Rose Lake Plant Materials Center

East Lansing, Michigan

Established 1958

The Rose Lake Plant Materials Center in East Lansing, Michigan provides plant solutions for the Great Lakes Region. The Center has developed technology for a variety of conservation concerns including stabilization of streambanks, shorelines, and roadbanks; improving pasture land; and increasing the availability and use of local native species. The Center has released improved conservation varieties of big bluestem, little bluestem, silky dogwood, hybrid crabapple, switchgrass and indiangrass. 

Special Features

• Why is Ash preservation important?
• Plant Materials Program and National Ash Tree Seed Collection Initiative
• Community Garden Guides

Recent Publications

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 Activities Report. (PDF; 3.2 MB) John Leif, Dave Burgdorf, Elaine Gerona. 2009. Rose Lake PMC, East Lansing, MI. December, 2008. 10p. (ID# 8336)

Rose Lake Plant Materials Center 2008 Technical Report. (PDF; 658kb) John Leif, John Durling, Dave Burgdorf. 2009. Rose Lake PMC, East Lansing, MI. 2008. 66p. (ID# 8630)

Rose Lake Plant Materials Center Spring 2009 Newsletter. (PDF; 350kb) John Leif, Dave Burgdorf and Elaine Gerona. 2009. Rose Lake PMC, East Lansing, MI. Spring, 2009. 5p. (ID# 8626)

Plant Releases Available to Commercial Growers 2009. (PDF; 398 KB) John Leif, Elaine Gerona, Dave Burgdorf, John durling. 2008. Rose Lake PMC, East Lansing, MI. 2009. 2p. (ID# 8117)

Rose Lake Plant Materials Center Brochure. (PDF; 360 KB) John Leif and Elaine Gerona. 2008. Rose Lake PMC, East Lansing, MI. August 2008. 2p. (ID# 8116)

Contact

7472 Stoll Rd.
East Lansing, MI 48823-9420

Telephone: 517.641.6300
FAX: 517.641.4421
Email: John.Leif@mi.usda.gov

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