Elsberry Plant Materials Center

Updated 12/05/2008

Elsberry, Missouri

For almost 70 years, the Elsberry Plant Materials Center has selected plants and developed new planting technologies for areas of Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Illinois. The Center has released over 60 improved conservation plants including varieties of sideoats grama, big bluestem, prairie coreopsis, roughleaf dogwood, pale purple coneflower, thickspike gayfeather, tall dropseed and stiff goldenrod, and has developed new technologies for hay and pasture management, native plant establishment, windbreaks and wildlife habitat.

Special Features

• Iowa Ecotype Project
• Herbaceous Conservation Plants ID Guide
• Central Region Seedling ID Guide for Native Prairie Plants

If you encounter any problems with the files provided on this page, please contact Leslie Glass at 701-250-4330.

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Year 2007 Progress Report of Activities. (PDF; 699 KB) Bruckerhoff, S. B., Cordsiemon, R. L. 2008. Elsberry PMC, Elsberry, MO. 2/20/2008. 4p. (ID# 7728)

Plants for Conservation Spring 2008 Newsletter. (PDF; 411 KB) Kaiser J; Bruckerhoff,S; Cordsiemon R. 2008. Elsberry Missouri. Volume 9 No 1. March 2008. 4p. (ID# 7817)

Notice of Release of Northern Missouri Germplasm Sideoats Grama (PDF; 19KB)

Plants For Conservation - Vol. 9 Issue 1 (PDF; 411 KB)  Spring Newsletter, Elsberry Plant Materials Center, Mar 2008

Growers / Vendors of Elsberry PMC, Released Varieties and Ecotypes in Production (PDF; 155 KB) USDA-NRCS Elsberry Plant Materials Center, Elsberry, MO. Feb 2008

Seed and Woody Growers of Elsberry Releases (2008). (PDF; 118 KB) Kaiser Jerry. 2008. 6p. (ID# 7818)

2008 Foundation Seed Prices (PDF; 24 KB)

Contact

2803 N. Highway 79
Elsberry, MO 63343

Telephone: 573.898.2012
FAX: 573.898.5019
Email: steve.bruckerhoff@mo.usda.gov