Publications Relating to Range

Forage Production, Nutritive quality and Growth Pattern of Various Warm Season Grasses. (PDF; 337kb) Rob Ziehr. 2009. USDA- NRCS James E. "Bud" Smith PMC, Knox City, TX. June 2009. 7p. (ID# 9139)

Grass and Forb / Legume Varieties Approved For Use In Kansas. (PDF; 82 KB) Conway, T. 2002. USDA- NRCS, Salina, KS. June 2002. 3p. (ID# 4379)

Technical Note: An Evaluation of Four Forbs for Inclusion in Range Seeding Mixes and Wildlife Food Plots in South Texas. (PDF; 31 KB) USDA-NRCS Kika de la Garza Plant Materials Center. 1998. USDA-NRCS Kika de la Garza Plant Materials Center, Kingsville, TX. Dec. 1998. 6p. (ID# 2747)

Plant Materials Technical Note No. 15. Managing Black Greasewood Sites. (PDF; 332KB) Benson, B., Ogle, D.G., Tilley, D.J. and L. St. John. 2007. Aberdeen PMC, Aberdeen, ID. 6 February 2007. 9p. (ID# 7062)

Technical Note 31: Restoration of woody plants with native range communities. (PDF; 64 KB) Holzworth, L.K, M. Majerus, J. Scianna, and S. Winslow. 1999. USDA-NRCS Bridger Plant Materials Center, Bridger, MT. MT-TN 31, Jun. 1999. 8p. (ID# 1100)

'Perla' Koleagrass (Phalaris aquatica) and 'Berber' Orchardgrass (Dactylis glomerata) Establishment Field Trial. (PDF; 112 KB) Erik Ross. 2008. Lockeford PMC, Lockeford CA. PM TechNote 76. 4p. (ID# 7881)

Plant Fact Sheet Awnless Bushsunflower. (PDF; 138kb) Brandon Carr. 2009. USDA/NRCS James E. "Bud" Smith PMC, Knox City, TX. July 29, 2009. 2p. (ID# 9178)

Plant Fact Sheet Engelmann's Daisy. (PDF; 117kb) Brandon Carr. 2009. USDA/NRCS James E. "Bud" Smith PMC, Knox City, Texas. July 15, 2009. 2p. (ID# 9177)

Plant Fact Sheet Purple Prairie Clover. (PDF; 130kb) Brandon Carr. 2009. USDA/NRCS James E. "Bud" Smith Plant Materials Center, Knox City, TX. August 12, 2009. 2p. (ID# 9181)

Plant Fact Sheet Spike Dropseed. (PDF; 96kb) Brandon Carr. 2009. USDA/NRCS James E. "Bud" Smith Plant Materials Center, Knox City, TX. August 5, 2009. 2p. (ID# 9182)

Plant Fact Sheet Velvet Bundleflower. (PDF; 134kb) Brandon Carr. 2009. USDA/NRCS James E. "Bud" Smith PMC, Knox City, TX. July 31, 2009. 2p. (ID# 9179)

Longspike Tridens Plant Fact Sheet. (PDF; 140 KB) Alan Shadow. 2008. ETPMC, 2p. (ID# 8048)

American Licorice (Glycyrrhiza lepidota) Plant fact Sheet. (PDF; 212 KB) Richard Wynia. 2007. PLANTS Database, Baton Rouge, LA. August 2007. 2p. (ID# 7570)

Havard Panicum Plant Fact Sheet. (PDF; 89 KB) Rudy G. Esquivel. 2007. NRCS JEBSPMC Knox City, TX; Agricola National Agricultural Library, and National Plant Data Center Baton Rouge, LA, Knox City, Texas. 6/05/07. 2p. (ID# 7290)

Plant Fact Sheet for Splitbeard bluestem. (PDF; 107 KB) M. Brakie. 2007. East Texas Plant Materials Program, Nacogdoches, TX. September 2007. 2p. (ID# 7461)

Whorled Dropseed Plant Fact Sheet. (PDF; 171 KB) Rob Ziehr and Rudy G. Esquivel. 2007. NRCS JEBSPMC Knox City, Texas, See References on Plant Fact Sheet., Knox City, Texas. 6/08/07. 2p. (ID# 7291)

