PROPAGATION OF PLANTS 



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Buffalo grass is able to persist in dry regions by means 

 of the branches that take root, somewhat like strawberry 

 runners. 



The most important example of asexual reproduction 

 is in grasses. All the perennial grasses increase by new 



FIG. 14. Branch of white clover showing the method of forming new plants 



stems, or culms, that arise from the nodes of the older 

 culms. Usually the new stems come from the nodes that 

 are near the ground, or below it. If the new stems are 

 very short or sessile, the process is similar to the stooling 

 in wheat and oats. More often a branch comes out more 

 or less horizontally, either above or below ground, takes 

 root at its nodes, and sends up one or more culms. Such a 



