The Plant Materials Program 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.
Release Name |
Scientific Name |
Common Name |
Uses |
Year |
Release Brochure |
PMC |
Flame |
Acer ginnala |
Amur maple |
windbreaks, landscape and beautification |
1978 |
|
MOPMC |
Great Northern Germplasm |
Achillea millefolium
var. occidentalis |
western yarrow |
species diversity for rangeland, mineland, and roadside revegetation projects |
2004 |
|
MTPMC |
Nezpar |
Achnatherum
hymenoides |
Indian ricegrass |
range, critical area stabilization |
1978 |
|
IDPMC |
Paloma |
Achnatherum
hymenoides |
Indian ricegrass |
soil stabilization and range revegetation |
1974 |
|
NMPMC |
Rimrock |
Achnatherum
hymenoides |
Indian ricegrass |
wildlife food and cover, livestock forage, and mixes on sandy soil for reclamation |
1996 |
|
MTPMC |
Star Lake Germplasm |
Achnatherum
hymenoides |
Indian ricegrass |
ecosystem restoration |
2004 |
|
NMPMC |
LK621E Germplasm |
Achnatherum
occidentale |
western needlegrass |
erosion control and quick, self perpetuating-cover. Prior to maturity it is fair to good for cattle,
sheep, horses and deer forage |
2006 |
|
CAPMC |
Douglas |
Agropyron
cristatum |
crested wheatgrass |
forage on range sites |
1994 |
|
IDPMC |
Ephraim |
Agropyron
cristatum |
crested wheatgrass |
range, dry land pasture, erosion control, critical area stabilization |
1983 |
|
IDPMC |
Hycrest |
Agropyron
cristatum × A. desertorum |
crested wheatgrass |
range, dry land pasture, erosion control |
1984 |
|
COPMC, IDPMC |
NU-ARS AC2 |
Agropyron
cristatum ssp. pectinatum |
crested wheatgrass |
cool season pastures and rangelands |
2002 |
|
NDPMC |
Nordan |
Agropyron
desertorum |
crested wheatgrass |
range seeding, pasture and hay land planting |
1953 |
|
NDPMC |
P-27 |
Agropyron
fragile |
Siberian wheatgrass |
range, dry land pasture, critical area stabilization |
1953 |
|
IDPMC |
Vavilov |
Agropyron
fragile |
Siberian wheatgrass |
forage on range sites |
1994 |
|
IDPMC |
Panbowl |
Alnus
serrulata |
hazel alder |
streambank and shoreline stabilization, riparian area restoration, wetland restoration, and
wetland wildlife habitat |
2007 |
|
WVPMC |
Skamania Germplasm |
Alnus viridis ssp.
sinuata |
Sitka alder |
stream bank stabilization, riparian restoration, wildlife habitat, reclamation of eroded, disturbed,
low fertility sites, companion nurse tree in conifer plantations, soil building |
2006 |
|
ORPMC |
Garrison |
Alopecurus
arundinaceus |
creeping foxtail |
pasture and hay land plantings, waterways |
1963 |
|
MTPMC, NDPMC |
Kendrick Germplasm |
Amelanchier
alnifolia |
Saskatoon serviceberry |
riparian areas, reclamation projects, wildlife plantings, shelterbelts, and for species diversity
enhancement |
2000 |
|
WAPMC |
Newport Germplasm |
Amelanchier
alnifolia |
Saskatoon serviceberry |
riparian areas, reclamation projects, wildlife plantings, shelterbelts, and for species diversity
enhancement |
2000 |
|
WAPMC |
Okanogan Germplasm |
Amelanchier
alnifolia |
Saskatoon serviceberry |
riparian areas, reclamation projects, wildlife plantings, shelterbelts, and for species diversity
enhancement |
2000 |
|
WAPMC |
Cape |
Ammophila
breviligulata |
American beachgrass |
restoration and stabilization of coastal dunes and critical areas |
1970 |
|
NJPMC |
Illinois Covey Germplasm |
Amorpha
fruticosa |
false indigo bush |
wildlife cover/shelter and for erosion control along shorelines, streams, and wetlands |
2005 |
|
MOPMC |
Iowa Covey Germplasm |
Amorpha
fruticosa |
false indigo bush |
establish wildlife food/cover, enhance wetland riparian areas, and for erosion control. |
2005 |
|
MOPMC |
Missouri Covey Germplasm |
Amorpha
fruticosa |
false indigo bush |
to establish wildlife food/cover and address erosion control of shorelines, streams, and
wetlands. |
2005 |
|
MOPMC |
Survivor Germplasm |
Amorpha
fruticosa |
false indigo |
in combination with other native riparian species for stream bank erosion control, lake shore
stabilization, wildlife habitat, windbreaks, and potentially for landscaping. |
2005 |
|
NDPMC |
Gator Germplasm |
Amphicarpum
muehlenbergianum |
Muhlenberg maidencane |
stream or canal bank stabilization, wetland restoration and constructed wetlands |
2007 |
|
FLPMC |
Bison |
Andropogon
gerardii |
big bluestem |
range seeding, pasture and hay land planting, wildlife habitat |
1989 |
|
NDPMC |
Bonilla |
Andropogon
gerardii |
big bluestem |
range seedings, pasture and hay land plantings, wildlife habitat |
1987 |
|
NDPMC |
Central Iowa Germplasm |
Andropogon
gerardii |
big bluestem |
roadside revegetation, forage, wildlife plantings, and prairie restoration |
1998 |
|
MOPMC |
Earl |
Andropogon
gerardii |
big bluestem |
range seeding; erosion control plantings; wildlife habitat plantings; and plantings for water
quality improvement |
1996 |
|
TXPMC |
Hampton Germplasm |
Andropogon
gerardii |
big bluestem |
forage production, erosion control, wildlife habitat and water quality improvement |
2007 |
|
ARPMC |
Kaw |
Andropogon
gerardii |
big bluestem |
range and pasture plantings, erosion control |
1950 |
|
KSPMC |
Niagara |
Andropogon
gerardii |
big bluestem |
critical area, pasture, & hay land, stream bank & shore protection, wildlife upland habitat
management |
1986 |
|
NYPMC |
Northern Iowa Germplasm |
Andropogon
gerardii |
big bluestem |
roadside plantings, prairie restoration and enhancement, landscaping, and for increasing
species diversity |
2001 |
|
MOPMC |
Northern Missouri Germplasm |
Andropogon
gerardii |
big bluestem |
roadside revegetation, forage, prairie restoration and landscaping, and wildlife plantings |
1999 |
|
MOPMC |
OH 370 Germplasm |
Andropogon
gerardii |
big bluestem |
wildlife habitat and food and restoration |
1997 |
|
MOPMC, ARPMC |
OZ-70 Germplasm |
Andropogon
gerardii |
big bluestem |
forage production, erosion control, vegetative buffers and filter strips. |
2004 |
|
MOPMC |
Prairie View Indiana Germplasm |
Andropogon
gerardii |
big bluestem |
provide food/cover for wildlife, increase species diversity, erosion control and restoring
native plant environments. |
2005 |
|
MIPMC |
Refuge Germplasm |
Andropogon
gerardii |
big bluestem |
wildlife habitat, vegetative buffers, and landscape use. |
2006 |
|
MOPMC |
Rountree |
Andropogon
gerardii |
big bluestem |
pasture, hay and wildlife plantings |
1983 |
|
MOPMC |
Southern Iowa Germplasm |
Andropogon
gerardii |
big bluestem |
roadside revegetation, forage, prairie restoration and landscaping, and wildlife plantings |
1999 |
|
MOPMC |
Southlow Michigan Germplasm |
Andropogon
gerardii |
big bluestem |
wildlife food and cover, erosion control, restoring native plant environments, and increasing
species diversity |
2001 |
|
MIPMC |
Sunnyview |
Andropogon
gerardii |
big bluestem |
range seedings, pasture and hay land plantings, and wildlife habitat |
1998 |
|
NDPMC |
Suther Germplasm |
Andropogon
gerardii |
big bluestem |
roadside revegetation, critical areas, wildlife habitat, parks, recreational areas, landscapes
and prairie restoration |
2002 |
|
NJPMC |
Ghost Rider Germplasm |
Andropogon
glaucopsis |
chalky bluestem |
forage, wetland restoration, wildlife cover |
2006 |
|
FLPMC |
Chet |
Andropogon
hallii |
sand bluestem |
pasture or hay, rangeland forage, and soil stabilization or reclamation of marginal
croplands |
2004 |
|
KSPMC, TXPMC |
Cottle County Germplasm |
Andropogon
hallii |
sand bluestem |
range and pasture seedings, wildlife habitat, critical area plantings, buffers, and on sandy
soils |
2003 |
|
TXPMC |
Elida |
Andropogon
hallii |
sand bluestem |
reseeding on sandy plains and deep sand range sites |
1963 |
|
NMPMC |
Garden |
Andropogon
hallii |
sand bluestem |
range seeding and revegetation of sandy range sites |
1960 |
|
KSPMC |
Arbrook |
Arachis
glabrata |
perennial peanut |
forage, cover crop |
1985 |
|
FLPMC |
Brooksville 67 Germplasm |
Arachis
glabrata |
perennial peanut |
low growing ground cover in citrus groves, roadway median strips, and xeriscape plantings
in urban areas |
2002 |
|
FLPMC |
Brooksville 68 Germplasm |
Arachis
glabrata |
perennial peanut |
ground cover in groves, median strips, roadways, and xeriscape plantings |
2002 |
|
FLPMC |
Florigraze |
Arachis
glabrata |
perennial forage peanut |
forage |
1978 |
|
FLPMC |
Altura |
Arctostaphylos
patula |
greenleaf manzanita |
critical area stabilization for dry, rocky slopes and droughty, well drained soils; 3-4 yr. old
plants provide good cover and erosion control |
1989 |
|
CAPMC |
Summit |
Artemisia
ludoviciana |
Louisiana sage |
erosion control |
1986 |
|
COPMC |
Hobble Creek |
Artemisia tridentata
ssp. vaseyana |
big sagebrush |
winter use by deer and sheep, wildlife and range habitat improvement |
1987 |
|
COPMC |
Glacial Lake Albany Germplasm |
Asclepias
tuberosa |
butterfly weed |
butterfly habitat restoration or enhancement, landscaping, dry site meadows, and roadside
plantings |
2001 |
|
NYPMC |
Lutana |
Astragalus
cicer |
Cicer milkvetch |
non-bloat legume for hay and pasture |
1971 |
|
MTPMC |
Wytana |
Atriplex
aptera |
fourwing saltbush |
include in native reclamation mixes, fall and winter wildlife use |
