Conservation Plant Releases - Manhattan Plant Materials Center

Updated 09/10/2008

The Manhattan 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
Kaw	Andropogon gerardii	big bluestem	range and pasture plantings, erosion control
Chet	Andropogon hallii	sand bluestem	pasture or hay, rangeland forage, and soil stabilization or reclamation of marginal croplands
Garden	Andropogon hallii	sand bluestem	range seeding and revegetation of sandy range sites
El Reno	Bouteloua curtipendula	sideoats grama	soil conservation and forage production
Texoka	Buchloe dactyloides	buffalograss	soil conservation and forage production
Pronghorn	Calamovilfa longifolia	prairie sandreed	range and pasture plantings in sandy soil conditions	Brochure (PDF)
Riley	Chamaecrista fasciculata	partridge pea	wildlife habitat improvement, critical area erosion control and for beautification of roadsides, parks and recreation areas	Brochure (PDF, 794 KB)
Kaneb	Dalea purpurea	purple prairieclover	component of warm-season grass planting, forage, roadside revegetation
Reno Germplasm	Desmanthus illinoensis	Illinois bundleflower	rangeland, critical area, and recreational plantings, and wildlife food and cover	Brochure (PDF, 770 KB)
Bend	Eragrostis trichodes	sand lovegrass	range seedings
Pink Lady	Euonymus bungeanum	winterberry euonymus	multi-row windbreaks, wildlife habitat, living screens
Prairie Gold	Helianthus maximiliani	Maximilian sunflower	critical area reseeding, wildlife food planting
Midas	Heliopsis helianthoides	false sunflower	recreational area planting, roadside revegetation, wildlife food
Kanoka	Lespedeza capitata	roundhead lespedeza	roadside vegetation, park and recreational area plantings, component of warm-season grass plantings, forage, and for wildlife food
Eureka	Liatris pycnostachya	thickspike gayfeather	prairie restoration, roadside revegetation, recreational area planting
Blackwell	Panicum virgatum	switchgrass	range seeding - revegetation of disturbed areas
Kanlow	Panicum virgatum	switchgrass	wet soil lowland areas, biofuel
Barton	Pascopyrum smithii	western wheatgrass	range seedlings, stabilization of earth structures
Southwind	Phragmites australis	common reed	soil stabilization on wet sites, rehabilitation of polluted water, filter strips, and artificial wetlands
Lippert	Quercus macrocarpa	bur oak	multi row windbreaks, reforestation for watershed protection, and wildlife habitat plantings
Sunglow	Ratibida pinnata	grayhead prairie coneflower	prairie restoration, recreation area beautification
Konza	Rhus aromatica var. serotina	aromatic sumac	multi-row windbreak, wildlife habitat, recreation areas	Brochure (PDF)
Nekan	Salvia azurea var. grandiflora	pitcher sage	prairie reclamation
Aldous	Schizachyrium scoparium	little bluestem	range, pasture seedlings
Cimarron	Schizachyrium scoparium	little bluestem	range seeding	Brochure (PDF)
Cheyenne	Sorghastrum nutans	indiangrass	range seedlings
Osage	Sorghastrum nutans	indiangrass	range, pasture seedlings
Atkins Germplasm	Spartina pectinata	prairie cordgrass	soil stabilization on wet sites, wetland restoration, erosion control on watershed structures, and wave action dissipation
Pete	Tripsacum dactyloides	eastern gamagrass	warm-season pasture, hay production	Brochure (PDF)
Verl	Tripsacum dactyloides	eastern gamagrass	hay or pasture

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