Seed Mass and Germination Behaviour in Populations of the Dune-building Grass Leymus arenarius

• Published in: Annals of Botany
• Main Authors: Greipsson, S., Davy, A. J.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 1995
• Subjects: ORIGINAL ARTICLES; The Spike; Iceland
• Online Access: http://aob.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/76/5/493; https://doi.org/10.1006/anbo.1995.1125

The individual mean seed (caryopsis) mass of 34 natural populations of Leymus arenarius widely distributed in Iceland and one each from Scotland and England showed a six-fold variation. Phenotypic plasticity was a factor in the variation between populations in different environments but there was al...