1976 |
|
MTPMC |
Marana |
Atriplex
canescens |
fourwing saltbush |
upland game cover, environmental enhancement |
1979 |
|
CAPMC |
Rincon |
Atriplex
canescens |
fourwing saltbush |
wildlife and range habitat improvement mine land reclamation |
1983 |
|
COPMC |
Santa Rita |
Atriplex
canescens |
fourwing saltbush |
wildlife habitat improvement, range improvement |
1987 |
|
AZPMC |
Snake River Plains Germplasm |
Atriplex
canescens |
fourwing saltbush |
rangeland restoration, erosion control, and for livestock and big-game browse in arid to semi-
arid and alkaline/saline areas |
2001 |
|
IDPMC |
Casa |
Atriplex
lentiformis |
big saltbush |
upland wildlife habitat |
1979 |
|
CAPMC |
Blythe Germplasm |
Atriplex
polycarpa |
desert saltbush |
erosion control on denuded range sites and critical areas |
2002 |
|
AZPMC |
Pelican Germplasm |
Avicennia
germinans |
black mangrove |
shoreline stabilization, intertidal areas, and for wildlife benefits; extremely salt tolerant |
1994 |
|
LAPMC |
Grant Germplasm |
Bothriochloa
barbinodis |
cane bluestem |
erosion control, wildlife habitat, restoration of disturbed sites, forage, rangeland seedings, and
xeriscaping |
2001 |
|
NMPMC |
Saltillo Origin Germplasm |
Bothriochloa
barbinodis |
cane bluestem |
erosion control on degraded rangelands and critical areas |
2002 |
|
AZPMC |
Central Iowa Germplasm |
Bouteloua
curtipendula |
sideoats grama |
erosion control, roadside stabilization, for improving wildlife habitat and for general
conservation uses |
1995 |
|
MOPMC |
El Reno |
Bouteloua
curtipendula |
sideoats grama |
soil conservation and forage production |
1944 |
|
KSPMC |
Haskell |
Bouteloua
curtipendula |
sideoats grama |
range seeding, pasture, hay land planting, revegetation mined lands turf, erosion control,
waterways, wildlife food cover |
1983 |
|
TXPMC |
Killdeer |
Bouteloua
curtipendula |
sideoats grama |
range seeding, wildlife habitat, low maintenance ground cover |
1963 |
|
NDPMC |
Niner |
Bouteloua
curtipendula |
sideoats grama |
range reseeding, roadside plantings and mined-land reclamation |
1984 |
|
NMPMC |
Northern Iowa Germplasm |
Bouteloua
curtipendula |
sideoats grama |
erosion control, roadside stabilization, for improving wildlife habitat and for general
conservation uses |
1995 |
|
MOPMC |
Pierre |
Bouteloua
curtipendula |
sideoats grama |
range seeding, critical area plantings, low maintenance ground cover |
1961 |
|
NDPMC |
Premier |
Bouteloua
curtipendula |
sideoats grama |
range seeding, pasture, revegetation, erosion control, waterways, wildlife cover |
1960 |
|
TXPMC |
Southern Iowa Germplasm |
Bouteloua
curtipendula |
sideoats grama |
erosion control, roadside stabilization, for improving wildlife habitat and for general
conservation uses |
1995 |
|
MOPMC |
Vaughn |
Bouteloua
curtipendula |
sideoats grama |
range reseeding, roadside plantings and mined land reclamation |
1940 |
|
NMPMC |
Nogal |
Bouteloua
eriopoda |
black grama |
range reseeding, roadside plantings and mined land reclamation |
1971 |
|
NMPMC |
Alma |
Bouteloua
gracilis |
blue grama |
range improvement, erosion control and low maintenance turf for rec areas |
1992 |
|
NMPMC |
Bad River Ecotype |
Bouteloua
gracilis |
blue grama |
rangeland seeding; reduced maintenance plantings; prairie restoration; xeric landscaping |
1996 |
|
NDPMC |
Hachita |
Bouteloua
gracilis |
blue grama |
revegetation and rangeland seedings |
1980 |
|
NMPMC |
Lovington |
Bouteloua
gracilis |
blue grama |
revegetation of abandoned farm land and depleted ranges |
1963 |
|
NMPMC |
Chaparral Germplasm |
Bouteloua
hirsuta |
hairy grama |
critical areas, roadsides and reclamation sites |
2007 |
|
STPMC |
Dilley Germplasm |
Bouteloua
repens |
slender grama |
critical area sites, roadsides, reclamation sites, buffers and filter strips |
2007 |
|
STPMC |
Atascosa Germplasm |
Bouteloua
rigidiseta |
Texas grama |
critical areas, roadsides, and reclamation sites |
2007 |
|
STPMC |
Regar |
Bromus
biebersteinii |
meadow brome |
pasture, hay land, critical area stabilization |
1966 |
|
IDPMC |
Cucamonga |
Bromus
carinatus |
California brome |
erosion control, cover crop |
1949 |
|
CAPMC |
Blando |
Bromus hordeaceus
ssp. hordeaceus |
soft chess |
erosion control, cover crop, range improvement |
1954 |
|
CAPMC |
Elsberry |
Bromus
inermis |
smooth brome |
pasture, hay, cover crop and critical areas |
1954 |
|
MOPMC |
Bromar |
Bromus
marginatus |
mountain brome |
quick stabilization of critical areas, short term pasture/hay land |
1946 |
|
WAPMC |
Garnet Germplasm |
Bromus
marginatus |
mountain brome |
quick cover and erosion control, in mixes for range seeding, and critical area stabilization |
2000 |
|
COPMC, MTPMC |
Bismarck Ecotype |
Buchloe
dactyloides |
buffalograss |
low maintenance cover; erosion control; prairie restoration; xeric landscaping |
1996 |
|
NDPMC |
Texoka |
Buchloe
dactyloides |
buffalograss |
soil conservation and forage production |
1974 |
|
KSPMC |
Goshen |
Calamovilfa
longifolia |
prairie sandreed |
reclamation and range renovation - sandy soils |
1976 |
|
MTPMC |
Koch Germplasm |
Calamovilfa
longifolia |
prairie sandreed |
erosion control, dune stabilization, and water quality improvement |
2007 |
|
MIPMC |
Pronghorn |
Calamovilfa
longifolia |
prairie sandreed |
range and pasture plantings in sandy soil conditions |
1988 |
|
KSPMC |
Centennial Selection |
Carex
nebrascensis |
Nebraska sedge |
used for constructed wetland plantings and wetland creation and enhancement |
1997 |
|
IDPMC |
Modoc Selection |
Carex
nebrascensis |
Nebraska sedge |
used for constructed wetland plantings and wetland creation and enhancement |
1997 |
|
IDPMC |
Ruby Lake Selection |
Carex
nebrascensis |
Nebraska sedge |
constructed wetland plantings; wetland creation and enhancement |
1997 |
|
IDPMC |
Sterling Selection |
Carex
nebrascensis |
Nebraska sedge |
constructed wetland plantings; wetland creation and enhancement |
1997 |
|
IDPMC |
Copper |
Castanea
pumila |
chinquapin |
wildlife food and cover |
2005 |
|
NYPMC |
Golden |
Castanea
pumila |
golden chinquapin |
wildlife habitat |
1983 |
|
WVPMC |
Maleza |
Ceanothus
cordulatus |
mountain whitethorn |
critical area stabilization for dry, rocky slopes and droughty, well drained soils; preferred deer
food; 3-4 yr. old plants provide good ground cover and erosion control |
1989 |
|
CAPMC |
Cuesta |
Ceanothus
flexilis |
ceanothus |
erosion control |
1991 |
|
CAPMC |
Oahe |
Celtis
occidentalis |
hackberry |
shelterbelts, wildlife plantings, urban plantings |
1982 |
|
NDPMC |
Keystone |
Cephalanthus
occidentalis |
buttonbush |
wildlife habitat improvement, wetland restoration or riparian area development |
1996 |
|
NYPMC |
Montane |
Cercocarpus
montanus |
mountain mahogany |
used for any purpose where woody plants are desired |
1978 |
|
COPMC, NMPMC |
Comanche |
Chamaecrista
fasciculata |
partridge pea |
critical area stabilization, land reclamation, cover crop, beautification |
1985 |
|
TXPMC |
Lark Selection |
Chamaecrista
fasciculata |
partridge pea |
temporary soil stabilization and for wildlife food |
1997 |
|
MSPMC |
Riley |
Chamaecrista
fasciculata |
partridge pea |
wildlife habitat improvement, critical area erosion control and for beautification of roadsides,
parks and recreation areas |
2007 |
|
KSPMC |
Makakupa`ia Germplasm |
Chenopodium
oahuense |
Aweoweo |
erosion control, ecosystem restoration, enhancing cultural sites, increasing plant diversity and
wildlife cover and food. |
2007 |
|
HIPMC |
Barranco |
Chilopsis
linearis |
desert willow |
windbreaks, revegetation of disturbed areas and urban plantings |
1977 |
|
NMPMC |
Hope |
Chilopsis
linearis |
desert willow |
windbreaks, revegetation of disturbed areas and urban plantings |
1980 |
|
NMPMC |
Regal |
Chilopsis
linearis |
desert willow |
windbreaks, revegetation of disturbed areas and urban plantings |
1989 |
|
NMPMC |
Kinney Germplasm |
Chloris crinita |
false Rhodes grass |
early season forage and native range restoration |
1999 |
|
STPMC |
Mariah Germplasm |
Chloris
cucullata |
hooded windmill grass |
roadside plantings, range seeding, critical site revegetation |
2006 |
|
STPMC |
Welder Germplasm |
Chloris
subdolichostachya |
shortspike windmill grass |
roadside plantings, critical area revegetation |
2006 |
|
STPMC |
Trailar |
Clematis
ligusticifolia |
western clematis |
critical area stabilization, Wildlife habitat |
1992 |
|
WAPMC |
Dorado |
Cleome
isomeris |
bladderpod |
wildlife habitat |
1979 |
|
CAPMC |
Northern Missouri Germplasm |
Coreopsis
palmata |
prairie coreopsis |
roadside plantings and prairie restoration and enhancement |
2001 |
|
MOPMC |
Western Missouri Germplasm |
Coreopsis
palmata |
prairie coreopsis |
roadside plantings and prairie restoration and enhancement |
2001 |
|
MOPMC |
Indigo |
Cornus
amomum |
silky dogwood |
single row windbreak under center pivot irrigation. Field and farmstead windbreak. Soil
bioengineering. Wildlife food. |
1982 |
|
MIPMC |
Redstone |
Cornus
mas |
cornelian cherry dogwood |
wildlife food and cover, windbreaks landscape, and beautification |
1991 |
|
MOPMC |
Cheney Selection |
Cornus sericea ssp.
