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Keywords: Papaveraceae | Dendromecon rigida Benth. | 036274-0200-2002
The ever-changing nature of gardens is most strongly evident in the Alpine Garden at UBC; what one sees as particularly showy in one year may not be repeated in the next. I don't recall this Californian tree poppy catching my attention previously, but I was quite enamoured of it when encountering it on Friday.
Native to the Sierra Nevada and coastal ranges of California and Baja California, Dendromecon rigida is a woody shrub that typically grows in post-burn chapparal. Germination of its seeds requires a smoke treatment, but unlike many of the annuals that also establish on sites after a fire, tree poppy also requires its seeds to have been stored in the soil for an extended period (see: Keeley, JE and CJ Fotheringham. 1998. Smoke-induced seed germination in California chapparal. Ecology. 79(7): 2320-2336).
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Posted by Daniel Mosquin at May 29, 2006 5:22 AM
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