Section 285.715.11. Tree seed germination standards.

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

History: 1990 AACS.