2022 Volume 48 Issue 1 Pages 56-61
In abandoned secondary forests, Pleioblastus chino can grow in an unregulated manner and suppress the growth of the herbaceous layer. Two Callicarpa species, C. japonica and C. mollis are constituents of the shrub layer in secondary forests. This study was conducted to investigate the effects of cutting P. chino in every summer on the seed germination and survival rate of seedlings of each species. As a result of seed germination experiments in the laboratory and in the secondary forest, it was found that the germination rate was high under light conditions just after collection and that was improved even under dark conditions at low temperature by wet storage for 6 months. The survival rate of each species was higher in the cutting P. chino plot than in the non-cutting plot.