occidentalis |
western dogwood |
riparian area restoration, stream bank stabilization, wildlife habitat improvement, native
landscaping, shelterbelts, roadside beautification, and food plant for wildlife |
1998 |
|
WAPMC |
Mason |
Cornus sericea ssp.
occidentalis |
western dogwood |
stabilizing banks of low velocity streams, improving fish and wildlife habitat, windbreaks and
screens, soil bioengineering, wetland enhancement and creation |
1992 |
|
ORPMC |
Harrington Origin |
Cornus sericea ssp.
sericea |
redosier dogwood |
bioengineering, riparian rehabilitation, wildlife food and cover, and landscaping |
1999 |
|
WAPMC |
Ruby |
Cornus sericea ssp.
sericea |
redosier dogwood |
stream bank protection, windbreaks, fish and wildlife habitat improvement, borders,
ornamental, biotechnical slope stabilization |
1988 |
|
NYPMC |
Wallowa Selection |
Cornus sericea ssp.
sericea |
redosier dogwood |
riparian area restoration, stream bank stabilization, wildlife habitat improvement, native
landscaping, shelterbelts, roadside beautification, and food plant for wildlife |
1998 |
|
WAPMC |
Sun Harvest Germplasm |
Corylus
americana |
hazelnut |
windbreaks and wildlife food and habitat |
2007 |
|
MOPMC |
Centennial |
Cotoneaster
integerrimus |
cotoneaster |
shelterbelts, wildlife habitat, recreation areas |
1987 |
|
NDPMC |
Homestead |
Crataegus
anomala |
Arnold hawthorn |
windbreaks, wildlife habitat, and urban corridors |
1993 |
|
NDPMC |
Tropic Sun |
Crotalaria
juncea |
sun hemp |
primarily used as a green manure crop for soil improvement. Also useful as a source of
fiber |
1982 |
|
HIPMC |
Quickstand |
Cynodon
dactylon |
bermudagrass |
turf and grazing |
1992 |
|
WVPMC |
Tufcote |
Cynodon
dactylon |
bermudagrass |
critical area planting, recreational use, and heavy wear situations |
1962 |
|
MDPMC |
Akaroa |
Dactylis
glomerata |
orchardgrass |
pasture, hay, silage, range improvement, erosion control, cover crop, wildlife |
1953 |
|
CAPMC |
Berber |
Dactylis
glomerata |
orchardgrass |
pasture, hay, silage, range improvement, erosion control, cover crop, wildlife |
1981 |
|
CAPMC |
Latar |
Dactylis
glomerata |
orchardgrass |
late summer forage, stabilization of soils subject to water erosion |
1957 |
|
WAPMC |
Paiute |
Dactylis
glomerata |
orchardgrass |
range, critical area stabilization |
1983 |
|
IDPMC |
Antelope Germplasm |
Dalea
candida |
white prairie clover |
forage, nitrogen source for associated grasses, wildlife, and for use in seed mixes |
2000 |
|
MTPMC, NDPMC |
Bismarck Germplasm |
Dalea
purpurea |
purple prairieclover |
range and pasture seed mixtures, wildlife habitat, rangeland restoration, prairie landscaping,
livestock and wildlife forage |
2000 |
|
NDPMC |
Central Iowa Germplasm |
Dalea
purpurea |
purple prairieclover |
roadside revegetation, wildlife plantings, prairie restoration and landscaping |
1998 |
|
MOPMC |
Kaneb |
Dalea
purpurea |
purple prairieclover |
component of warm-season grass planting, forage, roadside revegetation |
1975 |
|
KSPMC |
Northern Iowa Germplasm |
Dalea
purpurea |
purple prairieclover |
roadside and wildlife plantings, creating and restoring prairie, landscaping, and to increase
plant diversity in prairie communities. |
2003 |
|
MOPMC |
Cuero Germplasm |
Dalea purpurea var.
purpurea |
purple prairieclover |
range seeding, revegetation, and wildlife habitat |
2003 |
|
TXPMC, STPMC |
Baskett Slough Germplasm |
Danthonia
californica |
California oatgrass |
erosion control, critical area stabilization, grassland and prairie restoration, rangeland and
woodland plantings, and wildlife habitat |
2001 |
|
ORPMC |
Peru Creek |
Deschampsia
caespitosa |
tufted hairgrass |
revegetation of mine sites at high elevations (9,000-12,000') with acidic soils (pH 3.5-6.0) |
1994 |
|
COPMC |
Tillamook Germplasm |
Deschampsia
caespitosa |
tufted hairgrass |
wetland restoration, stream bank and channel stabilization, and pastures |
2002 |
|
ORPMC |
Willamette Germplasm |
Deschampsia
caespitosa |
tufted hairgrass |
freshwater wetland restoration, stream bank stabilization, and pasture |
2002 |
|
ORPMC |
Reno Germplasm |
Desmanthus
illinoensis |
Illinois bundleflower |
rangeland, critical area, and recreational plantings, and wildlife food and cover |
1999 |
|
KSPMC |
Sabine |
Desmanthus
illinoensis |
Illinois bundleflower |
range, pasture seeding, wildlife food, revegetation, critical area planting |
1983 |
|
TXPMC |
Hondo Germplasm |
Desmanthus
velutinus |
velvet bundleflower |
range seeding, wildlife habitat, and erosion control |
2003 |
|
TXPMC, STPMC |
Kuiaha |
Desmodium
aparines |
desmodium |
pasture improvement, cover crop and erosion control |
1969 |
|
HIPMC |
Alexander Germplasm |
Desmodium
canadense |
showy tick trefoil |
wildlife food and cover and prairie restoration |
1998 |
|
MOPMC |
Alcona Germplasm |
Desmodium
glabellum |
Dillenius' ticktrefoil |
wildlife habitat |
2006 |
|
MIPMC |
Grant Germplasm |
Desmodium
paniculatum |
panicledleaf ticktrefoil |
wildlife food and as a alternative to introduced plant species. |
2006 |
|
MIPMC |
Tioga |
Dichanthelium
clandestinum |
deertongue |
critical area planting, forest land erosion control, land reclamation, land reconstruction,
revegetating disturbed areas |
1975 |
|
NYPMC |
Pilgrim Germplasm |
Dichanthelium
scoparium |
velvet rosettegrass |
wildlife food |
2007 |
|
ETPMC |
T-587 |
Dichanthium |
Old World bluestem |
range, pasture seeding hay land, stabilization critical area, filter strips |
1981 |
|
TXPMC |
Angleton |
Dichanthium
aristatum |
bluestem |
range seeding |
1942 |
|
TXPMC |
La Salle Germplasm |
Digitaria
californica |
Arizona cottontop |
rangeland seeding |
2007 |
|
STPMC |
Loetta |
Digitaria
californica |
Arizona cottontop |
forage, rangeland seeding, erosion control, increasing plant community diversity |
2000 |
|
AZPMC |
PMT-389 |
Digitaria
californica |
Arizona cottontop |
range seeding, critical area planting, wildlife |
|
|
TXPMC |
LK517f Germplasm |
Distichlis
spicata |
inland saltgrass |
stream restoration and erosion control |
2002 |
|
CAPMC |
Kamiloloa Germplasm |
Dodonaea
viscosa |
Florida hopbush |
ecosystem restoration, revegetation of eroded areas, wildlife food and cover, windbreaks,
and for landscaping |
2000 |
|
HIPMC |
Bismarck Germplasm |
Echinacea
angustifolia |
narrow-leaved coneflower |
CRP mixes, landscaping, highway right-of-way plantings, medicinal purposes |
2000 |
|
NDPMC |
Central Iowa Germplasm |
Echinacea
pallida |
pale purple coneflower |
roadside and wildlife plantings, prairie creations and restorations, landscaping and for
increasing plant diversity in prairie communities. |
2006 |
|
MOPMC |
Northern Iowa Germplasm |
Echinacea
pallida |
pale purple coneflower |
roadside plantings, prairie creation and restoration, and landscaping |
2002 |
|
MOPMC |
Southern Iowa Germplasm |
Echinacea
pallida |
pale purple coneflower |
roadside plantings, landscaping, and for prairie creation, restoration and diversity |
2002 |
|
MOPMC |
Chiwapa |
Echinochloa
frumentacea |
Japanese millet |
food and cover for water fowl, quail, and dove; livestock forage. |
1965 |
|
MSPMC |
Leflore Source |
Echinodorus
cordifolius |
creeping burhead |
wetland mitigation plantings, constructed wetlands, and for natural areas which are
moist |
1996 |
|
MSPMC |
Dupuyer Streambank Germplasm |
Elaeagnus
commutata |
silverberry |
stream bank stabilization, windbreaks, and shelterbelts, wildlife food and cover |
2000 |
|
MTPMC |
Pondera Floodplain Germplasm |
Elaeagnus
commutata |
silverberry |
upper stream bank stabilization, windbreaks, and shelterbelts, wildlife food and cover |
2000 |
|
MTPMC |
CJ Strike Selection |
Eleocharis
palustris |
creeping spikerush |
constructed wetland plantings; wetland creation and enhancement |
1997 |
|
IDPMC |
Malheur Selection |
Eleocharis
palustris |
creeping spikerush |
constructed wetland plantings; wetland creation and enhancement |
1997 |
|
IDPMC |
Mud Lake Selection |
Eleocharis
palustris |
creeping spikerush |
constructed wetland plantings; wetland creation and enhancement |
