Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Agriculture and Rural Development › Pesticide and Plant Pesticide Management Division › RegulationNo 715 - Seed Law Implementation › Section R. 285.715.11 - Tree seed germination standards

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 11. The germination labeling provisions of section 6 of
				  Act No. 329 of the Public Acts of 1965, as amended, being S286.706 of the
				  Michigan Compiled Laws, apply to the tree and shrub species listed in table 3.
				  The minimum germination standard for species of Pinus and Picea shall be
				  60%.
TABLE 3. TREE SEED GERMINATION STANDARDS
Abies amabilis (Dougl.) Forbes - Pacific silver fir
Abies balsamea (L.) Mill, - balsam fir
Abies concolor (Gord. & Glend.) Lindl. - white fir
Abies fraseri (Pursh) Poir - Fraser fir
Abies grandis (Dougl.) Lindl. - grand fir
Abies homolepis Sieb.& Zucc. - Nikko fir
Abies lasiocarpa (Hook.) Nutt. - subalpine fir
Abies magnifica A. Murr. - California red fir
Abies magnifica var. shastensis Lemm. - shasta red fir
Abies procera Rehd. - nobel fir
Abies veitchii (Lindl.) - veitch fir
Acer ginnala Maxim. - amur maple
Acer macrophyllum Pursh. - bigleaf maple
Acer negundo L. - boxelder
Acer pensylvanicum L. - striped maple
Acer platanoides L. - sycamore maple
Acer rubrum L. - red maple
Acer saccharinum L. - silver maple
Acer saccharum Marsh, - sugar maple
Acer spicatum Lam. - mountain maple
Aesculus pavia L. - red buckeye
Ailanthus altissima (Mill.) swingle - tree of heaven, ailan
				  thus
Berberis thunbergii DC. - Japanese barberry
Berberis vulgaris L. - European barberry
Betula lenta L. - sweet birch
Betula nigra L. - river birch
Betula papyrifera Marsh. - paper birch
Betula pendula Roth. - European white birch
Betula populifolia Marsh. - gray birch
Carya illinoensis (Wang.) K. Koch - pecan
Carya ovata (Mill) K. Koch - shagbark hickory
Casuarina species - beefwood
Catalpa bignonioides Walt. - southern catalpa
Cedrus atlantica Manetti - atlas cedar
Cedrus libani (Loud.) - cedar of Lebanon
Celastrus scandens L. - American bittersweet
Celastrus orbiculata Thunb. - oriental bittersweet
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana (A. Murr.) Parl - Port Orford
				  cedar
Chamaecyparis nootkatensis (D. Don.) Spach. - Alaska
				  cedar
Cornus florida L. - flowering dogwood
Cornus stolonifera Mich. - red-osier dogwood
Crataegus mollis - downy hawthorn
Cupressus arizonica Greene - Arizona cypress
Eucalyptus deglupta
Eucalyptus grandis
Fraxinus americana L. - white ash
Fraxinus excelsior L. - European ash
Fraxinus latifolia Benth. - Oregon ash
Fraxinus nigra Marsh. - black ash
Fraxinus pensylvanica Marsh. - green ash
Fraxinus pensylvanica var. lanceolata (Borkh.) Sarg. - green
				  ash
Gleditsia triacanthos L. - honey locust
Grevillea robusta - silk-oak
Larix decidua Mill. - European larch
Larix eurolepis Henry - Dunkfeld larch
Larix leptolepis - (Sieb. & Zucc.) Gord. - Japanese
				  larch
Larix occidentalis Nutt. - western larch
Larix sibirica Ledeb. - Siberian larch
Libocedrus decurrens - incense-cedar
Liquidambar styraciflua L. - sweetgum
Liriodendron tulipifera L. - yellow-poplar
Magnolia grandiflora - southern magnolia
Malus species - apple
Malus species - crabapple
Nyssa aquatica L. - water tupelo
Nyssa sylvatica var. sylvatica - black tupelo
Picea abies (L.) Karst. - Norway spruce
Picea engelmanni Parry - Engelmann spruce
Picea glauca (Moench.) Voss - white spruce
Picea glauca var. albertiana (S. Brown) Sarg. - western white
				  spruce,
Alberta white spruce
Picea glehnii (Fr. Schmidt) Mast. - Sakhalin spruce
Picea jezoensis (Sieb. & Zucc.) Carr - Yeddo
