TILLERING AND MORTALITY OF THE SALT MARSH CORDGRASS, SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA.

Abstract:

:Recruitment and mortality of Spartina alterniflora tillers and culms were estimated from measurements of live standing crops at Wallops Island, Virginia. Stands of tall and medium form grass produced from 452 to 1,227 tillers m-2 yr-1 . Those tillered in spring lengthened into culms their first year, while those tillered in late summer and fall may have overwintered and lengthened into culms their second year. Biennial growth was most prevalent in tall form Spartina. Fifty-six to sixty-one percent of all tillers died before lengthening into culms. Of the remainder, 9 to 56% died as culms before the time of flowering. Sixty-three percent of the surviving culms of tall form Spartina flowered, compared to only 14 to 23% in medium form. Mortality of tillers and culms removed 16 to 35% of the annual production of Spartina biomass from live standing crops before the time of flowering.

journal_name

Am J Bot

authors

Reidenbaugh TG

doi

10.1002/j.1537-2197.1983.tb12430.x

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1983-01-01 00:00:00

pages

47-52

issue

1

eissn

0002-9122

issn

1537-2197

journal_volume

70

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