Bismarck Plant Materials Center

Bismarck, North Dakota

Established 1954

Over the past 50 years, the Bismarck Plant Materials Center in Bismarck, North Dakota has provided plant solutions for the diverse landscapes in North Dakota, South Dakota and northern Minnesota. The Center offers technical assistance for native landscaping, windbreaks, revegetating saline-alkaline soils, improving productivity of range and pasture lands, enhancing wildlife habitat and wetlands, and enhancing native prairie ecosystems. The Center has released over 40 improved conservation plants including varieties of blue grama, buffalograss, western wheatgrass, purple prairie clover, narrow-leaved coneflower, stiff sunflower, silver buffaloberry, black chokeberry, hybrid plum, and intermediate pubescent wheatgrass. 

Special Features

• Grasses for the Northern Plains

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

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2008-2009 Progress Report of Activities. (PDF; 624KB) Bismarck Plant Materials Center. 2009. USDA NRCS, Bismarck, ND. June 2009. 13p. (ID# 8654)
Technical Report 2008, Part 2 of 2: Trees and Shrubs. (PDF; 3929kb) Bismarck Plant Materials Center. 2009. USDA-NRCS Plant Materials Center, Bismarck, ND. August 2009. 197p. (ID# 9100)
Technical Report 2008, Part 1 of 2: Grasses, Forbs, and Legumes. (PDF; 4139kb) Bismarck Plant Materials Center. 2009. USDA-NRCS Plant Materials Center, Bismarck, ND. August 2009. 203p. (ID# 9101)
Plant Chat, Volume 9, Issue 4 (PDF; 1.5 MB) Fall 2009
Plant Chat, Summer 2009. (PDF; 799kb) Bismarck Plant Materials Center. 2009. USDA NRCS Plant Materials Center, Bismarck, ND. Volume 9, Issue 3. 1p. (ID# 9099)
 
ECS-9 - Planting Plan for Field, Special, and Increase Plantings (PDF; 28 KB)
Technology Transfer Products from the Bismarck PMC (PDF; 175 KB) Jan 2009
Publications Available from the Bismarck PMC (PDF; 20 KB)  Jan 2009
eFOTG List of Plant Materials References (PDF; 36 KB)

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Additional Information

• Seed Price Lists and Vendor Lists - Updated Jul 2009
• The PLANTS Database
• Electronic Field Office Technical Guide (eFOTG)
  • eFOTG - North Dakota
  • eFOTG - Minnesota
  • eFOTG - South Dakota

Contact

3308 University Dr.
Bismarck, ND 58504-7564

Telephone: 701.250.4330
FAX: 701.250.4334
Email: wayne.duckwitz@nd.usda.gov