Mich. Admin. Code R. 285.715.11

Current through Vol. 24-24, January 15, 2025
Section R. 285.715.11 - Tree seed germination standards

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

Mich. Admin. Code R. 285.715.11

1990 AACS