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V. serpyllifolia seeds occurred in soil at every site.
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Verbatim
e0“some seeds of V. serpyllifolia were present in the soil of all the sites.”
Title
A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE POPULATION DYNAMICS OF FIVE SPECIES OF VERONICA IN
Céline Boutin; John L. Harper 2016
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- Observation Seeds of three or four Veronica species persisted in sites without growing plants.
- Observation Perennials contributed less to buried seed populations than annuals.
- Observation V. hederifolia and V. arvensis germinated in autumn and early spring.
- Observation V. persica germinated in several periods across autumn, spring and summer.
- Observation Seedlings of V. chamaedrys and V. serpyllifolia appeared in summer.
- Observation Many seeds of V. hederifolia, V. serpyllifolia and V. chamaedrys were lost before winter.
- Observation V. arvensis and V. persica had significant mortality only after seedling emergence.
- Observation Winter killed seedlings of V. arvensis, V. serpyllifolia and V. persica.
- Observation V. hederifolia seedlings survived winter undamaged.
- Observation V. arvensis and V. hederifolia flowered early in spring with only one or two leaf pairs.
- Observation V. persica produced seeds over a month after its first flowers opened.
- Observation Annual Veronica plants died after flowering without persistent vegetative shoots.
- Observation V. serpyllifolia could flower in its first year in open habitats.
- Observation Many V. serpyllifolia plants remained vegetative until year two.
- Observation V. serpyllifolia produced more first-year seeds than were present initially.
- Observation Some shoots remained vegetative even on flowering V. serpyllifolia plants.
- Observation A higher proportion of V. serpyllifolia plants stayed vegetative in grassland.