1997 |
|
IDPMC |
Ruby Lake Selection |
Eleocharis
palustris |
creeping spikerush |
constructed wetland plantings; wetland creation and enhancement |
1997 |
|
IDPMC |
Central Iowa Germplasm |
Elymus
canadensis |
Canada wildrye |
erosion control, roadside stabilization, for improving wildlife habitat and for general
conservation uses |
1995 |
|
MOPMC |
Icy Blue Germplasm |
Elymus
canadensis |
Canada wildrye |
prairie restoration, erosion control and wildlife habitat enhancement |
2004 |
|
MIPMC |
Lavaca Germplasm |
Elymus
canadensis |
Canada wildrye |
cool season forage on pastureland and rangeland |
2000 |
|
STPMC |
Mandan |
Elymus
canadensis |
Canada wildrye |
range seedlings, pasture and hay land plantings |
1946 |
|
NDPMC |
Northern Iowa Germplasm |
Elymus
canadensis |
Canada wildrye |
erosion control, roadside stabilization, for improving wildlife habitat and for general
conservation uses |
1995 |
|
MOPMC |
Southern Iowa Germplasm |
Elymus
canadensis |
Canada wildrye |
erosion control, roadside stabilization, for improving wildlife habitat and for general
conservation uses |
1995 |
|
MOPMC |
Pueblo Germplasm |
Elymus
elymoides |
bottlebrush squirreltail |
erosion control, fire restoration, domestic livestock and wildlife forage prodution. |
2005 |
|
COPMC |
Sand Hollow |
Elymus
elymoides |
bottlebrush squirreltail |
ecosystem restoration and reclamation |
1996 |
|
IDPMC |
Tusas Germplasm |
Elymus
elymoides |
bottlebrush squirreltail |
erosion control, wildlife habitat, restoration of disturbed sites, fire restoration seedings, and
rangeland seedings |
2001 |
|
NMPMC |
Wapiti Germplasm |
Elymus
elymoides |
bottlebrush squirreltail |
erosion control, domestic livestock, wildlife forage production, and fire restoration. |
2005 |
|
COPMC |
Toe Jam Creek Germplasm |
Elymus elymoides
ssp. californicus |
squirreltail |
ecosystem restoration and for resource conservation practices. |
2003 |
|
IDPMC |
Fish Creek Germplasm |
Elymus elymoides
ssp. elymoides |
squirreltail |
ecosystem restoration and for resource conservation practices |
2003 |
|
IDPMC |
Mariposa |
Elymus
glaucus |
blue wildrye |
erosion control, quick self-perpetuating cover, fair to good forage for cattle, horses, and
deer |
2002 |
|
CAPMC |
Arlington |
Elymus glaucus ssp.
glaucus |
blue wildrye |
rapid cover as a pioneer plant, erosion control, wildlife habitat, and forage, herbage
production, site rehabilitation after fire or logging, cover under trees in open woodlands |
1995 |
|
ORPMC |
Elkton |
Elymus glaucus
ssp. jepsonii |
blue wildrye |
rapid cover as a pioneer plant, erosion control, wildlife habitat and forage, herbage
production, site rehabilitation after fire or logging, cover under trees in open woodlands. |
1997 |
|
ORPMC |
Bannock |
Elymus lanceolatus
ssp. lanceolatus |
thickspike wheatgrass |
erosion control, forage, and cover, mine spoil reclamation, critical area stabilization, and filter
strips |
1995 |
|
IDPMC |
Critana |
Elymus lanceolatus
ssp. lanceolatus |
thickspike wheatgrass |
reclamation, native species for CRP, xeriscaping, range renovation |
1971 |
|
MTPMC |
Sodar |
Elymus lanceolatus
ssp. lanceolatus |
streambank wheatgrass |
erosion control, critical area stabilization |
1954 |
|
IDPMC |
Copperhead Germplasm |
Elymus trachycaulus
ssp. trachycaulus |
slender wheatgrass |
reclamation of roadsides, acid-impacted mine land, rangeland, and urban disturbances |
2006 |
|
MTPMC |
Pryor |
Elymus trachycaulus
ssp. trachycaulus |
slender wheatgrass |
inclusion as a quick establishing species in seeding mixes, reclamation, highways, CRP,
etc. |
1988 |
|
MTPMC |
San Luis |
Elymus trachycaulus
ssp. trachycaulus |
slender wheatgrass |
high elevation erosion control recommended for ski slopes range and wildlife habitat
improvement |
1984 |
|
COPMC |
Cuivre River Germplasm |
Elymus
virginicus |
Virginia wildrye |
forage, erosion control, vegetative buffers and filters, wildlife food/cover, plant diversity in
wetland and riparian plantings, and as a cover crop for woody plantings |
2002 |
|
MOPMC |
Kinchafoonee Germplasm |
Elymus
virginicus |
Virginia wildrye |
erosion control for field borders, logging roads, critical area treatments, and cool season
cover crop |
2004 |
|
GAPMC |
Northern Missouri Germplasm |
Elymus
virginicus |
Virginia wildrye |
riparian areas, soil stabilization, forage, wildlife food and cover, and prairie plantings |
1999 |
|
MOPMC |
Secar |
Elymus
wawawaiensis |
Snake River wheatgrass |
long term stabilization of semi arid land soils |
1980 |
|
WAPMC |
Eldorado |
Engelmannia
peristenia |
Engelmann daisy |
high quality, forage wildlife, livestock, range seedings, revegetation landscape,
beautification |
1985 |
|
TXPMC |
Bend |
Eragrostis
trichodes |
sand lovegrass |
range seedings |
1971 |
|
KSPMC |
Mason |
Eragrostis
trichodes |
sand lovegrass |
range seeding, erosion control, wind strips, warm season pasture, wildlife cover |
1971 |
|
TXPMC |
Kaho'olawe Germplasm |
Eragrostis
variabilis |
kawelu |
ecosystem restoration, erosion control, enhancing diversity in riparian areas, and for wildlife
cover and food. |
2005 |
|
HIPMC |
Duro |
Eriogonum
fasciculatum |
California buckwheat |
erosion control, insect habitat |
1983 |
|
CAPMC |
Umatilla |
Eriogonum
niveum |
snow buckwheat |
critical area stabilization, mine land reclamation, restoration of natural areas |
1991 |
|
WAPMC |
Sierra |
Eriogonum
umbellatum var. polyanthum |
sulphur flower buckwheat |
erosion control, landscape, wildlife, revegetation |
1987 |
|
CAPMC |
Central Iowa Germplasm |
Eryngium
yuccifolium |
rattlesnake master |
roadside revegetation, wildlife plantings, prairie restoration and landscaping, and wildflower
gardens |
1999 |
|
MOPMC |
Northern Iowa Germplasm |
Eryngium
yuccifolium |
rattlesnake master |
roadside revegetation, wildlife plantings, prairie restoration and landscaping, and wildflower
gardens |
1998 |
|
MOPMC |
Southern Iowa Germplasm |
Eryngium
yuccifolium |
rattlesnake master |
roadside revegetation, wildlife plantings, prairie restoration and landscaping, and wildflower
gardens |
1999 |
|
MOPMC |
Tropic Coral |
Erythrina
variegata |
tall erythrina |
primarily developed for windbreak for soil and water conservation |
1985 |
|
HIPMC |
Pink Lady |
Euonymus
bungeanum |
winterberry euonymus |
multi-row windbreaks, wildlife habitat, living screens |
1973 |
|
KSPMC |
Redondo |
Festuca
arizonica |
Arizona fescue |
range revegetation and slope stabilization on steep infertile sites |
1973 |
|
COPMC, NMPMC |
Covar |
Festuca
ovina |
sheep fescue |
stabilization of dry land soils, suppression of weeds |
1977 |
|
WAPMC |
Durar |
Festuca
trachyphylla |
hard fescue |
long term stabilization of critical areas, perennial low maintenance cover of recreational
areas |
1949 |
|
WAPMC |
Jemez |
Forestiera
pubescens var. pubescens |
New Mexico forestiera |
soil stabilization and beautification plantings |
1978 |
|
NMPMC |
Cardan |
Fraxinus
pennsylvanica |
green ash |
shelterbelts, wildlife habitat |
1979 |
|
NDPMC |
Bobwhite |
Glycine |
soybean |
wildlife food and cover |
1975 |
|
MOPMC |
Quail Haven |
Glycine
soja |
reseeding soybean |
food and cover for upland game birds, soil improvement, and hay crop |
1986 |
|
MSPMC |
Timp |
Hedysarum
boreale |
Utah sweetvetch |
rangeland, mined land, critical areas, and to improve upland wildlife habitats; established
stands can be used for forage in early spring to midsummer |
1994 |
|
COPMC |
Flora Sun |
Helianthus debilis
ssp. debilis |
beach sunflower |
beach dune stabilization and beautification |
1991 |
|
FLPMC |
Aztec |
Helianthus
maximiliani |
Maximilian sunflower |
wildlife food cover livestock, forage, natural hedge, screen, filter strips, landscape plant,
provides color & beautification |
1978 |
|
TXPMC |
Medicine Creek Germplasm |
Helianthus
maximiliani |
Maximilian sunflower |
range and pasture seedings, wildlife habitat, prairie restoration and landscaping, hedge or
screen, and has potential for use in filter strips |
2000 |
|
NDPMC |
Prairie Gold |
Helianthus
maximiliani |
