal, Julissa
A1 Fisher, Jack B
A1 Fellows, Meghan QN
A1 Wendelberger, Kristie S
A1 Maschinski, Joyce
A1 Fidelibus, Matthew W
YR 2006
UL http://npj.uwpress.org/content/7/1/89.abstract
AB Crenulate lead plant (Amorpha herbacea Walter var. crenulata (Rydberg) Isely [Fabaceae]) is a South Florida endemic that can be propagated sexually and asexually with success. We found that clean seeds (removed from pods) germinate best and can be frozen for storage. Softwood cuttings, treated with rooting hormone and stuck in perlite under periodic misting, rooted well but sometimes transplanted poorly. Mature plants can be salvaged with success, but because the plants grow on rocky soils the process can be very labor intensive. Establishing new populations of this plant, using these propagation techniques, is another tool for protecting this species.