Determination of Response of Rare and Poorly Known Western Australian Native Species to Salinity and Waterlogging Project 023191 Final Report to the Natural Heritage Trust, Environment Australia July 2005 Anne Cochrane Science Division Department of Conservation and Land Management c/o 444 Albany Highway, Albany Western Australia, Australia 6330
[email protected] NHT Project 023191 Table of Contents Page List of Figures……………………………………………………………………… i List of Tables ………………………………………………………………….….... ii List of Photos…………………………………………………………………….....iii Executive summary…………………………………………………………...…… 1 Introduction………………………………………………………………………... 2 Materials and Methods……………………………………………………………. 3 Species selection and seed collection……………………………………………….. 3 Experimental Design ………………………………………………………………. 4 Experiment 1. Seed germination and salt tolerance ……………………………….. 4 Experiment 2. Imbibition and recovery investigation …………………………….... 4 Experiment 3. Seedling growth and survival……………………………………........5 Statistical analysis……………………………………………………………………7 Results………………………………………………………………………………. 7 Experiment 1. Seed germination and salt tolerance ………………………….......... 7 Experiment 2. Imbibition and recovery investigation ………………………………10 Experiment 3. Seedling growth and survival ………………………………………..12 Discussion…………………………………………………………………….……. 15 Conclusion…………………………………………………………………….…… 18 Acknowledgements…………………………………………………………….….. 19 References…………………………………………………………………….….... 19 NHT Project 023191 List of Tables Page Table 1. Western Australian endemic species