Conservation Plant Releases

Updated 08/25/2008

Big Flats Plant Materials Center

The Big Flats 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
Niagara	Andropogon gerardii	big bluestem	critical area, pasture, & hay land, stream bank & shore protection, wildlife upland habitat management	Brochure (PDF)
Glacial Lake Albany Germplasm	Asclepias tuberosa	butterfly weed	butterfly habitat restoration or enhancement, landscaping, dry site meadows, and roadside plantings
Copper	Castanea pumila	chinquapin	wildlife food and cover
Keystone	Cephalanthus occidentalis	buttonbush	wildlife habitat improvement, wetland restoration or riparian area development	Brochure (PDF)
Ruby	Cornus sericea ssp. sericea	redosier dogwood	stream bank protection, windbreaks, fish and wildlife habitat improvement, borders, ornamental, biotechnical slope stabilization	Brochure (PDF)
Tioga	Dichanthelium clandestinum	deertongue	critical area planting, forest land erosion control, land reclamation, land reconstruction, revegetating disturbed areas	Brochure (PDF)
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)
Glacial Lake Albany Germplasm	Lupinus perennis	wild lupine	butterfly habitat restoration or enhancement, landscaping, dry site meadows, and roadside plantings
Shelter	Panicum virgatum	switchgrass	forage, wind barriers, critical area treatment, spring nesting habitat, wildlife cover plant	Brochure (PDF)
Spike	Populus deltoides × P. niga	hybrid poplar	biomass fuel wood production; screening and windbreaks	Brochure (PDF)
Catskill	Prunus pumila var. depressa	dwarf sand cherry	stream bank and shoreline protection, in sandy and gravelly areas where short vegetation is needed, and in low maintenance landscapes	Brochure (PDF)
Golden Jubilee	Rudbeckia hirta	black-eyed Susan	critical areas, land reclamation, land reconstruction, recreation area improvement, wetland, wildlife upland habitat	Brochure (PDF)
Streamco	Salix purpurea	purpleosier willow	channel vegetation, critical area, farmstead & feedlot windbreak, hedgerows, stream bank protection, wetland restoration, biotechnical slope stabilization	Brochure (PDF)
Aroostook	Secale cereale	cereal rye	winter cover crop in the Northeast. Also spring forage production and fed as pasture, green chop or haylage	Brochure (PDF)
Meadowcrest	Tripsacum dactyloides	eastern gramagrass	wildlife and vegetative filter strips in conjunction with other plants, and for forage production.
SG4X-1	Tripsacum dactyloides	eastern gamagrass	plant breeding and further cultivar development

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