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vigor. The results section discusses only a few of the more inter- <br />esting seeding responses; discussion and recommendations for these <br />seedings is inexhaustible. <br />Tables 1-3 are the number of seedlings that were found in each <br />row of the individual species seedings on the July 8 and 9, 1976, <br />and Figures 2-4 show the seeding layouts in each replication. Tables <br />4-6 list the seeding number, common name, scientific name, variety, <br />and origin of seed for each seeding; common and scientific names are <br />according to Plummer et al. (1968) Restoring 8i~ Game Range in Utah. <br />Table 7 is a numerical listing of all the seedings. <br />Results 1976 <br />Shrubs <br />The seedling numbers per 20-foot row (Table 1) for most of the ~ <br />shrub seedings are low; however, any success at establishing shrubs <br />from seedings for some of these shrub species is encouraging <br />especially in view of the fact that mature stands of shrubs would <br />have only one plant per ten to several hundred square feet depending <br />upon species. For the most part, these shrubs have very complex <br />germination mechanisms and problems are also encountered in obtaining <br />viable seed and in storing that seed. It is very possible that for ~ <br />some of these shrub species more seeds will germinate the second • <br />growing season. <br />Curl leaf mountain mahogany was the only shrub species that <br />established exceptionally well from seed; bitterbrush and rose also <br />did well. The success of bitterbrush in these seedings is consistent <br />with the success of our seedings in the oil shale region of Colorado. <br />The number of seedlings per 20-foot row of chokecherry is low; <br />while chokecherry was germinating in May, birds came and pulled the <br />seedlings out. Chokecherry was the only seeding that was damaged <br />in this respect. Seedling numbers per row for oak are also very low; <br />seed storage conditions and requirements for germination are very <br />crucial to the success of seeding oak. Acorn<~ should be picked and <br />immediately planted and the seedbed should be mulched and kept moist <br />until spring for best results with oak. <br />The spring-planted serviceberry is seed that Mr. Cass Legal of <br />W.R. Grace and Co. purchased in 1975. This spring planting yielded <br />no seedlings; however, this was no due to the quality of the seed <br />because the seed was tested by the Colorado SY,ate Seed Laboratory <br />at Colorado State University and was found to be 85 percent viable <br />with the tetrazolium test. The fall plantings of serviceberry from <br />both the Colowyo and Idaho seed sources resuli;ed in adequa±e stands <br />of seedlings thus it appears that fall seeding or an over-wintering ', <br />treatment is necessary when seeding serviceberry. The Colowyo - i <br />U <br />