Conservation Plant Releases - Elsberry Plant Materials Center

Updated 11/23/2009

The Elsberry Plant Materials Center has released the following plants to commercial growers to solve specific resource conservation needs. Click on the link to the Release Brochure (if available) to view more information on each plant release. Click on the Scientific Name for more information on the species.

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Plant Releases

Release Name	Scientific Name	Common Name	Uses	Release Brochure
Flame	Acer ginnala	Amur maple	windbreaks, landscape and beautification
Illinois Covey Germplasm	Amorpha fruticosa	false indigo bush	wildlife cover/shelter and for erosion control along shorelines, streams, and wetlands	Brochure (PDF; 212KB)
Iowa Covey Germplasm	Amorpha fruticosa	false indigo bush	establish wildlife food/cover, enhance wetland riparian areas, and for erosion control.	Brochure (PDF; 206KB)
Missouri Covey Germplasm	Amorpha fruticosa	false indigo bush	to establish wildlife food/cover and address erosion control of shorelines, streams, and wetlands.	Brochure (PDF; 230KB)
Central Iowa Germplasm	Andropogon gerardii	big bluestem	roadside revegetation, forage, wildlife plantings, and prairie restoration
Northern Iowa Germplasm	Andropogon gerardii	big bluestem	roadside plantings, prairie restoration and enhancement, landscaping, and for increasing species diversity
Northern Missouri Germplasm	Andropogon gerardii	big bluestem	roadside revegetation, forage, prairie restoration and landscaping, and wildlife plantings
OH 370 Germplasm	Andropogon gerardii	big bluestem	wildlife habitat and food and restoration
OZ-70 Germplasm	Andropogon gerardii	big bluestem	forage production, erosion control, vegetative buffers and filter strips.
Refuge Germplasm	Andropogon gerardii	big bluestem	wildlife habitat, vegetative buffers, and landscape use.
Rountree	Andropogon gerardii	big bluestem	pasture, hay and wildlife plantings
Southern Iowa Germplasm	Andropogon gerardii	big bluestem	roadside revegetation, forage, prairie restoration and landscaping, and wildlife plantings
Central Iowa Germplasm	Bouteloua curtipendula	sideoats grama	erosion control, roadside stabilization, for improving wildlife habitat and for general conservation uses	Brochure (PDF; 231 KB)
Northern Iowa Germplasm	Bouteloua curtipendula	sideoats grama	erosion control, roadside stabilization, for improving wildlife habitat and for general conservation uses
Northern Missouri Germplasm	Bouteloua curtipendula	sideoats grama	roadside and wildlife plantings, prairie restorations, field borders, buffers, landscaping and for increasing plant diversity in prairie communities.
Southern Iowa Germplasm	Bouteloua curtipendula	sideoats grama	erosion control, roadside stabilization, for improving wildlife habitat and for general conservation uses
Elsberry	Bromus inermis	smooth brome	pasture, hay, cover crop and critical areas
Northern Missouri Germplasm	Coreopsis palmata	prairie coreopsis	roadside plantings and prairie restoration and enhancement	Brochure (PDF; 246 KB)
Western Missouri Germplasm	Coreopsis palmata	prairie coreopsis	roadside plantings and prairie restoration and enhancement
Redstone	Cornus mas	cornelian cherry dogwood	wildlife food and cover, windbreaks landscape, and beautification
Sun Harvest Germplasm	Corylus americana	hazelnut	windbreaks and wildlife food and habitat
Central Iowa Germplasm	Dalea purpurea	purple prairieclover	roadside revegetation, wildlife plantings, prairie restoration and landscaping
Northern Iowa Germplasm	Dalea purpurea	purple prairieclover	roadside and wildlife plantings, creating and restoring prairie, landscaping, and to increase plant diversity in prairie communities.
Alexander Germplasm	Desmodium canadense	showy tick trefoil	wildlife food and cover and prairie restoration	Brochure (PDF; 211 KB)
Central Iowa Germplasm	Echinacea pallida	pale purple coneflower	roadside and wildlife plantings, prairie creations and restorations, landscaping and for increasing plant diversity in prairie communities.
Northern Iowa Germplasm	Echinacea pallida	pale purple coneflower	roadside plantings, prairie creation and restoration, and landscaping
Northern Missouri Germplasm	Echinacea pallida	pale purple coneflower	prairie restoration projects, roadside, wildlife and landscaping
Southern Iowa Germplasm	Echinacea pallida	pale purple coneflower	roadside plantings, landscaping, and for prairie creation, restoration and diversity
