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Living Accession Y-002

Taxon

Senna atomaria

Botanical Name

Senna atomaria (Linnaeus) Irwin & Barneby

Seed Accession No.

890015

DELEP Field

Yuma

Status

Decommissioned

Survived For

22 years*

* = Living accession was still alive when the Yuma field was decommissioned.

Survival and Performance

DateNo. PlantsNotes
1991(1)1 individual planted in Mar
1991(1)1.25' tall, healthy, slow growth
1992(1)3' tall, healthy, slow growth
1993(1)4.5' tall, healthy, slow growth
1994(1)7.5' tall, healthy, moderate growth
1995(1)7' tall, healthy, slow growth
1996(1)7' tall, healthy but little growth
1997(1)8' tall, healthy, slow growth
1999(1)9.5' tall, healthy, slow growth, flowers/fruit in 1999
2000(1)11' tall, healthy, slow growth, flowers/fruit
2001(1)10' tall, healthy, little apparent growth, flowers/fruit
2002(1)11' tall, healthy, slow growth, flowers/fruit
2004(1)17' tall, healthy, moderate growth, flowers/fruit
2005(1)20’ tall, healthy, moderate growth, flowers/fruit
2006(1)17’ tall, healthy, little apparent growth, flowers/fruit
2007(1)10’ tall, stems froze back to 12’ from tips to stems 3" thick, healthy, vigorous regrowth
2008(1)20’ tall, healthy, mostly recovered from 2007 freeze, no flowering
2009(1)25’ tall, healthy, vigorous growth, no flowering
2013
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