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Publications Relating to Wildlife Habitat Protection and Restoration

Updated 06/02/2009

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Publications Types
Technical Notes
Major Publications
Plant Fact Sheets
Plant Guides
Release Brochure
Information Brochures and Flyers
Plant Materials Progress Report of Activities
Newsletters
Miscellaneous Popular Articles
Progress Report
Popular Journal or Magazine Articles
Release Notices
Field Office Technical Guide

Technical Notes

Sage-Grouse Habitat Restoration: getting started in the Dakotas. (PDF; 200KB) 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)

Tolerance of Legume Species to Postemergence Herbicides. (PDF; 489 KB) Douglas, J.L., J.M. Grabowski, and W. Benoist. 2000. USDA-NRCS Jamie L. Whitten Plant Materials Center, Coffeeville, MS. 15:1,Feb. 2000. 5p. (ID# 1353)

Plants for Pollinators in the Intermountain West. (PDF; 1.3 MB) Ogle, Dan, Jim Cane, Frank Fink, Loren St. John and Mark Stannard. 2007. USDA - NRCS, Boise, ID. Idaho Plant Materials TN No. 2 - October 2007. 21p. (ID# 7641)

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)

Major Publications

Plant Materials for Wildlife Revision. (PDF; 1.2MB) Donald Surrency & Mike Owsley. 2006. NRCS Ga Homepage PMC, Athens Ga. May 2006. 36p. (ID# 6895)

Plant Material for the Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program (WHIP). (PDF; 3.2 MB) Jimmy Carter Plant Materials Center, Brooksville Plant Materials Center and Jamie L. Whitten Plant Materials Center. 1998. USDA-NRCS Jimmy Carter Plant Materials Center, Americus, GA. Jun. 1998. 29p. (ID# 857)

Plant Fact Sheets

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

Texas Indian Mallow Plant Fact Sheet. (PDF; 112 KB) 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; 207KB) Gary L. Noller. 2006. Several listed in plant guide, Meeker, Colorado. 8/23/06. 2p. (ID# 6659)

Plant Fact Sheet/Utah sweetvetch. (PDF; 141KB) 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

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; 218KB) 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; 92KB) Morris J Houck. 2005. Knox City PMC, Knox City, TX. July 2005. 2p. (ID# 6198)

Kerr Germplasm Wright pavonia. (PDF; 76KB) 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

Dove Proso Millet-Brouchure. (PDF; 312 KB) Mike Owsley. 2009. NRCS National PM Homepage, Wash. March 2009. 2p. (ID# 8430)

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

Americus Indiangrass Brouchure. (PDF; 270 KB) Charles M. Owsley. 2008. Georgia NRCS Homepage Jimmy Carter PMC, Athens, Georgia. September 2008. 2p. (ID# 8068)

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; 413KB) 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; 463KB) Bruckerhoff, S. B., Kaiser, J. U., Cordsiemon, R. L. 2006. Elsberry Plant Materials Center Elsberry, MO, Elsberry, MO. 9/7/06. 2p. (ID# 6752)

Release Brochure for Harrison Florida paspalum select germplasm. (PDF; 506 KB) Stevens, J. 2004. Nacogdoches, Texas. September 2004. 2p. (ID# 5617)

Information Brochures and Flyers

Plant Collection Guide Sheet three-flower melicgrass. (PDF; 101 KB) Rudy G. Esquivel. 2007. NRCS/James E. "Bud" Smith PMC; National Plant Database, Knox City, Texas. 12/26/2007. 2p. (ID# 7700)

Alcona Germplasm Dillenius' Tick-Trefoil. (PDF; 287KB) John Leif, Dave Burgdorf, John Durling, Elaine Gerona. 2006. Rose Lake PMC, East Lansing, MI. August, 2006. 1p. (ID# 6761)

Grant Germplasm Panicledleaf Tick-Trefoil. (PDF; 232 KB) John Leif, Dave Burgdorf, John Durling, Elaine Gerona. 2006. Rose Lake PMC, East Lansing, MI. August, 2006. 1p. (ID# 6762)

Plant Materials Progress Report of Activities

2006 MSPMC Report of Activities. (PDF; 205KB) MSPMC. 2007. MSPMC, Coffeeville, MS. 2006. 6p. (ID# 7157)

Newsletters

Plant Solutions, March/April 2003. (PDF; 371 KB) Holzworth, J.K. and L.J. McDowell. 2003. USDA-NRCS National Plant Materials Center, Beltsville, MD. Mar/Apr 2003. 2p. (ID# 4982)

