Research:
PROPAGATION: CUNEATUM ‘MADISON’ CLUMPING STUDY (04RP_06)

Study Plan:
- Trillium cuneatums of North Alabama are non-clumping. This is a study of an unusual cuneatum ‘clumper’ from Madison to determine if its extreme clumping is a one time fluke or if it will continue its traits through its offspring.

Study Findings: (In Process).
- The pictures show the unusual trillium cuneatum ‘Madison’. There are 38 offsets on one rhizome.


Scientific Name: Trillium Cuneatum (Madisom Clump),
Common Name(s): Fragrant White Toadshade
Location: SE USA
Description: The Madison clump with 38 offsets was rescued in 2004 from a clearcut woodland wedged between two large roots next to a tree stump. It took 30 minutes to cut the roots and rescue the clump. It is only 1 of 2 large T. cuneatum clumps I have seen in North Alabama (out of many thousands observed). This clump is being used in test to see if the offset production will continue in a less hardship environment. The picture to the left is an adjacent cuneatum cluster (seperate rhizomes) rescued and used as a control in my test.

Photograph: Harold Holmes

 

1_Cuneatum - med/large
2_Cuneatum - med/large
3_Cuneatum - med/large

4_Cuneatum -med/large

5_Cuneatum - med/large
6_Cuneatum - med/large
7_Cuneatum(Madison) - med/large