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Quick Seed Guide

When and what to collect:

Seed Processing:

Storage:

Pre-treatment of seed:

How to Grow:

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  • General Plant Information 

  • Ranges

  • Reclamation value

  • Seed properties

Protocols

  • Seed collection

  • Seed processing and cleaning

  • Storage

  • Seed propagation

  • Other propagation methods:

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  • Canadian commercial sources:

  • Useful links and further reading:

  • Literature cited

Speckled alder

(Alnus incana ssp. rugosa)

Mountain alder

(Alnus viridis ssp. crispa)

Roundleaf serviceberry (Amelanchier sanguinea)

Bearberry

(Arctostaphylus uva-ursi)

Resin birch

(Betula glandulosa)

Redosier dogwood

(Cornus sericea ssp. sericea)

Shrubby cinquefoil

(Dasiphora fruticosa)

Silverberry

(Elaeagnus commuttata)

Common juniper

(Juniperus communis)

Creeping juniper

(Juniperus horizontalis)

Common ninebark (Physocarpus opulifolius)

Alderleaf buckthorn

(Rhamnus alnifolia)

Bog Labrador tea (Rhododenron groenlandicum)

Red currant (Ribes triste)

Prickly wild rose

(Rosa acicularis)

American red raspberry (Rubus idaeus)

Dwarf raspberry

(Rubus pubescens)

False mountain willow

(Salix pseudomonticola)

Russet buffaloberry (Shepherdia canadensis)

Lingonberry

(Vaccinium vitis-idaea)

Squashberry (Viburnum edule)

Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)

Canada anemone

(Anemone canadensis)

Cutleaf anemone

(Anemone multifida)

Small flower columbine (Aquilegia brevistyla)

Labrador Indian paintbrush (Castilleja septentrionalis)

Fireweed

(Chamerion angustifolium ssp. angustifolium)

Bunchberry

(Cornus canadensis)

Whitetop aster

(Doellingeria umbellata)

Hyssopleaf fleabane

(Erigeron hyssopifolius)

Wild strawberry

(Fragaria virginiana)

Northern bedstraw

(Galium boreale)

Marsh vetchling

(Lathyrus palustris)

False star Solomon's seal (Maianthemum stellatum)

Northern bluebells

(Mertensia paniculata)

Silverweed cinquefoil (Potentilla anserina)

Mistassini primrose

(Primula mistissinica)

Heal-all (Prunella vulgaris)

Mountain blue-eyed grass (Sisyrinchium montanum)

Canada goldenrod

(Solidago canadensis)

Gray goldenrod

(Solidago nemoralis)

Robyn's aster (Symphyotrichum robynsianum)

Northern meadowrue (Thalictrum confine)

American vetch

(Vicia americana)

Tickle grass

(Agrostis scabra)

Sweetgrass

(Anthoxanthum nitens)

Fringed brome

(Bromus cilatus)

Bluejoint

(Calamagrostis canadensis)

Golden sedge (Carex aurea)

Slender wheatgrass

(Elymus trchycaulus)

Foxtail barley

(Hordeum jubatum)

Dudleyi's rush

(Juncus dudleyi)

Fowl bluegrass

(Poa palustris)

Paper birch

(Betula papyrifera)

White spruce

(Picea glauca)

Black spruce

(Picea mariana)

Jack pine

(Pinus banksiana)

Balsam poplar

(Populus balsamifera)

Trembling aspen

(Populus tremuloides)

Northern mountain ash (Sorbus decora)

PLANT SPECIES 

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