This research aims to evaluate the effects of seed scarification on five perennial Astragalus species including A. effusus, A. vegetus, A. subsecundus, A. brevidens and A. cyclophyllon in the field conditions. Seeds were sown after scarification with sandpaper by hand in the field of Homand Absard Rangeland Research Station, Damavand, Iran in autumn in 2008. […]