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Updated 05/08/2013

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Technical Notes
Plant Fact Sheets
Plant Guides
Release Brochure
Information Brochures and Flyers
Miscellaneous Technical Article
Miscellaneous Popular Articles
Refereed Journal Articles
Popular Journal or Magazine Articles
Other Publication Types

Technical Notes

Native Wildflower Seeding Rate Calculator for Conservation Plantings V3. (PDF; 431K) Shawnna Clark. 2013. Big Flats, New York. volume 3. (ID# 11532)

Example Pollinator CAP. (PDF; 6,473K) Fleenor. 2013. WA NRCS, Spokane, WA. March 2013. 75p. (ID# 11735)

Pollinator Habitat Enhancement CAP template. (PDF; 191K) Fleenor. 2013. NRCS, Spokane, WA. March 2013. 9p. (ID# 11736)

Pollinator Friendly Plants for the Northeast US. (PDF; 3,389K) Shawnna Clark. 2012. 60p. (ID# 11164)

Preliminary Pollinator Plant Recommendations for New Mexico. (PDF; 766K) David R. Dreesen and Tess R. Grasswitz. 2012. Plant Materials Technical Note No. 71, Albuquerque, NM. February 2012. 11p. (ID# 10939)

TN - Plant Materials - 12-1-Arizona, Plantsa for Enhancing Pollinator Habitat in Arizona. (PDF; 227K) Tucson Plant Materials Center and The Xerces Society. 2012. Tucson Plant Materials Center and The Xerces Society, Tucson, Arizona. September 2012. 15p. (ID# 11406)

Plants for Pollinators in the Intermountain West. (PDF; 2,121K) Ogle, Dan, Derek Tilley, Jim Cane, Loren St John, Karen Fullen, Mark Stannard, Pamela Pavek. 2011. USDA NRCS, Boise, Idaho. October 2011. 40p. (ID# 10798)

Plants for Pollinators in the Inland Northwest. (PDF; 3,223K) Ogle, Dan, Pamela Pavek, Richard Fleenor, Mark Stannard, Tim Dring, Jim Cane, Loren St John, Derek Tilley. 2011. USDA NRCS, Boise, Idaho. October 2011. 65p. (ID# 10799)

Pollinator Plants for North-Central and West Texas and Southwestern Oklahoma. (PDF; 345K) Rob Zeihr and Brandon Carr. 2011. James E. "Bud" Smith Plant Materials Center, Knox City, TX. April 2011. 14p. (ID# 10471)

Improving Lesser Prairie-Chicken Habitat; Through Revegetation and Rangeland Management. (PDF; 1,213K) Rob Ziehr, Gary Rea,Richard Wynia, David Breesen. 2011. NRCS-USDA James E. "bud" Smith PMC Knox City, Texas, National. 9/15/11. 9p. (ID# 10689)

Plants for Pollinators in the Intermountain West. (PDF; 2,121K) Ogle, Dan, Derek Tilley, Jim Cane, Loren St John, Karen Fullen, Mark Stannard, Pamela Pavek. 2011. USDA NRCS, Boise, Idaho. October 2011. 40p. (ID# 10798)

Sage-Grouse Habitat Restoration: getting started in the Dakotas. (PDF; 200 KB) Bismarck PMC. 2007. USDA NRCS, Bismarck, ND. February 2007. 6p. (ID# 7087)

Plants for Pollinators in Oregon. (PDF; 402 KB) Kathy Pendergrass and Mace Vaughan. 2007. Oregon Plant Material Programs, Portland, OR. September 2007. (ID# 7451)

Review of CRP Native Grass, Forb, and Shrub Establishment. (PDF; 90 KB) Holzworth, L.K. and R. Logar. 2001. Montana & Wyoming NRCS Offices, Bozeman, MT. TN MT-40. 3p. (ID# 1139)

Technical Note 73 Tulelake Inter-Center Strain Trail. (PDF; 25 KB) D.Dyer and D. Moore. 2005. Lockeford CA, Lockeford, CA. TN-73, Feb. 2005. 3p. (ID# 5883)

Plant Fact Sheets

Agastache scrophulariifolia Fact Sheet. (PDF; 101K) Christopher Sheahan. 2012. Cape May, NJ. 07/2012. 2p. (ID# 11315)

