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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">To whom it may concern,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">I suggest reaching out to Nigel Rollings, a New York based landscape designer.
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="http://nigelrollingslandscapedesign.com/"><span style="color:windowtext">http://nigelrollingslandscapedesign.com/</span></a> He teaches Garden Design at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. He mentioned
in class that he worked on a project for someone, found a 100 year old American Indian storage chamber, and had unearthed 100 year old seeds that sprouted the following season. I am not entirely sure of the species but I am sure he would be willing to speak
to you about it!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">All the best!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Bree Sands<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> APWG [mailto:apwg-bounces@lists.plantconservation.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Redwood City Seed-Reveg Edge<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, February 10, 2020 12:03 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> apwg@lists.plantconservation.org<br>
<b>Cc:</b> craig@ecoseeds.com<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [APWG] Anyone unearthing 100-250 year old dormant native seeds, once you eradicate the weeds?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I have been working in California for 35 years on weeding, and have found all across the State, 100-250 year old dormant native seeds still in the soil, and once the weeds are managed, the native seeds sprout up and bite you on the ankles?
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<p class="MsoNormal">I first found this treasure in 1992 on 70 acres that was 99% weed-covered along the California coast south of Santa Cruz at La Selva Beach that you can read about at
<a href="http://www.ecoseeds.com/shaw.pdf">http://www.ecoseeds.com/shaw.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Now that whole 70-acre property is 95% native covered, without burning, without grazing, without scraping, and without sowing a single native seed. Over 100 species of natives popping up, and you can see listed what weeds we eradicated
and what natives popped up at <a href="http://www.ecoseeds.com/shawlist.html">http://www.ecoseeds.com/shawlist.html</a> including two natives that were new to science.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Everywhere I work in California, I am discovering these dormant native seeds--<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">QUESTION--Is anyone else in California or other states, finding these treasures still in their soils. On a 10-acre property I am working on currently, the dormant native seeds are coming up at 10-20 seedlings per square inch, or about
600 million across the whole ten acres of serpentine grasslands.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The sprouting natives includes some really rare items, like tens of thousands of Calochortus, hundreds of thousands of Lessingias, and dozens of Lewisias.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Look forward to the replies. Sincerely, Craig Dremann, The Reveg Edge, P.O. Box 361, Redwood City, CA 94064 - Inventing grassland restoration technologies since 1992 - Office (650) 325-7333<o:p></o:p></p>
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