Plant Fact Sheet: Four-Flower Trichloris. (PDF; 200 KB) Kadin, Elizabeth. 2001. USDA-NRCS Kika de la Garza Plant Materials Center, Kingsville, TX. Oct. 2001. 2p. (ID# 750)

Plant Fact Sheet: Plains Bristlegrass. (PDF; 252 KB) Kadin, Elizabeth. 2001. USDA-NRCS Kika de la Garza Plant Materials Center, Kingsville, TX. Oct. 2001. 2p. (ID# 752)

Plant Fact Sheet: Tanglehead. (PDF; 313 KB) Kadin, Elizabeth. 1999. USDA-NRCS Kika de la Garza Plant Materials Center, Kingsville, TX. Oct. 1999. 2p. (ID# 736)

Plant Fact Sheet: Thin Paspalum. (PDF; 111 KB) Kadin, Elizabeth. 1999. USDA-NRCS Kika de la Garza Plant Materials Center, Kingsville, TX. Nov. 1999. 2p. (ID# 737)

Beardless Wildrye Plant Guide. (PDF; 102kb) Young-Mathews, A, and S. Winslow. 2009. Lockeford PMC, Davis, CA. 9/28/09. 5p. (ID# 8966)

Purple Prairie Clover (Dalea purpurea) Plant Guide. (PDF; 90 KB) Richard Wynia. 2008. PLANTS Database, Baton Rouge, LA. January 2008. 4p. (ID# 7796)

White Prairie Clover (Dalea candida) Plant Guide. (PDF; 234 KB) Richard Wynia. 2008. PLANTS Database, Baton Rouge, LA. February 2008. 3p. (ID# 7797)

Black Greasewood Plant Guide. (PDF; 185KB) Benson, B., Green, S., Ogle, D., Tilley, D., and L. St. John. 2007. Aberdeen PMC, Aberdeen, ID. 07 February 2007. 4p. (ID# 7061)

Parsnipflower Buckwheat Plant Guide. (PDF; 185KB) Tilley, D.J., Ogle, D.G. and L. St. John. 2007. Aberdeen PMC, Aberdeen, ID. 30 Mar 2007. 3p. (ID# 7076)

Plant Guide Blue Grama (Bouteloua gracilis). (PDF; 57 KB) Richard Wynia. 2007. PLANTS Database, Baton Rouge, LA. June 29, 2007. 3p. (ID# 7252)

Sandberg Bluegrass Complex Plant Guide. (PDF; 371 KB) Majerus, M., Holzworth, L., Tilley, D., Ogle, D., and M. Stannard. 2007. Aberdeen PMC, Aberdeen, ID. April 2008. 7p. (ID# 7065)

Big Sagebrush Plant Guide. (PDF; 320 KB) Tilley, D.J., Ogle, D.G, St.John, L., and B. Benson. 2006. USDA-NRCS Aberdeen Plant Materials Center, Aberdeen, ID. 1/09/06. 11p. (ID# 6294)

Blue Flax and Lewis Flax Plant Guide (2006 Revision). (PDF; 177KB) Ogle, D.G., L. St. John, J.S. Peterson and D.J. Tilley. 2006. Aberdeen Plant Materials Center, Aberdeen, ID. 2/24/06. 4p. (ID# 6431)

Bottlebrush Squirreltail and Big Squirreltail Plant Guide. (PDF; 286KB) Tilley, D.J., Ogle, D.G., St. John, L. Holzworth, L.K., Jones, T. and S.R. Winslow. 2006. USDA-NRCS Aberdeen Plant Materials Center, Aberdeen, ID. March 31, 2006. 6p. (ID# 5983)

Forage Kochia Plant Guide. (PDF; 299KB) Tilley, D.J., Ogle, D.G., St. John, L., Waldron, B.L., and R.D. Harrison. 2006. Aberdeen PMC, Aberdeen, ID. 18 May 2006. 5p. (ID# 6564)

Muttongrass Plant Guide. (PDF; 177KB) Tilley, D.J., Ogle, D.G. and L. Stl John. 2006. Aberdeen PMC, Aberdeen, ID. 24 Oct 2006. 3p. (ID# 6963)

