New Plant Releases for 2010

Updated 05/08/2013

The Plant Materials Program 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. Releases are for the fiscal year period of October 2009 through September 2010.

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Release Name	Scientific Name	Common Name	Uses	Release Brochure	PMC
White Pass Germplasm	Elymus glaucus ssp. glaucus	blue wildrye	reforestation and reclamation plantings and establishing vegetative cover on disturbed soils	Brochure (PDF; 171K)
Bonita Germplasm	Eragrostis intermedia	plains lovegrass	ecological restoration of disturbed areas and for wildlife habitat	Brochure (PDF; 194K)	AZPMC
Penn Center Germplasm	Panicum virgatum	switchgrass	coastal erosion control	Brochure (PDF; 223K)	GAPMC
Maverick Germplasm	Pappophorum bicolor	pink pappusgrass	rangeland seeding and highway right-of-way plantings	Brochure (PDF; 2,400K)	STPMC
Webb Germplasm	Pappophorum vaginatum	whiplash pappusgrass	rangeland seeding, highway right-of-ways, and for upland wildlife	Brochure (PDF; 2,071K)	STPMC
Chisholm Germplasm	Prunus angustifolia	Chickasaw plum	wildlife habitat plantings, recreation area beautification, and erosion control on sandy soils	Brochure (PDF; 294K)	KSPMC
Riverview Germplasm	Ribes americanum	American black currant	wildlife plantings, agroforestry (fruit production), field windbreaks, wildlife habitat and food, and riparian areas	Brochure (PDF; 1,515K)	NDPMC
Vintage Germplasm	Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis	common elderberry	streambank stabilization, wildlife habitat and riparian corridor enhancement	Brochure (PDF; 321K)	MIPMC
Ozark Germplasm	Schizachyrium scoparium	little bluestem	pasture seeding, prairie restoration, wildlife cover	Brochure (PDF; 197K)	MOPMC
Mill Creek Germplasm	Shepherdia argentea	silver buffaloberry	mineland reclammation, critical area stabilization, salt affected soils, riparian restoration, windbreak, shelterbelts, living snowfences, and wildlife habitat		MTPMC
Monarch Germplasm	Solidago sempervirens	seaside goldenrod	dune stabilization and wildlife habitat	Brochure (PDF; 98K)	NJPMC