Elsberry Plant Materials Center

Updated 05/29/2008

Elsberry, Missouri

For almost 70 years, the Elsberry Plant Materials Center has selected plants and developed new planting technologies for areas of Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Illinois. The Center has released over 60 improved conservation plants including varieties of sideoats grama, big bluestem, prairie coreopsis, roughleaf dogwood, pale purple coneflower, thickspike gayfeather, tall dropseed and stiff goldenrod, and has developed new technologies for hay and pasture management, native plant establishment, windbreaks and wildlife habitat.

Special Features

• Iowa Ecotype Project
• Herbaceous Conservation Plants ID Guide
• Central Region Seedling ID Guide for Native Prairie Plants

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2007 Annual Technical Report (PDF, 1.46 MB) Elsberry Plant Materials Center, Elsberry, MO. March 2008

Plants For Conservation - Vol. 9 Issue 1 (PDF, 411 KB)  Spring Newsletter, Elsberry Plant Materials Center, March 2008

Year 2007 Progress Report of Activities (PDF, 700 KB) USDA-NRCS Elsberry Plant Materials Center, Elsberry, MO. February 2008

Growers / Vendors of Elsberry PMC, Released Varieties and Ecotypes in Production (PDF, 155 KB) USDA-NRCS Elsberry Plant Materials Center, Elsberry, MO. February 2008

2008 Foundation Seed Prices (PDF, 24 KB)

Contact

2803 N. Highway 79
Elsberry, MO 63343

Telephone: 573.898.2012
FAX: 573.898.5019
Email: steve.bruckerhoff@mo.usda.gov