TABLE 1

Overview of the 4 germination trials.

TrialPlant speciesMonth Year collectedPre-storage treatmentStorage temperatureStorage durationIrrigation treatmentGermination duration
1Empetrum nigrum
Empetrum eamesii
Vaccinium angustifolium


Gaylussacia dumosa
August 2004



September 2004
Seeds
Berries
  4 °C
−20 °C
6 moFreshwater2 mo
Vaccinium macrocarponOctober 2004
2Juncus gerardiiJuly 2013
Festuca rubraAugust 2013
Schoenoplectus maritimus
Spartina patens
Spartina pectinata
September 2013
Anaphalis margaritacea
Atriplex glabriusculata
Lathyrus japonicus
Limonium carolinianum
Oenothera biennis
Plantago maritima
Solidago sempervirens
Spartina alterniflora
Symphyotrichum novi-belgii
October 2013Freshwater
dry
4 °C2.5 moFreshwater2.5 mo
3Spartina alterniflora
Spartina patens
Spartina pectinata
October 2014Freshwater  4 °C
−20 °C
2.5 moFreshwater
Saltwater
34 d
4Calamagrostis pickeringii
Hudsonia ericoides


Limonium carolinianum
Plantago maritima
August 2015


October 2015
Freshwater dry4 °C2 yFreshwater
Saltwater
2.5 mo