Maximilian sunflower |
critical area reseeding, wildlife food planting |
1978 |
|
KSPMC |
Bismarck Germplasm |
Helianthus
pauciflorus ssp. pauciflorus |
stiff sunflower |
prairie restoration, native landscaping, range improvement |
2000 |
|
NDPMC |
Central Iowa Germplasm |
Heliopsis
helianthoides |
oxeye false sunflower |
native plantings along roadsides, conservation plantings, and wildlife habitat |
1996 |
|
MOPMC |
Midas |
Heliopsis
helianthoides |
false sunflower |
recreational area planting, roadside revegetation, wildlife food |
1984 |
|
KSPMC |
Northern Iowa Germplasm |
Heliopsis
helianthoides |
false sunflower |
roadside revegetation, wildlife plantings, and prairie restoration |
1997 |
|
MOPMC |
Southern Iowa Germplasm |
Heliopsis
helianthoides |
oxeye false sunflower |
roadside revegetation, wildlife plantings, and prairie restoration |
1997 |
|
MOPMC |
Bigalta |
Hemarthria
altissima |
Limpograss |
forage |
1978 |
|
FLPMC |
Greenalta |
Hemarthria
altissima |
Limpograss |
forage |
1978 |
|
FLPMC |
Redalta |
Hemarthria
altissima |
Limpograss |
forage |
1978 |
|
FLPMC |
Kaho'olawe Germplasm |
Heteropogon
contortus |
piligrass |
ecosystem restoration, erosion control, wildlife habitat, increasing diversity in riparian and
other communities, and for enhancing cultural sites |
2003 |
|
HIPMC |
Spirit Germplasm |
Hierochloe
odorata |
sweetgrass |
cultural significance in Native American ceremonies, stabilization of riparian and wetland
ecosystems |
2004 |
|
MTPMC |
Seco |
Hordeum
vulgare |
barley |
standing mulch crop, cover crop, critical area stabilization nurse crop. |
1987 |
|
AZPMC |
Railroad Valley Selection |
Juncus
balticus |
Baltic rush |
wetland creation and restoration; Constructed Wetland System applications, wildlife habitat,
and erosion control |
1998 |
|
IDPMC |
Roswell Selection |
Juncus
balticus |
Baltic rush |
constructed wetland plantings; wetland creation and enhancement |
1997 |
|
IDPMC |
Sterling Selection |
Juncus
balticus |
Baltic rush |
constructed wetland plantings; wetland creation and enhancement |
1997 |
|
IDPMC |
Stillwater Selection |
Juncus
balticus |
Baltic rush |
constructed wetland plantings; wetland creation and enhancement |
1997 |
|
IDPMC |
Sumter Germplasm |
Juncus
effusus |
common rush |
wetland wildlife (cover), residential septic systems, constructed wetlands, wetland
restoration and riparian buffers |
2008 |
|
GAPMC |
Emerald Sea |
Juniperus
conferta |
shore juniper |
landscape and shore plantings |
1971 |
|
NJPMC |
Bridger-Select |
Juniperus
scopulorum |
Rocky Mountain juniper |
windbreaks and shelterbelts as a midsized evergreen in multiple row designs |
1998 |
|
MTPMC |
Immigrant |
Kochia
prostrata |
forage kochia |
range, erosion control |
1984 |
|
NMPMC, IDPMC |
Central Iowa Germplasm |
Koeleria
macrantha |
prairie Junegrass |
roadside plantings, creating and restoring prairie, landscaping, and to increase plant diversity
in prairie communities |
2003 |
|
MOPMC |
Northern Iowa Germplasm |
Koeleria
macrantha |
prairie Junegrass |
roadside plantings, creating and restoring prairie, landscaping, and to increase plant diversity
in prairie communities. |
2003 |
|
MOPMC |
Hatch |
Krascheninnikovia
lanata |
winterfat |
winter forage in sagebrush and pinon-juniper communities |
1985 |
|
COPMC, NMPMC |
Northern Cold Desert Germplasm |
Krascheninnikovia
lanata |
winterfat |
rangeland restoration, erosion control, and for livestock and big-game browse in arid to semi-
arid and alkaline/saline areas |
2001 |
|
IDPMC |
Open Range Germplasm |
Krascheninnikovia
lanata |
winterfat |
reclamation, range renovation, forage, and wildlife habitat in semi-arid grasslands |
2002 |
|
MTPMC |
AU Ground Cover |
Lathyrus
hirsutus |
caley pea |
cool season cover crop for conservation tillage systems and as a cattle forage |
1994 |
|
GAPMC |
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 |
1984 |
|
MIPMC, NYPMC |
Van Horn |
Leptochloa
dubia |
green sprangletop |
range seeding, pasture and hay land planting. filler grass, critical area, revegetation mined
land |
1988 |
|
TXPMC |
Central Iowa Germplasm |
Lespedeza
capitata |
roundhead lespedeza |
native plantings along roadsides, conservation plantings, and wildlife habitat |
1996 |
|
MOPMC |
Kanoka |
Lespedeza
capitata |
roundhead lespedeza |
roadside vegetation, park and recreational area plantings, component of warm-season grass
plantings, forage, and for wildlife food |
1998 |
|
KSPMC |
Northern Iowa Germplasm |
Lespedeza
capitata |
roundhead lespedeza |
roadside plantings, prairie restoration and enhancement, landscaping, and for increasing
species diversity |
2001 |
|
MOPMC |
Southern Iowa Germplasm |
Lespedeza
capitata |
roundhead lespedeza |
roadside revegetation, wildlife plantings, and prairie restoration |
1997 |
|
MOPMC |
Appalow |
Lespedeza
cuneata |
sericea lespedeza |
low maintenance, ground cover to prevent erosion and stabilize soil |
1978 |
|
WVPMC |
VA-70 |
Lespedeza
thunbergii |
shrub lespedeza |
wildlife habitat, riparian corridors, critical areas |
1952 |
|
NJPMC |
Yellowpuff |
Leucaena
retusa |
littleleaf lead tree |
wildlife food, beautification, critical area plantings |
1981 |
|
TXPMC |
Magnar |
Leymus
cinereus |
basin wildrye |
range, wildlife, erosion control |
1979 |
|
IDPMC |
Trailhead |
Leymus
cinereus |
basin wildrye |
fall/winter livestock grazing, reclamation, wildlife food and cover |
1991 |
|
MTPMC |
Washoe Germplasm |
Leymus
cinereus |
basin wildrye |
erosion control, wildlife habitat and mine land reclamation |
2002 |
|
MTPMC |
Volga |
Leymus
racemosus |
mammoth wildrye |
critical area stabilization, sand dune stabilization, mine land reclamation, wildlife cover |
1949 |
|
WAPMC, COPMC |
Rio |
Leymus
triticoides |
beardless wildrye |
bank and shoreline protection, range improvement, soil stabilization (wet areas),
revegetation |
1991 |
|
CAPMC |
Shoshone |
Leymus
triticoides |
beardless wildrye |
saline - irrigated and sub irrigated, pasture and hay |
1980 |
|
MTPMC |
Central Iowa Germplasm |
Liatris aspera |
rough blazing star |
roadside plantings, prairie creations and restorations, landscaping, and increase plant
diversity in prairie communities |
2003 |
|
MOPMC |
Northern Iowa Germplasm |
Liatris aspera |
rough blazing star |
roadside plantings, creating and restoring prairie, landscaping, and to increase plant diversity
in prairie communities. |
2003 |
|
MOPMC |
Southern Iowa Germplasm |
Liatris aspera |
rough blazing star |
roadside plantings, creating and restoring prairie, landscaping, and to increase plant diversity
in prairie communities |
2003 |
|
MOPMC |
Floral Passion Germplasm |
Liatris
elegans |
blazing star |
roadside plantings, landscaping, mine land restoration, and wildlife food |
2003 |
|
FLPMC |
Central Iowa Germplasm |
Liatris
pycnostachya |
thickspike gayfeather |
roadside revegetation, wildlife plantings, prairie restoration and landscaping, and wildflower
gardens |
1999 |
|
MOPMC |
Eureka |
Liatris
pycnostachya |
thickspike gayfeather |
prairie restoration, roadside revegetation, recreational area planting |
1975 |
|
KSPMC |
Northern Iowa Germplasm |
Liatris
pycnostachya |
thickspike gayfeather |
roadside revegetation, wildlife plantings, prairie restoration and landscaping, and wildflower
gardens |
1999 |
|
MOPMC |
Northern Missouri Germplasm |
Liatris
pycnostachya |
thickspike gayfeather |
roadside plantings and prairie restoration and enhancement |
2001 |
|
MOPMC |
Southern Iowa Germplasm |
Liatris
pycnostachya |
thickspike gayfeather |
roadside plantings and prairie restoration and enhancement |
2001 |
|
MOPMC |
Western Missouri Germplasm |
Liatris
pycnostachya |
thickspike gayfeather |
roadside planting and prairie restoration and enhancement |
2001 |
|
MOPMC |
Maple Grove Germplasm |
Linum lewisii |
prairie flax |
erosion control, biodiversity, wildlife habitat, and beautification |
2004 |
|
IDPMC |
Appar |
Linum
perenne |
prairie flax |
range, critical area stabilization, beautification, diversity |
1980 |
|
IDPMC |
Union Germplasm |
