Influence of High Salt Levels on the Germination and Growth of Five Potentially Utilizable Plants for Median Turfing in Northern Climates

St-Arnaud, M.; Vincent, G.

doi:10.24266/0738-2898-6.4.118

M. St-Arnaud;

M. St-Arnaud

Jardin botanique de Montréal, 4101 Sherbrooke Street E., Montreal, Quebec, Canada H1X 2B2

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G. Vincent

G. Vincent ²

Jardin botanique de Montréal, 4101 Sherbrooke Street E., Montreal, Quebec, Canada H1X 2B2

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Journal of Environmental Horticulture (1988) 6 (4): 118–121.

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We evaluated the germination and growth of Coronilla varia (crown vetch), Lotus corniculatus (birdsfoot trefoil), Medicago lupulina (black medic), Kochia scoparia (kochia) and Polygonum aviculare (prostrate knotweed) at different NaCl concentrations. No reduction of germination was observed in the five species studied for all concentrations of NaCl. High concentrations of NaCl in the soil adversely affected the growth of L. corniculatus and M. lupulina, but not of the other species. For P. aviculare, germination and growth was better with higher salt concentrations.

Salinity, plant growth, turf

Coronilla varia, Lotus corniculatus, Medicago lupulina, Kochia scoparia, Polygonum aviculare, crown vetch, birdsfoot trefoil, black medic, kochia, prostrate knotweed

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We thank Ms J. Bruneau and L. Dumont for their technical work and Ms H. Levert for typing the manuscript.

²Botanists, Montreal Botanical Garden, Montreal, Canada.

1988

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