				  spruce
Picea koyamai Shiras. - Koyama spruce
Picea mariana (Mill.) B.S.P. - black spruce
Picea omorika a (Pancic.) Purkyne - Serbian spruce
Picea orientalis (L.) Link. - oriental spruce
Picea polita (Sieb. & Zucc.) Carr - tigertail
				  spruce
Picea pungens Engelm. - blue spruce, Colorado spruce
Picea pungens var. glauca Reg. - Colorado blue spruce
Picea rubens Sarg. - red spruce
Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr - Sitka spruce
Pinus albicaulis Engelm. - whitebark pine
Pinus aristata Engelm. - bristlecone pine
Pinus banksiana Lamb. - jack pine
Pinus canariensis C. Smith - canary pine
Pinus caribaea - Caribbean pine
Pinus cembroides Zucc. - Mexican pinyon pine
Pinus clausa - sand pine
Pinus contorta Dougl. - lodgepole pine
Pinus contorta var. latifolia Engelm. - lodgepole pine
Pinus coulteri D. Don. - Coulter pine, bigcone pine
Pinus densiflora Sieb. & Zucc. - Japanese red pine
Pinus echinata Mill. - shortleaf pine
Pinus elliottii Engelm. - slash pine
Pinus flexilis James - limber pine
Pinus glabra Walt. - spruce pine
Pinus griffithi McClelland - Himalayan pine
Pinus halepensis Mill. - Aleppo pine
Pinus jeffreyi Grev. & Balf. - Jeffrey pine
Pinus khasya Royle - Khasia pine
Pinus lambertiana Dougl. - sugar pine
Pinus heldreichii var. leucodermis (Ant.) Markgraf ex
				  Fitschen - Balkans pine, Bosnian pine
Pinus markusii DeVriese - Markus pine
Pinus monticola Dougl. - western white pine
Pinus mugo Turra. - mountain pine
Pinus mugo var. mughus (Scop.) Zenari - Mugo Swiss mountain
				  pine
Pinus muricata D. Don. - bishop pine
Pinus nigra Arnold - Austrian pine
Pinus nigra poiretiana (Ant.) Aschers & Graebn. -
				  Corsican pine
Pinus palustris Mill. - longleaf pine
Pinus parviflora Sieb. & Zucc. - Japanese white
				  pine
Pinus patula Schl. & Cham. - Jelecote pine
Pinus pinaster Sol. - cluster pine
Pinus pinea L. - Italian stone pine
Pinus ponderosa Laws. - ponderosa pine, western yellow
				  pine
Pinus radiata D. Don. - Monterey pine
Pinus resinosa Ait. - red pine, Norway pine
Pinus rigida Mill. - pitch pine
Pinus serotina Michx. - pond pine
Pinus strobus L. - eastern white pine
Pinus sylvestris L. - scotch pine
Pinus taeda L. - loblolly pine
Pinus taiwanensis Hayata - Formosa pine
Pinus thunbergii Parl. - Japanese black pine
Pinus virginiana Mill. - Virginia pine, scrub pine
Platanus occidentalis L. - American sycamore
Populus species - poplars
Prunus armeriaca L. - apricot
Prunus avium (L.) L. - cherry
Prunus domestica L. - plum, prune
Prunus persica Batsch. - peach
Pseudotsuga menziesii var. glauca (Beissn.) Franco -
				  blue
Douglas fir
Pseudotsuga menziesii var. caesia (Beissn.) Franco - gray
				  Douglas fir
Pseudotsuga menziesii var. viridis - green Douglas fir
Pyrus communis L. - pear
Quercus species - (red or black oak group)
Quercus alba - L. - white oak
Quercus muehlenbergii Engelm. - Chinkapin oak
Quercus virginiana Mill. - live oak
Rhododendron species - rhododendron
Robinia pseudoacacia L. - black locust
Rosa multiflora Thunb. - Japanese rose
Sequoia gigantea (Lindl.) Decne. - giant sequoia
Sequoia sempervirens (D. Don.) Engl. - redwood
Syringa vulgaris L. - common lilac
Thuja occidentalis L. - northern white cedar, eastern
				  arborvitae
Thuja orientalis L. - oriental arborvitae, Chinese
				  arborvitae
Thuja plicata Donn. - western red cedar - giant
				  arborvitae
Tsuga canadensis (L.) Carr. - eastern hemlock, Canada
				  hemlock
Tsuga heterophylla (Raf.) Sarg. - western hemlock, Pacific
				  hemlock
Ulmus americana L. - American elm
Ulmus parvifolia Jacq. - Chinese elm
Ulmus pumila L. - Siberian elm
Vitis vulpina L. - riverbank grape