Aberdeen Plant Materials Center

Aberdeen, Idaho

Established 1939

For over 60 years, the Aberdeen Plant Materials Center has provided plant solutions applicable to the diverse landscapes of the Intermountain West. The Center has released well over 40 improved conservation plants including varieties of fourwing saltbush, bottlebrush squirreltail, Baltic rush, Lewis flax, penstemon and basin wildrye. The Center also has provided technical leadership for fighting noxious weeds, rehabilitating after wildfire, developing windbreaks, propagating native shrubs, and improving rangelands, pasturelands and riparian and wetland areas.

Special Features

• Riparian and Wetland Tools for the Great Basin and Intermountain West Regions - New information
• The Practical Streambank Bioengineering Guide
• Interagency Riparian/Wetland Plant Development Project

If you encounter any problems with the files provided on this page, please contact Leslie Glass at 701-250-4330.

The following documents require Acrobat Reader

2008 Aberdeen Plant Materials Center Progress Report of Activities. (PDF; 728 KB) Tilley, D.J., Hoag, J.C., Ogle, D.G. and L. St. John. 2008. Aberdeen Plant Materials Center, Aberdeen, Idaho. December 18, 2008. 4p. (ID# 8309)

View from a Wetland 2008. (PDF; 621 KB) Hoag, JC and D Tilley. 2009. Aberdeen PMC, Aberdeen, ID. Number 14 (2008). 4p. (ID# 8304)

Field Guide for the Identification and Use of Common Riparian Woody Plants of the Intermountain West and Pacific Northwest Regions. (PDF; 9.8 MB) Hoag, C, D. Tilley, D. Darris, and K. Pendergrass. 2008. Plant Materials Programs of Idaho and Oregon, Aberdeen, ID. February 2008. 196p. (ID# 7428)

Field Guide for the Identification and Use of Common Riparian Woody Plants of the Intermountain West and Pacific Northwest Regions - non-booklet. (PDF; 9.8 MB) Hoag, C, D. Tilley, D. Darris, and K. Pendergrass. 2008. Plant Materials Programs of Idaho and Oregon, Aberdeen, ID. February 2008. 196p. (ID# 7969)

Contact

P.O. Box 296/ 1691 A South 2700 West
Aberdeen, ID 83210-0296

Telephone: 208.397.4133
FAX: 208.397.3104
Email: Loren.Stjohn@id.usda.gov

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