Prairie Sandreed Plant Guide. (PDF; 158 KB) USDA-NRCS Bismarck Plant Materials Center. 2006. USDA-NRCS Bismarck Plant Materials Center, Bismarck, North Dakota, Bismarck, ND. April 2006. 5p. (ID# 6599)

Cottle County Germplasm sand bluestem. (PDF; 112KB) Morris J Houck. 2005. Knox City PMC, Knox City, TX. July 2005. 2p. (ID# 6196)

Cuero Germplasm Purple Prairie Clover. (PDF; 91KB) Morris J Houck. 2005. Knox City PMC, Knox City,TX. July 2005. 2p. (ID# 6197)

'Earl' Big Bluestem Plant Guide Brochure. (PDF; 105KB) Morris J Houck. 2005. Knox City PMC, Knox City, TX. November 2005. 2p. (ID# 6321)

OK Select Germplasm little bluestem. (PDF; 80KB) Morris J Houck. 2005. Knox City PMC, Knox City, TX. July 2005. 2p. (ID# 6200)

Planting Guide: Schizachyrium scoparium Northern Missouri Germplasm (little bluestem). (PDF; 34 KB) Henry, J., J. Kaiser, and S. Bruckerhoff. 2000. USDA-NRCS Elsberry Plant Materials Center, Elsberry, MO. Apr. 2000. 3p. (ID# 986)

Planting Guide: Sorghastrum nutans Missouri Germplasm (indiangrass). (PDF; 40 KB) Henry, J., J. Kaiser, and S. Bruckerhoff. 2000. USDA-NRCS Elsberry Plant Materials Center, Elsberry, MO. Apr. 2000. 3p. (ID# 987)

Plains Germplasm Prairie Acacia Release Brochure. (PDF; 102 KB) Rudy G. Esquivel. 2008. NRCS James E. "Bud" Smith Plant Materials Center, Knox City, Texas, Knox City, Texas. 2/22/2008. 2p. (ID# 7861)

San Marcos Cultivar Brochure .doc. (PDF; 145 KB) Rudy G. Esquivel and Rob Ziehr. 2007. JEBSPMC Knox City, TX, Knox City, Texas. 5/30/2007. 2p. (ID# 7293)

Release Brochure/'Timp' Utah Sweetvetch. (PDF; 148 KB) Manuel Rosales. 2006. Various, Meeker, Colorado. August-2006. 2p. (ID# 6663)

Plant Collection Guide Sheet blue grama. (PDF; 800 KB) Gary Rea. 2009. NRCS- James E. "Bud" Smith PMC, Knox city. 3/30/2009. 2p. (ID# 8568)

Plant Species Description Sheet-Indian ricegrass. (PDF; 251 KB) Rudy G. Esquivel. 2009. NRCS/James E. "Bud" Smith Plant Materials Center, Knox City, Texas. 3/30/2009. 2p. (ID# 8506)

Revised Plains Germplasm prairie acacia Brochure. (PDF; 495kb) Rob Ziehr, Gary Rea. 2009. NSDA- NRCS James E. "Bud" Smith PMC, Web. 6/10/09. 2p. (ID# 8880)

Request for seed collections - Sulphurflower buckwheat. (PDF; 94KB) Tilley, D.J. 2006. Aberdeen PMC, Aberdeen, ID. 24 May 2006. 2p. (ID# 6567)

2004 Aberdeen Plant Materials Center Progress Report of Activities. (PDF; 764 KB) Tilley. D.J., J.C. Hoag, L. St. John, and D.G. Ogle. 2005. USDA-NRCS Aberdeen Plant Materials Center, Aberdeen, ID. January 11, 2005. 4p. (ID# 5860)

Lockeford PMC Progress Report of Activities. (PDF; 398 KB) D.Dyer. 2005. Lockeford PMC, Lockeford, CA. 2004. 4p. (ID# 5960)

PMC Makes Rancher Crop a Mission. (PDF; 692 KB) Greg Fenchel and Barbra Garrett. 2007. Conservation Showcase, Albuquerque, NM. October-November 2007. 1p. (ID# 7688)

