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APPROXIMATE RANGE IN THE PERCENTAGE OF 



GERMINATION FOR TWENTY-SIX 



IMPORTANT SPECIES 1 



Name of species Percentage of germ- 



mation in fresh seed 



White Pine 70 to 90 ^ 



Longleaf Pine 60 85 



Shortleaf Pine 50 75 



Loblolly Pine 50 80 



Western Yellow Pine 60 80 



Red Spruce 60 75 



Bald Cypress 25 50 



White Oak .'75 95 



Chestnut Oak 75 95 



Burr Oak 75 95 



Red Oak 60 80 



White Ash 35 50 



Shagbark Hickory 50 75 



Shellbark Hickory 50 75 



Mockernut Hickory 50 75 



Pignut Hickory 50 75 



Sugar Maple 30 50 ' 



Yellow Poplar 5 10 



Chestnut 75 95 



Black Cherry 75 80 



White Elm 50 75 



Cork Elm 50 75 



Black Walnut 75 80 



Honey Locust 50 75 



Sycamore 60 75 



Catalpa 40 75 



1 From United Slatet Forett Service Bulletin, No. 29, " The Nursery," page 36. 



