Corvallis Plant Materials Center

Updated 12/30/2008

Corvallis, Oregon

Established 1957

Since 1957, the Corvallis Plant Materials Center (PMC) has provided plant solutions for western Washington and Oregon. The Center has also developed new technology for low maintenance landscaping, native tree and shrub establishment, riparian and wetland restoration, soil bioengineering and native plant use in ecological landscape restoration. The Center’s releases of improved conservation plants include varieties of western dogwood, California oatgrass, blue wildrye, willows, spirea and lupine. The Corvallis PMC is one of 27 centers nationally and serves western Oregon, western Washington, and northwestern California. The PMC’s primary mission is to develop new technology in plant propagation and establishment, seed production, revegetation, restoration, and erosion control, and to test and release new plant sources for use in riparian areas, wetlands, and uplands. Most of the focus is on native grasses, forbs, and shrubs.

Special Features

• Native Plants Journal: ABSTRACT -  Polycross populations of the native grass Festuca roemeri as pre-varietal germplasm their derivation, release, increase, and use.
• Native Plants Journal: ABSTRACT - Seed transfer zones for a native grass (Festuca roemeri): genecological evidence by Barbara L. Wilson, Dale C. Darris, Rob Fiegener, Randy Johnson, Matthew E. Horning, Keli Kuykendall
• Plant Materials Technical Notes
• Golden Paintbrush Challenge! - by Amy Bartow
• In the News - Scientists working to shore up honey bee population

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Corvallis Plant Materials Center 2007/8 Progress Report of Activities. (PDF; 1.1 MB) Darris, D.C., A. Bartow, P: Gonzalves, J. Williams, and K. Pendergrass. 2008. Corvallis Plant Materials Center, Corvallis, Oregon. 2007-2008. 13p. (ID# 8187)

Pacific Plants & Propagules Newsletter, Corvallis PMC. (PDF; 1.7 MB) Williams, J, D.Darris, P.Gonzalves,A.Bartow,K.Pendergrass. 2008. ORPMC, ORPMS, Oregon NRCS Public Affairs, Corvallis,OR. Vol.2 No.1 August 2008. 8p. (ID# 8197)

Field Guide for the Identification and Use of Common Riparian Woody Plants of the Intermountain West and Pacific Northwest Regions. (PDF; 9.8 MB) Hoag, C, D. Tilley, D. Darris, and K. Pendergrass. 2008. Plant Materials Programs of Idaho and Oregon, Aberdeen, ID. February 2008. 196p. (ID# 7428)

Contact

3415 NE Granger Ave.
Corvallis, OR 97330-9620

Telephone: 541-757-4812
FAX: 541-757-4733
Email: j.joe.williams@or.usda.gov

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