Liriodendron
tulipifera |
tulip poplar |
woodland revegetation, timber production, landscaping, riparian areas |
1998 |
|
MOPMC |
Wimmera 62 |
Lolium
rigidum |
annual ryegrass |
erosion control |
1962 |
|
CAPMC |
Armex |
Lupinus
elegans |
Mexican lupine |
winter cover crop |
1962 |
|
FLPMC |
Glacial Lake Albany Germplasm |
Lupinus
perennis |
wild lupine |
butterfly habitat restoration or enhancement, landscaping, dry site meadows, and roadside
plantings |
2001 |
|
NYPMC |
Hederma |
Lupinus
rivularis |
riverbank lupine |
erosion control for critical sites, cover crop for reforestation and wildlife food and cover,
green manure, native forb for naturalized landscape uses, sand dune and dredge spoil stabilization. Can be
used to over seed existing stands of grass. |
1981 |
|
ORPMC |
Magenta |
Malus |
hybrid crabapple |
small tree for single row windbreaks & beautification |
1990 |
|
MIPMC |
Big-O |
Malus
coronaria |
crabapple |
wildlife food and cover, beautification of urban landscapes, windbreaks, screens and
hedgerows. |
1993 |
|
GAPMC |
Midwest |
Malus
mandshurica |
Manchurian crabapple |
shelterbelts, wildlife habitat, recreation areas |
1973 |
|
NDPMC |
Roselow |
Malus
sargentii |
Sargent crabapple |
farm and field windbreaks |
1978 |
|
MIPMC |
Crockett Germplasm |
Mimosa
strigillosa |
herbaceous mimosa |
ground cover for surface mine reclamation and disturbed areas |
2006 |
|
ETPMC |
Central Iowa Germplasm |
Monarda
fistulosa |
wild bergamont |
prairie restoration programs, roadside and wildlife platings and landscaping. |
2007 |
|
MOPMC |
Northern Iowa Germplasm |
Monarda
fistulosa |
wild bergamont |
prairie restoration projects, roadside, wildlife, and landscaping |
2007 |
|
MOPMC |
Southern Iowa Germplasm |
Monarda
fistulosa |
wild bergamont |
roadside and wildlife plantings, creating and restoring prairies, landscaping, and to increase
plant diversity in prairie communities |
2003 |
|
MOPMC |
Wildwood |
Morella
pensylvanica |
bayberry |
back dune stabilization, windbreaks, field borders, wildlife, and vegetative barrier |
1993 |
|
NJPMC |
Moapa Germplasm |
Muhlenbergia
asperifolia |
scratchgrass |
riparian restoration and rehabilitation, wildlife habitat improvement, restoration of disturbed
areas; increasing plant diversity, and for rehabilitation of areas following salt cedar removal |
2007 |
|
AZPMC |
Westwater Germplasm |
Muhlenbergia
asperifolia |
alkali muhly |
erosion control, wildlife food and cover, restoration of disturbed sites and increasing plant
diversity of riparian areas. |
2006 |
|
NMPMC |
Morning Mist Germplasm |
Muhlenbergia
capillaris |
hairawn muhly |
xeriscaping, and as an ornamental |
2006 |
|
FLPMC |
El Vado |
Muhlenbergia
wrightii |
spike muhly |
soil stabilization and range vegetation |
1973 |
|
NMPMC |
LK415f Germplasm |
Nassella
cernua |
foothill needlegrass |
restoration, critical area plantings, cover crop, and wildlife habitat |
1999 |
|
CAPMC |
LK115d Germplasm |
Nassella
pulchra |
purple needlegrass |
restoration, critical area plantings, cover crop, and wildlife habitat |
1998 |
|
CAPMC |
LK215e Germplasm |
Nassella
pulchra |
purple needlegrass |
restoration, critical area plantings, cover crop, and wildlife habitat |
1998 |
|
CAPMC |
LK315d Germplasm |
Nassella
pulchra |
purple needlegrass |
restoration, critical area plantings, cover crop, and wildlife habitat |
1998 |
|
CAPMC |
Lodorm |
Nassella
viridula |
green needlegrass |
range seeding and pasture plantings |
1970 |
|
NDPMC |
Tropic Verde |
Neonotonia
wightii |
perennial soybean |
pasture improvement, cover crop and erosion control |
1992 |
|
HIPMC |
Central Iowa Germplasm |
Oligoneuron rigidum
var. rigidum |
stiff goldenrod |
roadside plantings, prairie creation and restoration, and landscaping |
2002 |
|
MOPMC |
Northern Iowa Germplasm |
Oligoneuron rigidum
var. rigidum |
stiff goldenrod |
roadside revegetation, wildlife plantings, prairie restoration and landscaping |
1998 |
|
MOPMC |
Southern Iowa Germplasm |
Oligoneuron rigidum
var. rigidum |
stiff goldenrod |
roadside plantings, landscaping, prairie creation and restoration, and for increasing plant
diversity in prairie communities |
2002 |
|
MOPMC |
Atlantic |
Panicum
amarum |
coastal panicgrass |
coastal dune stabilization, CRP, EQIP, WHIP, mined land |
1981 |
|
NJPMC |
Fourchon Germplasm |
Panicum
amarum |
bitter panicum |
coastal beach and barrier island dune stabilization and enhancement |
1998 |
|
LAPMC |
Northpa |
Panicum
amarum |
bitter panicum |
wind erosion, beach and sand dune stabilization, and wildlife cover |
1992 |
|
FLPMC |
Southpa |
Panicum
amarum |
bitter panicum |
wind erosion, beach and sand dune stabilization, and wildlife cover |
1992 |
|
FLPMC |
Selection 75 |
Panicum
coloratum |
klinegrass |
pasture, hay land planting, range seeding, critical area wildlife, food and cover |
1969 |
|
TXPMC |
Verde |
Panicum
coloratum |
klinegrass |
range seeding, seeding wildlife food and cover |
1981 |
|
TXPMC |
Citrus Germplasm |
Panicum
hemitomon |
maidencane |
erosion control along streams, channels and pond banks, and for forage in moist
pastures |
1999 |
|
FLPMC |
Halifax |
Panicum
hemitomon |
maidencane |
controlling erosion on toe slopes of stream channels and preventing erosion long shorelines of
ponds and reservoirs caused by wave action (shoreline erosion control) |
1974 |
|
MSPMC |
Dove |
Panicum
miliaceum |
Proso millet |
wildlife food |
1972 |
|
GAPMC |
Alamo |
Panicum
virgatum |
switchgrass |
range seedings, pasture, hay land, erosion control, shoreline stabilization, revegetation wind
strips, wildlife habitat |
1978 |
|
TXPMC |
Blackwell |
Panicum
virgatum |
switchgrass |
range seeding - revegetation of disturbed areas |
1944 |
|
KSPMC |
Carthage |
Panicum
virgatum |
switchgrass |
wildlife habitat, buffers, pastures, and as a component of native plant mixes |
2006 |
|
NJPMC |
Cave-In-Rock |
Panicum
virgatum |
switchgrass |
summer pasture, wildlife food and habitat |
1974 |
|
MOPMC |
Central Iowa Germplasm |
Panicum
virgatum |
switchgrass |
roadside plantings, creating and restoring prairies, landscaping, and to increase plant diversity
in prairie communities |
2003 |
|
MOPMC |
Dacotah |
Panicum
virgatum |
switchgrass |
range seeding, pasture and hay land planting, wildlife habitat, waterways |
1989 |
|
NDPMC |
Forestburg |
Panicum
virgatum |
switchgrass |
pasture or hay land, range seeding, wildlife habitat, waterways |
1987 |
|
NDPMC |
Grenville |
Panicum
virgatum |
switchgrass |
soil stabilization and range revegetation |
1940 |
|
NMPMC |
High Tide Germplasm |
Panicum
virgatum |
switchgrass |
freshwater stabilization of streambanks and shoreline and for herbaceous riparian buffers |
2007 |
|
NJPMC |
Kanlow |
Panicum
virgatum |
switchgrass |
wet soil lowland areas, biofuel |
1963 |
|
KSPMC |
KY 1625 |
Panicum
virgatum |
switchgrass |
cover & forage plant on marginal low fertility, hillside pasture |
1977 |
|
WVPMC |
Miami |
Panicum
virgatum |
switchgrass |
dune stabilization, hay production, range site improvement, wildlife habitat improvement, cut
green forage, waterway vegetation, mine reclamation, and windbreaks |
1996 |
|
FLPMC |
Shawnee |
Panicum
virgatum |
switchgrass |
pasture and hay |
1995 |
|
MOPMC |
Shelter |
Panicum
virgatum |
switchgrass |
forage, wind barriers, critical area treatment, spring nesting habitat, wildlife cover plant |
1987 |
|
NYPMC |
Southlow Michigan Germplasm |
Panicum
virgatum |
switchgrass |
wildlife food and cover, erosion control, restoring native plant environments, and increasing
species diversity |
2001 |
|
MIPMC |
Stuart |
Panicum
virgatum |
switchgrass |
hay production, range site improvement, wildlife habitat improvement, cut green forage,
waterway vegetation, coastal area stabilization, mine reclamation, and windbreaks |
1996 |
|
FLPMC |
Wabasso |
Panicum
virgatum |
switchgrass |
hay production, range site improvement, wildlife habitat improvement, cut green forage,
waterway vegetation, coastal area stabilization, and mine reclamation |
1996 |
|
FLPMC |
Pima Germplasm |
