Claim · model-written summary
Some Russian thistle plants traveled up to 4069 m in six weeks.
- Taxon
- Russian thistle
Salsola tragust0 - Outcome
- maximum distancee0
- Direction
- maximume0
- Value
- 4069 me0
- Qualifier
- 6 wkse0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentComparatorSetting
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Some plants moved a maximum distance of 4069 m in 6 wks”
t0“Russian Thistle (Salsola iberica)”
Title
Plant Movement and Seed Dispersal of Russian Thistle (Salsola iberica)
George P. Stallings; Donald C. Thill; Carol A. Mallory-Smith; et al. Weed Science 1995. doi:10.1017/s0043174500080838
Other claims from this paper (6)
- Observation Estimated seeds per plant averaged 57,400 in 1991.
- Observation Estimated seeds per plant averaged 66,000 in 1992.
- Association Russian thistle movement direction correlated highly with wind direction.
- Observation Other Russian thistle plants traveled only 60 m because of variable winds and snow or freezing.
- Observation Stationary plants lost 15% of seeds in 1991 and 26% in 1992.
- Observation Tumbling plants lost 48% of seeds in 1991 and 66% in 1992.