[Taxacom] adaptation of plants to mowing

[Pierre Morisset]

Suzanne Warwick did her Ph.D. thesis on this problem.  See Warwick, S.I. 
& D.Briggs, 1980. The genecology of lawn weeds.V. The adaptive 
significance of different grwth habit in lawn and roadside populations 
of /Plantago major/ L. New Phytologist 85:289-300,  and references 
therein. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.1980.tb04470.x

Pierre Morisset

Le 2020-07-29 à 22:13, Frederick W. Schueler via Taxacom a écrit :
> Taxacomers,
>
> I'm writing an article for our local newspaper about the way 
> low-growing patches of Lotus corniculatus, Bird's-foot Trefoil, are 
> spreading across lawns in eastern Ontario. I've asked a botanists 
> group, and have googled around, but can't find any published research 
> on this.
>
> Does anyone know of work done on plant species (other than Dandelions) 
> evolving low growth forms adapted to life on lawns?
>
> fred.
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