Pappophorum
vaginatum |
whiplash pappusgrass |
erosion control, wildlife food and cover, restoration of disturbed areas, and rangeland
rehabilitation |
2006 |
|
AZPMC |
Arriba |
Pascopyrum
smithii |
western wheatgrass |
revegetation of rangeland |
1973 |
|
NMPMC |
Barton |
Pascopyrum
smithii |
western wheatgrass |
range seedlings, stabilization of earth structures |
1970 |
|
KSPMC |
Rodan |
Pascopyrum
smithii |
western wheatgrass |
range seedings, cool season pastures, mine land reclamation |
1983 |
|
NDPMC |
Rosana |
Pascopyrum
smithii |
western wheatgrass |
mined-land reclamation, native grass for CRP, range renovation |
1972 |
|
MTPMC |
Harrison Germplasm |
Paspalum
floridanum |
Florida paspalum |
wildlife food and cover, forage, mine reclamation, prairie restoration, and highway and utility
right of way uses |
2004 |
|
ETPMC |
Tropic Lalo |
Paspalum
hieronymi |
paspalum |
ground cover for orchards, waterways, roadsides |
1984 |
|
HIPMC |
Pensacola |
Paspalum
notatum |
Bahiagrass |
critical stabilization and cattle forage |
1944 |
|
GAPMC |
Brazoria Germplasm |
Paspalum
vaginatum |
seashore paspalum |
coastal wetland restoration as a pioneer species, especially on bare soils in fresh or brackish
areas, and provides wildlife food |
1999 |
|
LAPMC |
Tropic Shore |
Paspalum
vaginatum |
seashore paspalum |
primarily for stabilizing the shorelines and banks of aquaculture ponds, canals, and streams
with brackish or salty water |
1988 |
|
HIPMC |
Kerr Germplasm |
Pavonia
lasiopetala |
Texas swampmallow |
range seeding, beautification and low-input native landscaping, wildlife and livestock
forage |
2000 |
|
TXPMC |
Llano |
Pennisetum
ciliare |
buffelgrass |
range, pasture seeding |
1977 |
|
TXPMC |
Nueces |
Pennisetum
ciliare |
buffelgrass |
range, pasture seeding |
1977 |
|
TXPMC |
San Juan Germplasm |
Penstemon
angustifolius |
narrow leaf penstemon |
erosion control, wildlife food and cover, restoration of disturbed sites, increasing plant
diversity, and xeriscaping |
2000 |
|
NMPMC |
Richfield Selection |
Penstemon
eatonii |
firecracker penstemon |
erosion control, diversity, and beautification |
1994 |
|
IDPMC |
Old Works Germplasm |
Penstemon
eriantherus var. eriantherus |
fuzzytongue penstemon |
reclamation of mine lands, adding species diversity to restoration mixtures on acidic, heavy
metal-affected sites, restoration of dry open landscapes |
2002 |
|
MTPMC |
Cedar |
Penstemon palmeri
var. palmeri |
Palmer's penstemon |
wildlife forage |
1985 |
|
NMPMC |
Bandera |
Penstemon
strictus |
Rocky Mountain penstemon |
stabilization, roadside plantings |
1973 |
|
NMPMC |
Clearwater Selection |
Penstemon
venustus |
Venus penstemon |
erosion control, diversity, and beautification |
1994 |
|
IDPMC |
Perla |
Phalaris
aquatica |
koleagrass |
range improvement |
1970 |
|
CAPMC |
Colfax Germplasm |
Philadelphus
lewisii |
Lewis' mock orange |
riparian area restoration, wildlife forage, shelterbelts, stream bank erosion control and native
landscaping |
2002 |
|
WAPMC |
St. Maries Germplasm |
Philadelphus
lewisii |
Lewis' mock orange |
riparian area restoration, wildlife habitat, and native landscaping |
2002 |
|
WAPMC |
Shoreline |
Phragmites
australis |
common reed |
shoreline stabilization, critical area planting wildlife food and cover |
1978 |
|
TXPMC |
Southwind |
Phragmites
australis |
common reed |
soil stabilization on wet sites, rehabilitation of polluted water, filter strips, and artificial
wetlands |
1998 |
|
KSPMC |
Hunter Germplasm |
Pinus
ponderosa |
ponderosa pine |
windbreaks and shelterbelts, and for native landscaping |
2002 |
|
MTPMC |
Viva |
Pleuraphis
jamesii |
Galleta grass |
stabilization, range revegetation and revegetation of surface mined land |
1979 |
|
NMPMC |
Foothills Germplasm |
Poa
compressa |
Canada bluegrass |
erosion control, critical area plantings, recreation areas, low-maintenance landscapes, and for
forage and grazing |
2001 |
|
MTPMC |
Cougar |
Poa pratensis |
Kentucky bluegrass |
stabilization of soils subject to water erosion, and as a cool season turf |
1965 |
|
WAPMC |
Canbar |
Poa
secunda |
Canby bluegrass |
stabilization of soils subject to wind erosion, restoration of natural areas |
1979 |
|
WAPMC |
High Plains Germplasm |
Poa
secunda |
Sandberg bluegrass |
a component of native seed mixes, wildlife habitat plantings, and native plant community
restoration |
2000 |
|
MTPMC |
Opportunity Germplasm |
Poa
secunda |
Nevada bluegrass |
heavy-metal contaminated mine land reclamation, post-fire reclamation, native range
restoration, wildlife habitat and logging road revegetation |
2007 |
|
MTPMC |
Sherman |
Poa
secunda |
big bluegrass |
stabilization of dry land soils, dry land pasture, restoration of natural areas |
1945 |
|
WAPMC |
Canam |
Populus |
hybrid popular |
field and farmstead windbreaks, wildlife habitat, and fuel wood plantings |
1995 |
|
NDPMC |
Imperial |
Populus
canadensis |
Carolina poplar |
windbreaks (especially around orchards) and pulpwood |
1979 |
|
MIPMC |
Spike |
Populus deltoides ×
P. niga |
hybrid poplar |
biomass fuel wood production; screening and windbreaks |
2005 |
|
NYPMC |
Prairie Red |
Prunus |
hybrid plum |
windbreaks and wildlife |
2006 |
|
NDPMC |
Rainbow |
Prunus |
wild plum |
erosion control, critical area planting, wildlife food, cover landscape, windbreak |
1981 |
|
TXPMC |
Midwest Premium Germplasm |
Prunus
americana |
American plum |
wildlife habitat, erosion control, and for windbreaks. |
2006 |
|
MOPMC |
Scarlet |
Prunus
fruticosa |
Mongolian cherry |
farmstead windbreaks, wildlife plantings |
1984 |
|
NDPMC |
Ocean View |
Prunus
maritima |
beach plum |
back dune stabilization, landscaping, and wildlife |
1993 |
|
NJPMC |
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 |
1996 |
|
NYPMC |
Regal |
Prunus
tenella |
Russian almond |
windbreaks, wildlife habitat, and recreation and urban development plantings |
1997 |
|
NDPMC |
Bozoisky-Select |
Psathyrostachys
juncea |
Russian wildrye |
dry land and irrigated pasture, often in alternate rows with legumes |
1984 |
|
MTPMC |
Mankota |
Psathyrostachys
juncea |
Russian wildrye |
pasture and hay land planting |
1991 |
|
NDPMC |
Whitmar |
Pseudoroegneria
spicata ssp. inermis |
bluebunch wheatgrass |
long term stabilization of soils subject to wind and water erosion |
1946 |
|
WAPMC |
Anatone Germplasm |
Pseudoroegneria
spicata ssp. spicata |
bluebunch wheatgrass |
erosion control and rangeland restoration |
2004 |
|
IDPMC |
Goldar |
Pseudoroegneria
spicata ssp. spicata |
bluebunch wheatgrass |
range, critical area stabilization |
1989 |
|
IDPMC |
Lassen |
Purshia
tridentata |
bitterbrush |
wildlife habitat, erosion control |
1984 |
|
CAPMC |
Maybell Source |
Purshia
tridentata |
antelope bitterbrush |
rangeland and reclamation seedings; spring and winter browse for livestock and wildlife; for
erosion control on light textured soils; as a low maintenance xeriscape landscape species |
1997 |
|
COPMC |
McDermand |
Pyrus
ussuriensis |
Ussurian pear |
shelterbelts, wildlife habitat, urban plantings |
1990 |
|
NDPMC |
Gobbler |
Quercus
acutissima |
sawtooth oak |
wildlife food and cover |
1986 |
|
WVPMC |
Boomer |
Quercus
macrocarpa |
bur oak |
windbreaks, landscape plant for urban and recreation areas, wildlife food and shelter |
1994 |
|
TXPMC |
Lippert |
Quercus
macrocarpa |
bur oak |
multi row windbreaks, reforestation for watershed protection, and wildlife habitat
plantings |
1994 |
|
KSPMC |
Stillwater Germplasm |
Ratibida
columnifera |
prairie coneflower |
species diversity for rangelands, mine lands, roadsides, park and recreation areas, prairie
restoration projects and conservation plantings |
2004 |
|
MTPMC |
Northern Missouri Germplasm |
Ratibida
pinnata |
grayhead coneflower |
range and pasture seeding, prairie restoration, prairie landscaping, wildlife cover, and
roadside restoration. |
2004 |
|
MOPMC |
Sunglow |
Ratibida
pinnata |
grayhead prairie coneflower |
prairie restoration, recreation area beautification |
1978 |
|
KSPMC |
Konza |
Rhus aromatica var.
