tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-201378124228558245.post882792050208382942..comments2024-03-23T19:52:53.611-07:00Comments on Strategies for Stewards: from woods to prairies : Hypoxis Experiment Succeeds – in the EcosystemStephen Packardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01811489977185760340noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-201378124228558245.post-58620944929981807812022-06-15T07:55:12.921-07:002022-06-15T07:55:12.921-07:00From Rufino Osorio
Lag time and propagule pressure...From Rufino Osorio<br />Lag time and propagule pressure. Search either phrase in Google Scholar. The articles, some of which employ advanced mathematics, will definitely be plant-nerdish. I'm not sure they'll be exciting.<br />One implication is obvious. People have to allow sufficient lag time before concluding that a plant is not going to spread. I see people ignoring this implication all the time on social media when they post that plant X is not invasive because they've had it for X years and no seedlings have ever popped up. They have no concept of lag time nor can they imagine that some plants have lag times measured in decades or even centuries.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-201378124228558245.post-74568906719517883172022-06-09T08:26:57.071-07:002022-06-09T08:26:57.071-07:00From Tom Givnish:
Opens up potential importance o...From Tom Givnish:<br /><br />Opens up potential importance of lottery-model coexistence dynamic!Stephen Packardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01811489977185760340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-201378124228558245.post-69494638379140019522022-06-07T18:06:42.690-07:002022-06-07T18:06:42.690-07:00With respect to the observation in Endnote 1: Smal...With respect to the observation in Endnote 1: Small that many large and small species that are seeded in do not survive, the reasons are undoubtedly many. One possible reason maybe that the pollinators are not present.<br /><br />With the faunal associates for species more readily identified in Wilhelm and Rericha’s Flora of the Chicago Region, perhaps restoration efforts should now consider including the addition of species dependent pollinators when seeding in certain species. The acquiescence of and support by the land owners, particularly governmental land owners, is paramount if such an effort is to be initiated.<br /><br />Of course, there must be sufficient food for the pollinators at first for the pollinators to survive, so perhaps planting plugs of growing plants must be part of the initial process when seeding in begins.<br /><br />A lack of pollinators may explain the failure to expand the few plants of Asclepias lanuginosa and Asclepias viridiflora that exist at two sites with which I am familiar.<br />Kirk Garanflonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-201378124228558245.post-23568999440963335272022-06-07T14:35:32.258-07:002022-06-07T14:35:32.258-07:00From Henry Eilers:
Vegetative and seed recruitmen...From Henry Eilers: <br />Vegetative and seed recruitment is much better under favorable conditions in the garden, but still quite slow. Absolutely worth it though. Harvesting a few corm clusters at end of growing season annually and inserting them into high quality spots yields good results.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com