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Information For Communities
Updated
12/15/2008
Native Prairie Landscaping at
Horizon Middle School, Bismarck, ND
Photo Credit: Bismarck Plant Materials Center |
Using plants in urban landscapes can be a valuable component of managing storm-
water runoff. Plants can be used in biofiltration systems including bioswales,
bioretention cells and rain gardens to capture runoff from impervious surfaces
such as rooftops, driveways, and patios.
Many of the Plant Materials Programs 600+ conservation plant
releases can and are used to create colorful low water-use, drought tolerant,
sustainable landscapes. Native plants released by the Plant Materials Program are often more
fire resistant and remain green longer than invasive species. Below are a few
publication topics that may be of interest to communities.
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Publications and Resources
Featured Publications
If you encounter any problems with the files provided on this page, please contact
Leslie Glass at 701-250-4330.
These documents require
Adobe Acrobat.
Living
Landscapes in North Dakota: A Guide to Native Plantscaping. (PDF; 7.8 MB) North
Dakota NRCS. 2006. USDA, NRCS, Plant Materials Center., Bismarck, North Dakota.
June 2006. 38p. (ID# 6598)
"A rain garden is a colorful, perennial planting designed to capture and use
rain water that may otherwise run off. It is a garden in a shallow
depression. It can be large or small..... "
Rain
Gardens, Capturing and Using the Rains of the Great Plains. (PDF; 725 KB) Stange,
Craig and Nancy Jensen. 2007. Bismarck, ND. (ID# 7278)
"Native Landscaping provides an attractive, environmentally friendly
landscape while reducing water and maintenance requirements....."
Creating Native Landscapes in the Northern Great
Plains and Rocky Mountains. (PDF; 5.2 MB) Majerus, M.E., C. Reynolds, J. Scianna, S. Winslow, L.
Holzworth, and B. Woodson. 2001. USDA-NRCS, Bozeman, MT. October 2001. 16p. (ID# 1734)
Improving
Urban Landscapes (PDF; 434 KB) August 2007
Conservation
Plant Solutions (PDF; 813 KB) Version 2.0 0802
Responding
to Natural Disasters (PDF; 350 KB) Version 3.0 0802
Features
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