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Rose Lake Plant Materials Center
Conservation Plant ReleasesThe Rose Lake Plant Materials Center 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.
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Release Name |
Scientific Name |
Common Name |
Uses |
Release Brochure |
Prairie View Indiana Germplasm |
Andropogon
gerardii |
big bluestem |
provide food/cover for wildlife, increase species diversity, erosion control and restoring native
plant environments. |
Brochure (PDF, 393 KB) |
Southlow Michigan Germplasm |
Andropogon
gerardii |
big bluestem |
wildlife food and cover, erosion control, restoring native plant environments, and increasing
species diversity |
Brochure (PDF, 210 KB) |
Koch Germplasm |
Calamovilfa
longifolia |
prairie sandreed |
erosion control, dune stabilization, and water quality improvement |
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Indigo |
Cornus
amomum |
silky dogwood |
single row windbreak under center pivot irrigation. Field and farmstead windbreak. Soil
bioengineering. Wildlife food. |
Brochure (PDF, 1.2
MB) |
Alcona Germplasm |
Desmodium
glabellum |
Dillenius' ticktrefoil |
wildlife habitat |
Brochure (PDF,
287KB) |
Grant Germplasm |
Desmodium
paniculatum |
panicledleaf ticktrefoil |
wildlife food and as a alternative to introduced plant species. |
Brochure (PDF, 232 KB) |
Icy Blue Germplasm |
Elymus
canadensis |
Canada wildrye |
prairie restoration, erosion control and wildlife habitat enhancement |
Brochure (PDF, 1 MB) |
Lancer |
Lathyrus
latifolius |
perennial pea |
erosion control plant, wildlife cover plant, land reclamation, brush management, roadside
seeding mixtures, critical area planting where objective includes beautification |
Brochure (PDF,
385KB) |
Magenta |
Malus |
hybrid crabapple |
small tree for single row windbreaks & beautification |
Brochure (PDF,
473KB) |
Roselow |
Malus
sargentii |
Sargent crabapple |
farm and field windbreaks |
Brochure (PDF, 882 KB) |
Southlow Michigan Germplasm |
Panicum
virgatum |
switchgrass |
wildlife food and cover, erosion control, restoring native plant environments, and increasing
species diversity |
Brochure (PDF, 241 KB) |
Imperial |
Populus
canadensis |
Carolina poplar |
windbreaks (especially around orchards) and pulpwood |
Brochure (PDF,
496KB) |
Riverbend Germplasm |
Salix
sericea |
silky willow |
stream bank and shoreline restoration and riparian corridors |
Brochure (PDF, 256 KB) |
Prairie View Indiana Germplasm |
Schizachyrium
scoparium |
little bluestem |
provide food/cover for wildlife, increase species diversity, erosion control, and to restore
native plant environments. |
Brochure (PDF, 388 KB) |
Southlow Michigan Germplasm |
Schizachyrium
scoparium |
little bluestem |
wildlife food and cover, erosion control, restoring native plant environments, and increasing
species diversity |
Brochure (PDF, 199 KB) |
Prairie View Indiana Germplasm |
Sorghastrum
nutans |
Indiangrass |
provide food/cover for wildlife, increase species diversity, erosion control, and restore native
plant environments. |
Brochure (PDF, 388 KB) |
Southlow Michigan Germplasm |
Sorghastrum
nutans |
indiangrass |
wildlife food and cover, erosion control, restoring native plant environments, and increasing
species diversity |
Brochure (PDF, 226 KB) |
Affinity |
Thuja
occidentalis |
northern white cedar |
field and farmstead windbreaks and as screen or border planting in urban situations;
important source of winter browse |
Brochure (PDF, 215 KB) |
Leelanau Germplasm |
Viburnum opulus
var. americanum |
highbush cranberry |
windbreaks (especially on wet or organic soils} and wildlife habitat |
Brochure (PDF, 609 KB) |
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