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Conservation Plant Releases - Jimmy Carter Plant Materials Center
Updated
11/17/2009
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.
If you encounter any problems with the files provided on this page, please contact
Leslie Glass at 701-250-4330.
These documents require Adobe Acrobat
Plant Releases
| 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
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| Sumter Germplasm |
Juncus
effusus |
Soft 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 |
Brochure (PDF; 572
KB) |
| Big-O |
Malus
coronaria |
crabapple |
wildlife food and cover, beautification of urban landscapes, windbreaks, screens and
hedgerows. |
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| Dove |
Panicum
miliaceum |
Proso millet |
wildlife food |
Brochure (PDF; 312
KB) |
| Pensacola |
Paspalum
notatum |
Bahiagrass |
critical stabilization and cattle forage |
Brochure
| | Restorer |
Schoenoplectus californicus |
giant bulrush |
constructed wetlands and to treat non point source pollution; also for use in wetland
restoration and creation |
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| 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 |
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| Americus |
Sorghastrum
nutans |
yellow indiangrass |
forage, erosion control, buffers, and wildlife habitat |
Brochure (PDF; 270
KB) |
| Newberry Germplasm |
Sorghastrum
nutans |
Indiangrass |
erosion control, wildlife habitat improvement, natural plant restoration. |
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| Flageo |
Spartina
patens |
marshhay cordgrass |
coastal stabilization |
Brochure (PDF; 272
KB) |
| Union Germplasm |
Tridens
flavus |
purpletop |
erosion control, wildlife habitat improvement and native plant restoration |
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| AU Sunrise |
Trifolium
incarnatum |
crimson clover |
early legume cover in conservation tillage systems |
Brochure (PDF; 290
KB) |
| AU Sunup |
Trifolium
incarnatum |
crimson clover |
cover crop and green manure in conservation tillage systems, for organic farming, and
for pollinator habitat |
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| Amclo |
Trifolium
vesiculosum |
arrowleaf clover |
cover crop, cattle forage |
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| Americus |
Vicia
| hairy vetch |
winter cover crop in conservation tillage systems |
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| AU Early Cover |
Vicia
| hairy vetch |
cover crop for conservation tillage systems and as an early green manure crop |
Brochure (PDF; 261
KB) |
| Wetlander |
Zizaniopsis
miliacea |
giant cutgrass |
constructed wetlands to treat non point source pollution and wetland restoration |
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