Kika de la Garza PMC Newsletter, May 2000. (PDF; 230 KB) Lloyd-Reilley, J. 2000. USDA-NRCS Kika de la Garza Plant Materials Center, Kingsville, TX. May 2000. 2p. (ID# 1370)

Miscellaneous Popular Articles

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)

Progress Report

2008-2009 Program Guide The Evolution of Conservation. (PDF; 1.2 MB) Mike Owsley. 2009. NRCS Athens SO, Athens Ga. December 2008. 2p. (ID# 8427)

Germplasm Release of Rio Grande Clammyweed and Orange Zexmenia. (PDF; 506 KB) J. Lloyd-Reilley, P. Maywald, W. Ocumpaugh, T. Fullbright, S. Maher, F. Smith, A. Quiroga, G. Farek, and K. Pawelek. 2008. CKWRI - Current Research, Kingsville, TX. 2006-2007. 1p. (ID# 8214)

Native Seed Production for the Restoration of the Uncompahgre Plateau-2007. (PDF; 72 KB) Steve Parr. 2008. UCEPC, Meeker Colorado. March 2008. 6p. (ID# 7759)

Native Seed Production for Restoration of the Uncompahgre Plateau. (PDF; 40 KB) Steve Parr. 2007. UCEPC field production records, data, Colorado State University entomologists, Colorado State University Cooperative Extension and observations, Meeker CO. 2006. 5p. (ID# 7050)

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)

Release Notices

Notice of Release of Goliad Germplasm Orange Zexmenia. (PDF; 316 KB) John Lloyd- Reilley & Shelly D. Maher. 2008. STPMC, Kingsville, TX. Aug 2008. 16p. (ID# 8211)

Release of Sun Harvest Hazelnut. (PDF; 119 KB) Cordsiemon, R.L. 2007. Elsberry, MO. 07/23/2007. 3p. (ID# 7368)

Notice of Release of Alcona Germplasm Dillenius' Tick-Trefoil Tested Class of Natural Germplasm. (PDF; 733 KB) T.C. Bush, Y. Golod, J.C Durling and J.W. Leif. 2006. Rose Lake Plant Materials Center, East Lansing, MI. July, 2006. 10p. (ID# 6766)

Notice of Release of Grant Germplasm Panicledleaf Tick-Trefoil tested class of natural Germplasm. (PDF; 739 KB) T.C. Bush, Y. Golod, J.C. durling, J.W. Leif. 2006. Rose Lake PMC, East Lansing, MI. August 8, 2006. 10p. (ID# 6745)

Notice of Release of Midwest Premium Germplasm American Plum. (PDF; 26KB) Cordsiemon, R.L. 2006. Elsberry PMC, Elsberry, Missouri. 5/16/2006. 4p. (ID# 6581)

Notice of Release of Refuge Big Bluestem Selected Class of Natural Germplasm. (PDF; 18KB) Cordsiemon, R.L. 2006. Elsberry PMC, Elsberry, Missouri. 5/16/2006. 3p. (ID# 6582)

Notice of Release of Iowa Covey Germplasm False Indigo Bush. (PDF; 16 KB) Cordsiemon, R. L. 2005. USDA-NRCS Elsberry Plant Materials Center, Elsberry, MO. 1/25/05. 4p. (ID# 6128)

Notice of Release of Missouri Covey Germplasm False Indigo Bush. (PDF; 18 KB) Cordsiemon, R. L. 2005. USDA-NRCS Elsberry Plant Materials Center, Elsberry, MO. 1/13/05. 3p. (ID# 6129)

Field Office Technical Guide

Supplement to Pollinator Enhancement Practice. (PDF; 17 KB) Mike Owsley and Keith Wooster. 2008. FOTG for Broad River CSP Under practice 647, Athens, Ga. April 28, 2008. 1p. (ID# 7896)

CRP-CP36 Field Check Guide for Native and Exotic Vegetation. (PDF; 20 KB) Mike Owsley and Keith Wooster. 2007. Athens SO Distributed to Field Offices, Athens Ga. July 2007. 1p. (ID# 7502)

Native Grasses for Wildlife Habitat Georgia Job Sheet 645. (PDF; 91KB) Keith Wooster Malcome Kirkland. 2007. Georgia FOTG Job Sheet 645, Athens, georgia. 1/19/2007. 3p. (ID# 7058)

Revision :Native Grasses for Wildlife Habitat Georgia Job Sheet 645-647. (PDF; 70 KB) Keith Wooster, Malcome Kirkland, and Mike Owsley. 2007. Georgia SO FO Tech Guide Job Sheet for CP36 Guidance, Athens, Ga. 8/21/2007. 4p. (ID# 7452)

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