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Berberis heteropoda

Barberry

Family BerberidaceaeGenus Berberis

Arching branches hung with oval dark blue and red berries, a sandy lakeshore behind
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About the plant

What it is and where it grows — not part of any germination protocol.

Habit
shrubPlants of the World Online

Toxicity is noted only where a source states it. No note here is not a finding of safety.

Source: Plants of the World Online — Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Protocol

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1993

Difficulty High Rated by us, not by the source.

  1. Clean the flesh off the seed

  2. Cold moist stratification

    Duration: 90 daysTemperature: 40°F 4°C

  3. Warm moist stratification

    Duration: 90 daysTemperature: 70°F 21°C

  4. Cold moist stratification

    Duration: 90 daysTemperature: 40°F 4°C

    1/8 germinated in this phase.

Steps after step 2 run on after germination.

Germination happens during step 2, in 63 days.

25% germination in 49–63 days.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed. — N. C. Deno, 1993 · Ch. 20, Berberis p. 107Public domain
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Berberis (Berberidaceae). B. sphaerocarpa was received as the dried fruit. After WC for..7 d, it germ. 70- 40(219 in 12th w)-70(419 in 2nd d) and less in 40(2/8 in 7-9 w)-70-40(1/8).
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed., Ch. 20, Berberis p. 107. Quoted exactly. Every value on this card comes from this record, except the difficulty rating, which is ours; the step names come from a fixed list.

How each step is done, in Deno’s words, and what Verified and Derived mean.

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