for James Trager

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• Subject: for James Trager
• From: w*@pilot.msu.edu (Clifford Welsch)
• Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2003 15:11:18 -0400

Hi James:
    Thanks for the info (species that compete well in thick stands of
native grasses).  I would predict that Baptista alba, Penstemon digitalis,
Eryngium yuccifolium, Silphium laciniatum would compete extremely well
(have long been impressed with their "staying" characteristics) but
Dodecatheon media???  The ability of this latter forb to "compete" would
certainly be dependent upon annual burning (fall or very early spring).
Without annual burning, it would be hard to imagine that this forb could
survive a thick stand of native grasses.
Just one year without burning (in a thick stand of native grasses) would be
more then this forb could handle. Right????
  All is well on this end, hope all is going great at Shaw.
Cliff
(Clifford W. Welsch)

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