Nevada Bluegrass Seed Collection Request. (PDF; 119 KB) Tilley, D.J. 2008. Aberdeen PMC, Aberdeen ID. 27 Feb 2008. 2p. (ID# 7791)

Request for seed: Douglas' dusty maiden. (PDF; 95 KB) Tilley, D.J. 2008. Aberdeen PMC, Aberdeen ID. 17 March 2008. 2p. (ID# 7793)

Request for seed: Hoary tansyaster. (PDF; 996 KB) Tilley, D.J. 2008. Aberdeen PMC, Aberdeen, ID. 17 Mar 2008. 2p. (ID# 7794)

Conservation Plant Materials Tested at Trout Creek, Nevada. (PDF; 67 KB) St. John, L. 2003. USDA- NRCS Aberdeen Plant Materials Center, Aberdeen, ID. June 16, 2003. 1p. (ID# 5013)

New Tools from the Plant Materials Toolkit. (PDF; 66 KB) St. John, L. 2003. USDA-NRCS Aberdeen Plant Materials Center, Aberdeen, ID. June 16, 2003. 1p. (ID# 5014)

Evaluating Range Plants. (PDF; 8 KB) St. John, L. 1997. USDA-NRCS Aberdeen Plant Materials Center, Aberdeen, ID. Apr. 1997. 2p. (ID# 2805)

Grazing potential of CRP lands. (PDF; 8 KB) Holzworth, L.K. and S. Burnworth. USDA-NRCS, Bozeman, MT. 2p. (ID# 1119)

Forage Yield and Nutritive Value of Four Native Texas Warm Season Grasses. (PDF; 358kb) Angela E. Lee, John Lloyd-Reilley, Barry D. Lambert, and James P. Muir. 2009. CKWRI, Current Research, Kingsville, TX. 2007-2008. 1p. (ID# 8928)

Native Seed Production for the Restoration of the Uncompahgre Plateau. (PDF; 30kb) Parr, Steve. 2009. UCEPC, Meeker, CO. 12/2008. 5p. (ID# 8986)

Basin Wildrye Advanced Evaluation Final Report January 14, 2008. (PDF; 36 KB) Tilley DJ. 2008. Aberdeen PMC, Aberdeen, ID. 15 January 2008. 3p. (ID# 7782)

Carribou-Targhee and Bridger-Teton National Forest Native Grass Initial Evaluation 2007 Progress Report. (PDF; 494 KB) Tilley, DJ and L. St John. 2008. Aberdeen PMC, Aberdeen, ID. 15 January 2008. 10p. (ID# 7780)

Coffee Point Off-Center Evaluation (2006 Planting), 2008 progress report. (PDF; 223 KB) Tilley, D.J. and L. St. John. 2008. Aberdeen PMC, Aberdeen, ID. 10/8/08. 11p. (ID# 8290)

King Ranch Progress Report. (PDF; 251 KB) John Lloyd-Reilley and Shelly Maher. 2008. PMC, Kingsville, TX. 9/3/2008. 7p. (ID# 8203)

Orchard Display Nursery Evaluation Summary (2005-2007). (PDF; 451 KB) Tilley DJ. 2008. Aberdeen PMC, Aberdeen, ID. 15 January 2008. 8p. (ID# 7781)

Orchard Display Nursery Evaluation Summary (2005-2008) Final Report. (PDF; 614 KB) Tilley, DJ, St. John, L and DG Ogle. 2008. IDPMC, Aberdeen ID. 10/15/08. 9p. (ID# 8262)

USDA FOREST SERVICE, REGION 1NATIVE GRASS AND FORB INITIAL EVALUATION FINAL PROGRESS REPORT USDA Forest Service, Region 1, Native Grass and Forb Initial Evaluation, Final Progress Report, Jan 08. (PDF; 1.1 MB) Tilley, DJ and L St John. 2008. Aberdeen PMC, Aberdeen, ID. 15 January 2008. 28p. (ID# 7779)

Basin Wildrye Advanced Evaluation Progress Report - January 9, 2007. Tilley, D.J. 2007. Aberdeen PMC, Aberdeen, ID. 11 January 2007. 3p. (ID# 7068)

