tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577407817580433311.post4487342262446045331..comments2024-03-12T00:40:48.975-07:00Comments on A Wandering Botanist: Plant Story--Puccoon, LithospermumA Wandering Botanisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06862965150731361253noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577407817580433311.post-62565444058712038272020-05-14T09:56:25.943-07:002020-05-14T09:56:25.943-07:00Oops, yes. I fixed that. Thanks.
Very few studies...Oops, yes. I fixed that. Thanks. <br />Very few studies of how long little herbaceous plants live. If they clone, even very slowly, potentially immortal. Really a good question. I think in stable habitats, particularly ones where good conditions for seedlings are rare, established plants will live decades to centuries. Several of the prairie herbs I looked at could live 100 years but other species rarely made it past 8. It makes sense to me that where the stable community is herbaceous due to soils or rainfall, it would be as stable as a forest, and we know some trees live for centuries.A Wandering Botanisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06862965150731361253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577407817580433311.post-84322577142553526102020-05-12T09:08:14.735-07:002020-05-12T09:08:14.735-07:00I think you meant either short styles and long sta...I think you meant either short styles and long stamens or long styles and short stamens. All those s-words get jumbled in the mind.<br />Thanks for the interesting post. I wonder how many perennials are so long-lived. Are there any studies?Dale Hoythttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09719806906871204013noreply@blogger.com