RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Using shade to propagate Canadian wild ginger (<em>Asarum canadense</em> L.) and other woodland forbs
JF Native Plants Journal
JO NATIVE PLANTS JOURNAL
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 231
OP 235
DO 10.3368/npj.15.3.231
VO 15
IS 3
A1 Schultz, Kelly
YR 2014
UL http://npj.uwpress.org/content/15/3/231.abstract
AB Canadian wild ginger (Asarum canadense L. [Aristolochiaceae]) is found in a variety of deciduous and moist coniferous forests throughout eastern Canada and the US. Because of the recalcitrant nature of Asarum seeds, we vegetatively propagate this species by divisions under natural shade at the Lake County Forest Preserve nursery in Illinois. This method yields plants suitable for outplanting in 3 y. We also use natural shade under established oak trees for native seed production, and an artificial shade bed system to produce 75 native woodland species found in the midwestern US.