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Re: [iowa-native-plants] FW: Gallinaceous and other Birdlife and thier affect on prairies

I have heard the same thing many times over the years. That is the reason that multiflora rose was touted at first as not being able to spread because testing showed that the berries would not sprout when spread on the soil. However when the berries pass through the digestive tracts of birds the fleshy parts of the berries are removed plus digestive enzymes break down certain parts of the hard seed coat allowing germination. Several other seeds are that way also. One written reference that I can think of is Growing and Propagating Wild Flowers by Harry R. Phillips. Wayne Morton

  Carl Kurtz <cpkurtz@netins.net> wrote:

I have heard anecdotal evidence that rose hip seeds need processing through birds such as quail before they will germinate.  

Carl Kurtz
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From: James Trager <James.Trager@mobot.org>
To: "'iowa-native-plants@list.uiowa.edu'" <iowa-native-plants@list.uiowa.edu>, "'prairie@mallorn.com'" <prairie@mallorn.com>
Cc: "'jwhoyt@prairienet.org'" <jwhoyt@prairienet.org>
Subject: [iowa-native-plants] FW: Gallinaceous and other Birdlife and thier affect on prairies
Date: Wed, Jan 16, 2002, 1:12 PM



JWHoyt: I'm forwarding this to the iowa native plants and prairie mailing lists to see if some of the folks there might have insights on your query.


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