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A study on the seedlings and tillers ofCarex oxyandra, a pioneer perennial, was carried out at Mt. Bandai, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. A field experiment showed that seedlings had a rather low rate of growth, a small biomass and a high mortality rate. On the other hand, tillers in clones befan growth much earlier, had a rapid growth rate and grew to a larger body size. Furthermore, there was a considerable difference in growth pattern between tillers without flowers and those with flowers; tillers without flowers had a longer growing season and a larger amount of leaves, roots and new rhizomes. The numerical proportions of these two types of tillers in clones varied with clonal vigor.
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Tsujimura, A. The ecology ofCarex oxyandra II. The behavior of seedlings and tillers. Ecol. Res. 2, 279–288 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02349780
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