Western Missouri Germplasm	Echinacea pallida	pale purple coneflower	prairie restorations projects, roadside, wildlife and landscaping
Central Iowa Germplasm	Elymus canadensis	Canada wildrye	erosion control, roadside stabilization, for improving wildlife habitat and for general conservation uses	Brochure (PDF; 196 KB)
Northern Iowa Germplasm	Elymus canadensis	Canada wildrye	erosion control, roadside stabilization, for improving wildlife habitat and for general conservation uses
Southern Iowa Germplasm	Elymus canadensis	Canada wildrye	erosion control, roadside stabilization, for improving wildlife habitat and for general conservation uses
Cuivre River Germplasm	Elymus virginicus	Virginia wildrye	forage, erosion control, vegetative buffers and filters, wildlife food/cover, plant diversity in wetland and riparian plantings, and as a cover crop for woody plantings	Brochure (PDF; 208 KB)
Northern Missouri Germplasm	Elymus virginicus	Virginia wildrye	riparian areas, soil stabilization, forage, wildlife food and cover, and prairie plantings
Central Iowa Germplasm	Eryngium yuccifolium	rattlesnake master	roadside revegetation, wildlife plantings, prairie restoration and landscaping, and wildflower gardens	Brochure (PDF; 213 KB)
Northern Iowa Germplasm	Eryngium yuccifolium	rattlesnake master	roadside revegetation, wildlife plantings, prairie restoration and landscaping, and wildflower gardens	Brochure (PDF; 213 KB)
Southern Iowa Germplasm	Eryngium yuccifolium	rattlesnake master	roadside revegetation, wildlife plantings, prairie restoration and landscaping, and wildflower gardens	Brochure (PDF; 213 KB)
Bobwhite	Glycine	soybean	wildlife food and cover
Central Iowa Germplasm	Heliopsis helianthoides	oxeye false sunflower	native plantings along roadsides, conservation plantings, and wildlife habitat	Brochure (PDF; 131 KB)
Northern Iowa Germplasm	Heliopsis helianthoides	false sunflower	roadside revegetation, wildlife plantings, and prairie restoration	Brochure (PDF)
Southern Iowa Germplasm	Heliopsis helianthoides	oxeye false sunflower	roadside revegetation, wildlife plantings, and prairie restoration	Brochure (PDF; 131 KB)
Central Iowa Germplasm	Koeleria macrantha	prairie Junegrass	roadside plantings, creating and restoring prairie, landscaping, and to increase plant diversity in prairie communities
Northern Iowa Germplasm	Koeleria macrantha	prairie Junegrass	roadside plantings, creating and restoring prairie, landscaping, and to increase plant diversity in prairie communities.
Central Iowa Germplasm	Lespedeza capitata	roundhead lespedeza	native plantings along roadsides, conservation plantings, and wildlife habitat	Brochure (PDF; 160 KB)
Northern Iowa Germplasm	Lespedeza capitata	roundhead lespedeza	roadside plantings, prairie restoration and enhancement, landscaping, and for increasing species diversity
Southern Iowa Germplasm	Lespedeza capitata	roundhead lespedeza	roadside revegetation, wildlife plantings, and prairie restoration	Brochure (PDF)
Central Iowa Germplasm	Liatris aspera	rough blazing star	roadside plantings, prairie creations and restorations, landscaping, and increase plant diversity in prairie communities
Northern Iowa Germplasm	Liatris aspera	rough blazing star	roadside plantings, creating and restoring prairie, landscaping, and to increase plant diversity in prairie communities.
Southern Iowa Germplasm	Liatris aspera	rough blazing star	roadside plantings, creating and restoring prairie, landscaping, and to increase plant diversity in prairie communities
Central Iowa Germplasm	Liatris pycnostachya	thickspike gayfeather	roadside revegetation, wildlife plantings, prairie restoration and landscaping, and wildflower gardens
Northern Iowa Germplasm	Liatris pycnostachya	thickspike gayfeather	roadside revegetation, wildlife plantings, prairie restoration and landscaping, and wildflower gardens
Northern Missouri Germplasm	Liatris pycnostachya	thickspike gayfeather	roadside plantings and prairie restoration and enhancement	Brochure (PDF; 157KB)
Southern Iowa Germplasm	Liatris pycnostachya	thickspike gayfeather	roadside plantings and prairie restoration and enhancement
Western Missouri Germplasm	Liatris pycnostachya	thickspike gayfeather	roadside planting and prairie restoration and enhancement	Brochure (PDF; 157KB)