Coffee Point Off-Center Evaluation (2006 planting), 2007 Progress Report. (PDF; 204 KB) Tilley, D.J. 2007. IDPMC, Aberdeen, ID. 19 December 2007. 10p. (ID# 7665)

Craters of the Moon National Monument 2005 Annual Report (brief). (PDF; 10 KB) Tilley, D.J. and L. St. John. 2006. USDA-NRCS Aberdeen Plant Materials Center, Aberdeen, ID. 1/20/06. 1p. (ID# 6297)

Craters of the Moon National Monument 2005 Annual Report (full). (PDF; 340 KB) Tilley, D.J. and L. St. John. 2006. USDA-NRCS Aberdeen Plant Materials Center, Aberdeen, ID. 1/20/06. 8p. (ID# 6298)

Growth Curve Study for Anatone Bluebunch Wheatgrass. (PDF; 19KB) Tilley, D.J. 2006. Aberdeen PMC, Aberdeen, ID. 24 Oct 2006. 2p. (ID# 6959)

Muttongrass Advanced Evaluation Planting. (PDF; 128KB) Tilley, D.J. 2006. Aberdeen PMC, Aberdeen, ID. 6 Oct 2006. 4p. (ID# 6961)

Orchard Display Nursery Evaluation Summary (2005-2006). (PDF; 170KB) Tilley, D.J. and L. St. John. 2006. Aberdeen PMC, Aberdeen, ID. 24 Oct 2006. 6p. (ID# 6962)

USDA Forest Service, Region 1 Native Grass and Forb Initial Evaluation Progress Report (11 January 2006). (PDF; 389 KB) Tilley, D.J. and L. St. John. 2006. USDA-NRCS Aberdeen Plant Materials Center, Aberdeen, ID. 11 Jan 2006. 21p. (ID# 6295)

WCC-21 report, Idaho PMC. (PDF; 28KB) St. John, Tilley, D.J. and J.C. Hoag. 2006. Aberdeen PMC, Aberdeen, ID. 13 February 2006. 9p. (ID# 6428)

Basin Wildrye, Advanced Evaluation 2005 Preliminary Report (December 22, 2005). (PDF; 14 KB) Tilley, D.J. 2005. USDA-NRCS Aberdeen Plant Materials Center, Aberdeen, ID. 12/22/2005. 2p. (ID# 6293)

Coffee Point Off-Center Advanced Test Site - 2005 Summary of Progress. (PDF; 20 KB) St. John, L. 2005. USDA-NRCS Aberdeen Plant Materials Center, Aberdeen, Idaho. October 27, 2005. 5p. (ID# 6224)

Journey - Established Grass Tolerance Trial. (PDF; 30 KB) Hutchinson, P.J.S., Salaiz, T.A. 2005. University of Idaho, Aberdeen Reserach and Extension Center, Aberdeen, Idaho. June 28, 2005. 7p. (ID# 5978)

Orchard Display Nursery Establishment Year (2005) Evaluations. (PDF; 151 KB) Tilley, D.J. and L. St. John. 2005. USDA-NRCS Aberdeen Plant Materials Center, Aberdeen, ID. 16 Dec 2005. 6p. (ID# 6302)

Trout Creek, Nevada Off-Center Advanced Test Site - Summary of Progress 1987 - 2002. (PDF; 127 KB) St. John, L. and D.G. Ogle. 2002. USDA-NRCS Aberdeen Plant Materials Center, Aberdeen, ID. Oct. 18, 2002. 13p. (ID# 4355)

Bottlebrush Squirreltail - New Release in Development from the LLPMC. (PDF; 5 KB) Goodson, D.G. 2000. USDA-NRCS Los Lunas Plant Materials Center, Los Lunas, NM. Aug. 2000. 1p. (ID# 891)

Seasonal growth and Nutritive Quality Distribution for 7 Warm Season Perennial Grasses in the Texas Rolling Red Plains. (PDF; 16kb) Rob Ziehr, Rudy Esquivel, Ken Spaeth, George Peacock, Arnold Norman and Joel Douglas. 2009. NRCS/James E. "Bud" Smith Plant Materials Center, Knox City, Texas. 2/2/2009. 2p. (ID# 8571)

