Date of Award
2013
Publisher
North Dakota State University
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Awarded
Master of Science (MS)
Program
Environmental and Conservation Science
Department
Biological Sciences
College
Graduate and Interdisciplinary Studies
Faculty Advisor
Travers, Steven
Description
Plant species in Clay County, Minnesota have been changing their first flowering dates (FFDs) in response to climate changes. To document those shifts, in 2011 and 2012 I recorded phenological data for Clay County, Minnesota. I added that data to data which had been collected since 1910 for two locations in Minnesota and found that, on average, plants flowered 1 day later than their historical averages in 2011 and 16.1 days earlier in 2012. I also performed experiments upon Lithospermum canescens, a native prairie forb which has shifted its first flowering date (FFD) significantly earlier than in the past century and which is underrepresented in tallgrass prairie restorations. I found that this species does not appear to be pollen limited, that the concurrently blooming plant species have changed noticeably since the early 1900s, and that this species is able to be grown by hand from seed (the first known attempt).
Recommended Citation
Maxson, Elise Marie, "First Flowering Date Trends in Clay County, Minnesota and Pollination and Life History Characteristics of Hoary Puccoon (Lithospermum Canescens)" (2013). Environmental and Conservation Sciences. 25.
https://digitalcommons.ndsu.edu/env-conservation-sci/25
Rights
NDSU Policy 190.6.2
Handle Identifier
https://hdl.handle.net/10365/27055