Union Germplasm	Liriodendron tulipifera	tulip poplar	woodland revegetation, timber production, landscaping, riparian areas
Central Iowa Germplasm	Monarda fistulosa	wild bergamont	prairie restoration programs, roadside and wildlife platings and landscaping.
Northern Iowa Germplasm	Monarda fistulosa	wild bergamont	prairie restoration projects, roadside, wildlife, and landscaping
Southern Iowa Germplasm	Monarda fistulosa	wild bergamont	roadside and wildlife plantings, creating and restoring prairies, landscaping, and to increase plant diversity in prairie communities
Central Iowa Germplasm	Oligoneuron rigidum var. rigidum	stiff goldenrod	roadside plantings, prairie creation and restoration, and landscaping
Northern Iowa Germplasm	Oligoneuron rigidum var. rigidum	stiff goldenrod	roadside revegetation, wildlife plantings, prairie restoration and landscaping
Southern Iowa Germplasm	Oligoneuron rigidum var. rigidum	stiff goldenrod	roadside plantings, landscaping, prairie creation and restoration, and for increasing plant diversity in prairie communities
Cave-In-Rock	Panicum virgatum	switchgrass	summer pasture, wildlife food and habitat	Brochure (PDF; 191 KB)
Central Iowa Germplasm	Panicum virgatum	switchgrass	roadside plantings, creating and restoring prairies, landscaping, and to increase plant diversity in prairie communities
Shawnee	Panicum virgatum	switchgrass	pasture and hay
Midwest Premium Germplasm	Prunus americana	American plum	wildlife habitat, erosion control, and for windbreaks.	Brochure (PDF; 463KB)
Northern Missouri Germplasm	Ratibida pinnata	grayhead coneflower	range and pasture seeding, prairie restoration, prairie landscaping, wildlife cover, and roadside restoration.
Central Iowa Germplasm	Schizachyrium scoparium	little bluestem	roadside revegetation, wildlife plantings, prairie restoration, and pasture	Brochure (PDF; 248 KB)
Northern Iowa Germplasm	Schizachyrium scoparium	little bluestem	roadside revegetation, forage, prairie restoration and landscaping, and wildlife plantings
Northern Missouri Germplasm	Schizachyrium scoparium	little bluestem	roadside revegetation, forage, prairie restoration and landscaping, and wildlife plantings
Southern Iowa Germplasm	Schizachyrium scoparium	little bluestem	roadside revegetation, forage, prairie restoration and landscaping, and wildlife plantings
Southern Missouri Germplasm	Schizachyrium scoparium	little bluestem	range and pasture seeding, prairie restoration, prairie landscaping, wildlife cover and roadside restoration
Central Iowa Germplasm	Sorghastrum nutans	indiangrass	roadside revegetation, wildlife plantings, prairie restoration
Northern Iowa Germplasm	Sorghastrum nutans	indiangrass	roadside revegetation, wildlife plantings, and prairie restoration
Northern Missouri Germplasm	Sorghastrum nutans	indiangrass	roadside revegetation, forage, prairie restoration and landscaping, and wildlife plantings
Rumsey	Sorghastrum nutans	indiangrass	pasture, wildlife food and habitat
Southern Iowa Germplasm	Sorghastrum nutans	indiangrass	roadside revegetation, forage, wildlife plantings, and prairie restoration
Western Missouri Germplasm	Sorghastrum nutans	indiangrass	roadside revegetation, forage, prairie restoration and landscaping, and wildlife plantings
Central Iowa Germplasm	Sporobolus compositus	tall dropseed	native plantings along roadsides, conservation plantings, and wildlife habitat	Brochure (PDF; 176 KB)
Northern Iowa Germplasm	Sporobolus compositus	tall dropseed	roadside plantings and prairie restoration and enhancement	Brochure (PDF; 176 KB)
Northern Missouri Germplasm	Sporobolus compositus	tall dropseed	roadside plantings and prairie restoration and enhancement
Southern Iowa Germplasm	Sporobolus compositus	tall dropseed	roadside revegetation, wildlife plantings, and prairie restoration	Brochure (PDF; 176 KB)
Central Iowa Germplasm	Symphyotrichum novae- angliae	New England aster	roadside plantings, prairie creation and restoration, and landscaping
Northern Iowa Germplasm	Symphyotrichum novae- angliae	New England aster	roadside plantings, prairie creation and restoration, and landscaping
Southern Iowa Germplasm	Symphyotrichum novae- angliae	New England aster	roadside plantings, prairie creation and restoration, wildlife habitat, and landscaping
Elsmo	Ulmus parvifolia	lace bark elm	landscape and beautification, farmstead and field windbreaks, urban and forestry recreation area development.

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