Plant Release Types for Ecosystem Restoration. (PDF; 13 KB) R. T. Cragar and R. D. Ziehr. 2008. NRCS/James E. "Bud" Smith Plant Materials Center, Knox City, Texas. 8/14/2008. 1p. (ID# 8220)

Great Basin Native Plant Selection and Increase Activities at the Aberdeen, Idaho Plant Materials Center. (PDF; 12KB) Tilley, DJ, St. John, L, and DG Ogle. 2007. Aberdeen PMC, Aberdeen, ID. 18 Jan 2007. 1p. (ID# 7075)

Perception of Native Status: Implications for rangeland revegetation and management. (PDF; 10 KB) Smith, S.E. and S.R. Winslow. 2000. Abstracts Society for Range Management annual meeting, Feb. 2000. 1p. (ID# 2715)

Going Native With Legumes In Rangeland Restoration, Cultivated Pasture and Prairies!. (PDF; 205 KB) J.P. Muir, T.J. Butler, W.D. Pittman, J. Lloyd-Reilley, and P.D. Maywald, R.T. Cragar. 2008. Texas AgriLife, Stephenville, TX. 6/13/2008. 1p. (ID# 8205)

International Bridges - Texas to Mexico. (PDF; 422 KB) John Lloyd-Reilley & Shelly D. Maher. 2008. STPMC, Kingsville, TX. Jan 08. 1p. (ID# 7850)

Seasonal Growth and Nutritive Quality Distribution for 7 Warm Season Perennial Grasses in the Texas Rolling Red Plains. (PDF; 24 KB) Robert Ziehr, Rudy Esquivel, Ken Spaeth, George Peacock, Arnold Norman and Joel Douglas. 2008. NRCS/James E. "Bud" Smith Plant Materials Center, Knox City, Texas, Fort Worth, Texas. 10/20/08. 1p. (ID# 8218)

Seasonal Growth and Nutritive Quality for Warm Season Perennial Grasses in the Texas Rolling Red Plains. (PDF; 585kb) Robert Ziehr, Rudy Esquivel, Ken Spaeth, George Peacock, Arnold Norman and Joel Douglas. 2008. NRCS/James E."Bud" Smith Plant Materials Center, Knox City, Texas. 10/20/09. 1p. (ID# 8363)

Going native with legumes in rangeland restoration, cultivated pasture and prairies. (PDF; 30 KB) J. P. Muir, T. J. Butler, W. D. Pitman, J. Lloyd-Reilley, P. D. Maywauld, R. T. Cragar. 2008. International Grasslands & Rangeland Congress paper, 2008. (ID# 7854)

Revegetation Practices on the Santa Rita Experimental Range. Munda, B. and M. Pater. 2003. McClaran, Mitchel P., Peter F. Folliott, Carleton B. Edminister, tech. coords. 2003. Santa Rita Experimental Range: 100 years (1903 to 2003) of accomplishments and contributions., Odgen, Utah. 2003 Oct. 30-Nov. 1 Proc. RMRS-P- 30. 197p. (ID# 5163)

Genetic Variation and Revegetation Strategies for Desert Rangeland Ecosystems. (PDF; 447 KB) Munda, B. and S. Smith. 1993. Proceedings: Wildland Shrub and Arid Land Restoration Symposium, Las Vegas, NV, October 19-21, 1993, Ogden, UT. 6p. (ID# 1974)

NRCS Testing Range Grasses for Low Precipitation Areas. (PDF; 253 KB) St. John, L. 2005. USDA- NRCS Aberdeen Plant Materials Center, Aberdeen, Idaho. November 8, 2005. 2p. (ID# 6304)

Notice of Release: Itasca germplasm little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium). (PDF; 27 KB) Bismarck Plant Materials Center. 2001. USDA, NRCS Plant Materials Center, Bismarck, ND. 7/2001. 9p. (ID# 4655)

Conservation Practice Standard Range Planting Guidance, Code 550. (PDF; 434 KB) M.J. Williams and S. Nagid. 2008. Florida FOTG, Gainesville FL. October 2008. 12p. (ID# 8066)