Euthamia graminifolia Fact Sheet. (PDF; 112K) Christopher Sheahan. 2012. Cape May, NJ. 07/2012. 2p. (ID# 11317)

Hypericum perforatum Fact Sheet. (PDF; 165K) Christopher Sheahan. 2012. Cape May, NJ. 07/2012. 2p. (ID# 11319)

Pycnanthemum tenuifolium Fact Sheet. (PDF; 206K) Christopher Sheahan. 2012. Cape May, NJ. 07/2012. 2p. (ID# 11321)

Hall’s panicum Plant Fact Sheet. (PDF; 313K) John Lloyd-Reilley and Shelly Maher. 2011. STPMC, Kingsville, Texas. 2001. 2p. (ID# 10654)

Kansas Hawthorn (Crataegus coccinioides Ashe) Plant Fact Sheet. (PDF; 79K) Richard Wynia. 2010. PLANTS Database, Greensboro, NC. August 2010. 2p. (ID# 9867)

Panicledleaf Ticktrefoil Plant Fact Sheet. (PDF; 109K) Belt, S.V. and Kirk, S. 2010. Norman A. Berg National Plant Materials Center, Beltsville, MD. May 2010. 2p. (ID# 9511)

Honey Locust Plant Fact Sheet. (PDF; 183 K) R. Alan Shadow. 2009. ETPMC, Nacogdcohes, Texas. 1/8/09. 2p. (ID# 8420)

Marion Desmodium Conservation Plant Attributes Table. (PDF; 28 KB) John Leif. 2009. MIPMC, East Lansing, MI. September, 2009. 3p. (ID# 9073)

Texas Indian Mallow Plant Fact Sheet. (PDF; 172KB) Rudy G. Esquivel. 2008. NRCS/James E. "Bud" Smith Plant Materials Center, Knox City, Texas. 8/4/2008. 2p. (ID# 8216)

Plant Fact Sheet- Antelope Bitterbrush. (PDF; 207 KB) Gary L. Noller. 2006. Several listed in plant guide, Meeker, Colorado. 8/23/06. 2p. (ID# 6659)

Plant Fact Sheet/Utah sweetvetch. (PDF; 141 KB) Manuel Rosales. 2006. Various, Meeker, Colorado. August- 2006. 2p. (ID# 6661)

Prairie Acacia Plant Fact Sheet. (PDF; 60 KB) Rudy G. Esquivel and James Henson. 2006. NRCS James E. 'Bud' Smith Plant Materials Center, Knox City, Texas; Agricola, National Agricultural Library; NRCS National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Knox City, Texas. December 8, 2006. 2p. (ID# 7626)

PLANT SHEET: Special Conservation Uses for Native Warm Season Grasses. (PDF; 722 KB) Surrency, D., C.M. Owsley, and M. Kirkland. 2003. GANRCS Homepage under Jimmy Carter PMC, Athens, GA. Jan 2003. 7p. (ID# 4609)

Plant Fact Sheet: Orange Zexmenia. (PDF; 221 KB) Kadin, E. and S. Maher. 2002. USDA-NRCS Kika de la Garza Plant Materials Center, Kingsville, TX. Sept, 2002. 2p. (ID# 3868)

Plant Fact Sheet: Perennial Lazy Daisy. (PDF; 211 KB) Kadin, E. and S. Maher. 2002. USDA-NRCS Kika de la Garza Plant Materials Center, Kingsville, TX. Sept, 2002. 2p. (ID# 3869)

Plant Fact Sheet: Erect Dayflower (Commelina erecta). (PDF; 320 KB) Kadin, Elizabeth. 1999. USDA-NRCS Kika de la Garza Plant Materials Center, Kingsville, TX. Oct. 1999. 2p. (ID# 731)

Plant Guides

Agastache scrophulariifolia Plant Guide. (PDF; 89K) Christopher Sheahan. 2012. Cape May, New Jersey. 07/2012. 3p. (ID# 11314)

Deer Pea Vetch Plant Guide. (PDF; 103K) Forrest Smith and John Lloyd-Reilley. 2012. South Texas Natives and STPMC, Kingsville, TX. Sept 2012. 2p. (ID# 11347)

Euthamia graminifolia Plant Guide. (PDF; 115K) Christopher Sheahan. 2012. Cape May, NJ. 07/2012. 3p. (ID# 11316)

