Growth records of Atacama Desert Seeds
numberAtacama Desert Seedsowing datequantitiesgermination at May/3/'97germination at May/17/'97percentage of germination observation at Jul/30/'97observation at Oct/25/'97observation at /May/10/'98observation at Nov./17/'98observation at April/17/'99at May/05/'00at May/05/'01at Nov.'05at Nov.'18
Sh-1C.cinerea v.albispina
Cascabeles Valley(near)
4/2227191866.7%181.0-0.7(13) white sp2.5-1.5(11) white sp
3.5-2.5(9)
Sh-2C.cinerea v.albispina
San Roman Valley
4/19 & 4/2026161557.7%151.0-0.3(14) white to black sp2.5-0.7(11) white-black sp
3.5-2.0(10) tip of sp is black
Sh-6C.cinerea
Taltal(15km se)
4/1920121365.0%131.0-0.5(13) black sp2.0-1.2(13) black sp
3.0-2.5(13)
Sh-7C.cinerea
Taltal(2km w)
4/1926171765.4%161.0-0.5(13) black sp2.2-1.5(10) black sp
3.5-2.5(8)
Sh-8C.cinerea
Mount Perales
4/1924121250.0%121.0-0.7(7) black sp2.3-1.5(6) black sp
3.0-2.5(5)
Sh-9C.cinerea
San Roman Valley(2km n)
4/1823171773.9%161.0-0.7(15) black sp2.2-1.5(14) white-black sp, spineless include
3.5-2.5(9) spineless or weak and while sp
Sh-10C.cinerea
Mount Perals
4/201810950.0%81.0-0.5(9) black sp1.8-0.7(9) black sp3.0-2.0(7)
Sh-11C.cinerea-->columna-alba
Las Lomitas(5km e)
4/2024101250.0%81.0-0.5(7) white sp2.0-1.0(7) white-light brown, =columna-alba?
3.0-1.5(5) =columna-alba? White sp
Sh-13C.cinerea v.columna-alba
Pan de Azucar Valley
4/2033242266.7%161.0-0.3(14) white to brown sp2.0-1.0(13) white-brown sp
2.5-1.5(9)
Sh-15C.eremophila
Papaso(10km e)
4/222081050.0%91.0-0.3(7)1.8-0.7(9) black sp
2.5-1.0(5)
Sh-16C.eremophila
Papaso(10km e), 600m
4/1922121463.6%160.7-0.3(12) light brown to brown sp1.8-1.2(7) light brown sp2.5-1.5(6)
Sh-17C.tenebrosa
Mount Perales, 800m
4/2023101043.5%101.0-0.3(10) black sp2.0-1.0(9) black sp =cinerea?
2.5-1.5(9) black sp, copper skin, almost like cinerea
Sh-18C.eremophila
Papaso(7km e)
4/19184527.8%50.7-0.5(4) light brown sp2.0-1.5(4) yellow white sp
2.5-2.0(3)
Sh-19C.eremophila/haseltoniana
Papaso(5km e)
4/19171529.4%60.7-0.3(6) white sp1.7-1.0(3) yellow white sp
2.5-2.0(3)
Sh-20C.gigantea
Cachinalito(15km s)
4/1921161990.5%181.0-0.5(18) white to light brown sp2.3-1.5(13) dark brown-light brown sp
4.0-2.5(10)
Sh-21C.gigantea/haseltoniana
Cachinalito(10km s)
4/20205315.0%31.0-1.0(3) white sp2.2-2.0(3) yellow brown sp
3.5(1)
Sh-22C.grandiflora
Esmeralda(10km se)
4/1922101359.1%131.0-0.5(11) white to light brown sp2.5-1.0(10) brown-light brown sp
4.0-2.5(10)
Sh-23C.grandiflora
Esmeralda(10km se)
4/19106770.0%71.0-0.3(7) white sp2.2-1.2(5) yellow brown-brown sp
4.0-2.0(5)
Sh-24C.haseltoniana
Cachinalito(15km s)
4/1928111242.9%121.0-0.5(12) white to light brown sp2.5-1.0(10) yellow white-brown sp
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Sh-25C.haseltoniana
Papaso Cemetery
4/191691062.5%111.0-0.7(9) white sp2.7-1.7(5) yellow white sp
3.5-3.0(5)
Sh-26C.haseltoniana
La Plata Valley(near)
4/20135646.2%51.0-0.7(4) white sp?
4.5-2.5(3)
Sh-27C.haseltoniana
Papaso(8km s)
4/1910000.0%0
Sh-28C.haseltoniana/eremophila
Taltal(15km ne)
4/20197842.1%81.0-0.5(8) white to black sp2.0-1.5(6) yellow white-brown sp
3.0-2.5(6)
Sh-31C.solaris
Blanco Encalda(10km s)
4/18203315.0%71.0-0.5(5) red brown sp2.5-1.6(4) red brown sp
3.0-2.5(4)
Sh-32C.solaris
El Cobre(10km se)
4/20 & 4/224171434.1%121.0-0.3(11) red brown sp2.0-1.5(8) red brown sp
3.0-2.0(8)
ex-32(31)C.solaris
Blanco Encalda(10km s)
4/20232521.7%51.0-0.5(5) red brown sp2.0-1.5(4) red brown sp
3.0-2.0(4)
Sh-33C.tenebrosa
Taltal(10km ne)
4/1822151463.6%141.0-0.3(14) light brown sp2.4-1.2(10) light brown sp
3.5-2.0(7) short yellow sp, red skin