Conservation Plant Releases

Updated 08/13/2008

Jimmy Carter Plant Materials Center

The Jimmy Carter 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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Release Name	Scientific Name	Common Name	Uses	Release Brochure
Kinchafoonee Germplasm	Elymus virginicus	Virginia wildrye	erosion control for field borders, logging roads, critical area treatments, and cool season cover crop
Sumter Germplasm	Juncus effusus	common rush	wetland wildlife (cover), residential septic systems, constructed wetlands, wetland restoration and riparian buffers
AU Ground Cover	Lathyrus hirsutus	caley pea	cool season cover crop for conservation tillage systems and as a cattle forage
Big-O	Malus coronaria	crabapple	wildlife food and cover, beautification of urban landscapes, windbreaks, screens and hedgerows.
Dove	Panicum miliaceum	Proso millet	wildlife food
Pensacola	Paspalum notatum	Bahiagrass	critical stabilization and cattle forage	Brochure (PDF)
Restorer	Schoenoplectus californicus	giant bulrush	constructed wetlands and to treat non point source pollution; also for use in wetland restoration and creation
Muckalee Germplasm	Scirpus cyperinus	woolgrass	residential septic systems, constructed wetlands for waste treatment, wildlife cover in riparian areas, and to restore wetlands where obligate plants dominate
Americus	Sorghastrum nutans	yellow indiangrass	forage, erosion control, buffers, and wildlife habitat
Newberry Germplasm	Sorghastrum nutans	Indiangrass	erosion control, wildlife habitat improvement, natural plant restoration.
Flageo	Spartina patens	marshhay cordgrass	coastal stabilization
Union Germplasm	Tridens flavus	purpletop	erosion control, wildlife habitat improvement and native plant restoration
AU Sunrise	Trifolium incarnatum	crimson clover	early legume cover in conservation tillage systems
Amclo	Trifolium vesiculosum	arrowleaf clover	cover crop, cattle forage
Highlander	Tripsacum dactyloides	eastern gamagrass	hay production and pasture plantings, buffers, conservation cover, and wildlife habitat
Americus	Vicia villosa	hairy vetch	winter cover crop in conservation tillage systems
AU Early Cover	Vicia villosa	hairy vetch	cover crop for conservation tillage systems and as an early green manure crop
Wetlander	Zizaniopsis miliacea	giant cutgrass	constructed wetlands to treat non point source pollution and wetland restoration

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