Hypericum perforatum Plant Guide. (PDF; 163K) Christopher Sheahan. 2012. Cape May, NJ. 07/2012. 4p. (ID# 11318)

Pycnanthemum tenuifolium Plant Guide. (PDF; 141K) Christopher Sheahan. 2012. Cape May, NJ. 07/2012. 2p. (ID# 11320)

Multiflower false Rhodes grass Plant Guide. (PDF; 159K) John Lloyd-Reilley and Shelly Maher. 2011. STPMC, Kingsville, TX. 2001. 2p. (ID# 10655)

American Black Plant Guide. (PDF; 318K) USDA NRCS Bismarck Plant Materials Center. 2010. USDA NRCS, Bismarck, North Dakota. March 2010. 2p. (ID# 9901)

California Sagebrush Plant Guide. (PDF; 203K) Young-Mathews, A. 2010. CAPMC, Davis, CA. 9/21/10. 4p. (ID# 9970)

Showy Ticktrefoil Plant Guide. (PDF; 599 KB) A. Shadow. 2009. ETPMC, Nacogdoches, TX. 4p. (ID# 8589)

Plant Guide Plains Germplasm Prairie Acacia. (PDF; 125 KB) Rudy G. Esquivel. 2008. NRCS/James E. "Bud" Smith Plant Materials Center, Knox City, Texas. 3/5/2008. 2p. (ID# 8217)

Prairie Acacia Plant Guide Sheet. (PDF; 93 KB) Rudy G. Esquivel. 2008. JEBS PMC, Knox City, Texas. 3/20/2007. 2p. (ID# 7863)

Hazelnut Plant Guide. (PDF; 92 KB) Nesom, G., Cordsiemon, R.L., Bruckerhoff, S.B., Kaiser, J.U. 2007. PLANTS Database, Elsberry, MO. 4/11/2007. 3p. (ID# 7523)

Ameerican Plum Plant Guide. (PDF; 218 KB) Bruckerhoff, S. B., Kaiser, J. U., Cordsiemon, R. L. 2006. Elsberry Plant Materials Center Elsberry, MO, Elsberry, MO. 9/6/06. 3p. (ID# 6751)

Chinkapin Planting Guide. (PDF; 121 KB) J. Vandevender. 2006. Alderson, WV PMC, Alderson, WV. 3p. (ID# 7036)

Sawtooth Oak Planting Guide. (PDF; 77 KB) J. Vandevender. 2006. Alderson, WV PMC, Alderson, WV. 2p. (ID# 7035)

Hondo Germplasm Velvet Bundleflower. (PDF; 92 KB) Morris J Houck. 2005. Knox City PMC, Knox City, TX. July 2005. 2p. (ID# 6198)

Kerr Germplasm Wright pavonia. (PDF; 76 KB) Morris J Houck. 2005. Knox City PMC, Knox City, TX. June 2005. 2p. (ID# 6199)

Planting Guide Big O Wild Crabapple. (PDF; 215 KB) Owsley, C.M. and M. Kirkland. 2004. Homepage Jimmy Carter PMC, Athens SO Ga. Sep 30 2004. 2p. (ID# 5624)

Planting Guide: Cornus drummondii (roughleaf dogwood). (PDF; 93 KB) Henry, J., J. Kaiser, and S. Bruckerhoff. 2000. USDA-NRCS Elsberry Plant Materials Center, Elsberry, MO. Apr. 2000. 2p. (ID# 978)

Planting Guide: Desmodium canadense Alexander Germplasm (showy tick trefoil). (PDF; 45 KB) Henry, J., J. Kaiser, and S. Bruckerhoff. 2000. USDA-NRCS Elsberry Plant Materials Center, Elsberry, MO. Apr. 2000. 3p. (ID# 980)

Release Brochure

'Loetta' Arizona cottontop Release Brochure. (PDF; 828K) Dial, H. and M. Rosales. 2013. USDA NRCS Tucson Plant Materials Center, Tucson, Arizona. February 2013. 2p. (ID# 11582)

Release Brochure- Dove Proso Millet. (PDF; 270K) Mike Owsley. 2012. PM Website, August 2012. 2p. (ID# 11224)

Hidalgo Germplasm multiflowered false Rhodes grass Conservation Plant Release Brochure. (PDF; 216K) Shelly Maher and John Lloyd-Reilley. 2011. STPMC, Kingsville. 2011. 2p. (ID# 10653)

Oso Germplasm Hall's Panicum Conservation Plant Release Brochure. (PDF; 311K) Shelly Maher and John Lloyd-Reilley. 2011. STPMC, Kingsville, TX. 2011. 2p. (ID# 10672)

Refuge Big Bluestem Release Brochure. (PDF; 1197 KB) Bruckerhoff, S.B., Cordsiemon, R.C. II. 2009. MOPMC, Elsberry, MO. 3/09. 2p. (ID# 9068)

Alexander Germplasm Showy Tick Trefoil Brochure. (PDF; 211 KB) Bruckerhoff, S.B., Cordsiemon, R.L. II. 2008. Elsberry, MO. 1p. (ID# 8125)

Chapingo Mexican teosinte (Zea mexicana). (PDF; 147 KB) USDA-NRCS Brooksville Plant Materials Center. 2006. USDA-NRCS Brooksville Plant Materials Center, Brooksville, FL. March 2006. 2p. (ID# 323)

Maybell Antelope Bitterbrush Brochure. (PDF; 413 KB) Gary L. Noller and Marti Walsh. 2006. Release information, fact sheet and plant guide, Meeker, Colorado. 8/23/06. 2p. (ID# 6660)

Midwest Premium Germplasm American Plum. (PDF; 463 KB) Bruckerhoff, S. B., Kaiser, J. U., Cordsiemon, R. L. 2006. Elsberry Plant Materials Center Elsberry, MO, Elsberry, MO. 9/7/06. 2p. (ID# 6752)

Information Brochures and Flyers

'Centennial' Cotoneaster. (PDF; 512K) Bismarck Plant Materials Center. 2012. USDA-NRCS Plant Materials Center, Bismarck, ND. August 2012. 2p. (ID# 11306)

Improving Sage-Grouse Habitat through Revegetation and Rangeland Management. (PDF; 712K) Ogle, Dan and Larry Holzworth. 2010. USDA NRCS, Boise, Idaho. February 2010. 2p. (ID# 9326)

Miscellaneous Technical Article

Pocket Guide to the Beneficial Insects of New Mexico. (PDF; 1,110K) Tessa R. Grasswitz and David R. Dreesen. 2012. New Mexico State University, Agricultural Science Center, Los Lunas, NM, Los Lunas, NM. March 2012. 28p. (ID# 10943)

Pink Smartweed- Species Description for Plant collection. (PDF; 131K) Brandon Carr. 2010. TXPMC, Knox City, TX. April, 2010. 2p. (ID# 9488)

Miscellaneous Popular Articles

Ease of Establishment and Persistence of Native Wildflowers after 4 years. (PDF; 236K) Shawnna Clark. 2012. (ID# 11526)

Field Studies for Establishing Native Wildflowers to Increase Pollinator Habitat. Shawnna Clark. 2012. (ID# 11401)

Wildflowers for Wildlife Diversity in Conservation Plantings. (PDF; 270 KB) Ugiansky, R.J. 2008. USDA-NRCS, National Plant Materials Center, Beltsville, MD. June 2008. 2p. (ID# 8099)

Refereed Journal Articles

Field Notes: Prunus angustifolia. (PDF; 525K) John M. Row. 2012. American Nurseryman, St. Johnsbury, VT. January 2012. 1p. (ID# 10891)

Popular Journal or Magazine Articles

Light at the End of the Tunnel - Ghost Rider Purple Bluestem. (PDF; 79 KB) M.J. Williams. 2007. Quail Unlimited, Edgefield, SC. Sep/Oct 2006. 2p. (ID# 7473)

Ellagood Autumn Olive For Wildlife Habitat Improvement in the Southeast. (PDF; 60 KB) Owsley, C.M.and D. Surrency. 2000. Quail Unlimited, Edgefield S.C.. May-June 2000 page 38. 1p. (ID# 2302)

Other Publication Types

Narrow Leaf Globe Mallow- Species Collection Description Sheet. (PDF; 102K) Gary Rea. 2011. James E. "Bud" Smith Plant Materials Center, Knox City, TX. April 2011. 2p. (ID# 10473)