serotina |
aromatic sumac |
multi-row windbreak, wildlife habitat, recreation areas |
1980 |
|
KSPMC |
Autumn Amber |
Rhus trilobata |
skunkbush sumac |
ground cover for erosion control and beautification |
1983 |
|
NMPMC |
Bighorn |
Rhus trilobata |
skunkbush sumac |
windbreaks, revegetation of minded or disturbed areas, roadside plantings and landscape
plantings |
1979 |
|
NMPMC |
Algonquin |
Robinia
pseudoacacia |
black locust |
reforestation of surface mined land and other sites; post and pole production |
1987 |
|
MDPMC |
Allegheny |
Robinia
pseudoacacia |
black locust |
reforestation of surface mined lands and other sites; post and pole production |
1987 |
|
MDPMC |
Appalachia |
Robinia
pseudoacacia |
black locust |
reforestation of surface-mined lands and other sites; post and pole production |
1987 |
|
MDPMC |
Sandy |
Rosa
rugosa |
rugosa rose |
dune stabilization and landscape plantings |
1993 |
|
NJPMC |
Golden Jubilee |
Rudbeckia
hirta |
black-eyed Susan |
critical areas, land reclamation, land reconstruction, recreation area improvement, wetland,
wildlife upland habitat |
1985 |
|
NYPMC |
Bankers |
Salix
cottetii |
dwarf willow |
stream bank stabilization, erosion control |
1983 |
|
WVPMC |
Curlew |
Salix
drummondiana |
Drummond willow |
stream bank stabilization, riparian site restoration, landscaping, wildlife habitat, and
shelterbelts |
1993 |
|
WAPMC |
Silvar |
Salix exigua |
coyote willow |
stream bank stabilization, riparian site restoration, bioengineering projects, wildlife habitat, and
shelterbelts |
1993 |
|
WAPMC |
Clatsop |
Salix
hookeriana |
dune willow |
stabilizing banks of low velocity streams and older sand dunes near the coast, natural area
landscaping, screens and windbreaks on moist sites, soil bioengineering, and fish and wildlife food and
cover. |
1988 |
|
ORPMC |
Silver Sands Germplasm |
Salix interior |
sandbar willow |
in combination with other native riparian species for stream bank erosion control, lake shore
stabilization, wildlife habitat, and in windbreaks on moist sites with good weed control. |
2005 |
|
NDPMC |
Morton Germplasm |
Salix
koriyanagi |
kori-yanagi willow |
stream bank control, riparian buffers, urban conservation, basket making, and wildlife
habitat |
2001 |
|
MSPMC |
Rogue |
Salix
lasiolepis |
arroyo willow |
stream bank stabilization, rehabilitation of riparian zones, improvement of freshwater fisheries,
field windbreak and natural area landscaping on moist sites, wetland creation or enhancement, soil
bioengineering |
1990 |
|
ORPMC |
Palouse |
Salix lemmonii |
Lemmon's willow |
riparian zone conservation plantings, erosion control, water quality, and wildlife habitat
enhancement |
1993 |
|
WAPMC |
Placer |
Salix ligulifolia |
erect willow |
stabilizing the banks of low velocity streams, renovating riparian areas, and improving
shoreline and aquatic habitat for fish and wildlife. Other uses include soil bioengineering, natural area
landscaping and windbreaks on moist sites |
1988 |
|
ORPMC |
Nehalem |
Salix lucida ssp.
lasiandra |
Pacific willow |
stabilizing banks of low velocity streams, restoring riparian areas, improving shoreline and
aquatic habitat for fish and wildlife, shoreline and slope erosion control in reservoir drawdown zones and soil
bioengineering |
1988 |
|
ORPMC |
Aberdeen Selection |
Salix
pentandra |
laurel willow |
wind erosion control, soil stabilization, wildlife habitat, plant diversity, beautification |
1997 |
|
IDPMC |
Rivar |
Salix
prolixa |
Mackenzie willow |
stream bank stabilization, riparian site restoration, landscaping, wildlife habitat, and
shelterbelts |
1993 |
|
WAPMC |
Streamco |
Salix
purpurea |
purpleosier willow |
channel vegetation, critical area, farmstead & feedlot windbreak, hedgerows, stream bank
protection, wetland restoration, biotechnical slope stabilization |
1975 |
|
NYPMC |
Riverbend Germplasm |
Salix
sericea |
silky willow |
stream bank and shoreline restoration and riparian corridors |
2003 |
|
MIPMC |
Multnomah |
Salix
sessilifolia |
Columbia river willow |
stabilization of stream banks, sandbars, dredge spoils and shorelines; wildlife food and cover,
windbreaks and natural area landscaping on moist sites, wetland enhancement, soil bioengineering |
1988 |
|
ORPMC |
Plumas |
Salix
sitchensis |
Sitka willow |
stabilizing banks of low velocity streams, renovating riparian areas and improving shoreline
and aquatic habitat for wish and wildlife. Also used for soil bioengineering, windbreaks, natural area,
landscaping and screens in moist environments |
1988 |
|
ORPMC |
Nekan |
Salvia azurea var.
grandiflora |
pitcher sage |
prairie reclamation |
1977 |
|
KSPMC |
Blanchard Origin |
Sambucus nigra
ssp. cerulea |
blue elderberry |
riparian zone revegetation; erosion control; wildlife upland habitat and food; native
revegetation of disturbed areas |
1996 |
|
WAPMC |
Delar |
Sanguisorba
minor |
small burnet |
range, critical area stabilization, diversity |
1981 |
|
IDPMC |
Dune Crest Germplasm |
Schizachyrium
littorale |
coastal little bluestem |
disturbed sites such as sand and gravel mines, diversify plant communities in coastal sand
dune systems, beach replenishment projects and back dune areas |
2007 |
|
NJPMC |
Timbalier Germplasm |
Schizachyrium
maritimum |
seacoast bluestem |
back dune stabilization, and to increase species diversity for plants used to stabilize coastal
beaches and barrier islands. |
2006 |
|
LAPMC |
Aldous |
Schizachyrium
scoparium |
little bluestem |
range, pasture seedlings |
1966 |
|
KSPMC |
Badlands Ecotype |
Schizachyrium
scoparium |
little bluestem |
rangeland seeding; prairie restoration; and xeric landscaping |
1996 |
|
NDPMC |
Central Iowa Germplasm |
Schizachyrium
scoparium |
little bluestem |
roadside revegetation, wildlife plantings, prairie restoration, and pasture |
1997 |
|
MOPMC |
Cimarron |
Schizachyrium
scoparium |
little bluestem |
range seeding |
1979 |
|
KSPMC |
Itasca Germplasm |
Schizachyrium
scoparium |
little bluestem |
component in native range seedings, wildlife plantings, and prairie landscaping |
2001 |
|
NDPMC |
Northern Iowa Germplasm |
Schizachyrium
scoparium |
little bluestem |
roadside revegetation, forage, prairie restoration and landscaping, and wildlife plantings |
1999 |
|
MOPMC |
Northern Missouri Germplasm |
Schizachyrium
scoparium |
little bluestem |
roadside revegetation, forage, prairie restoration and landscaping, and wildlife plantings |
1999 |
|
MOPMC |
OK Select Germplasm |
Schizachyrium
scoparium |
little bluestem |
range and pasture seedings, wildlife habitat, erosion control, and buffers |
2003 |
|
TXPMC |
Pastura |
Schizachyrium
scoparium |
little bluestem |
soil stabilization and range revegetation |
1963 |
|
NMPMC |
Prairie View Indiana Germplasm |
Schizachyrium
scoparium |
little bluestem |
provide food/cover for wildlife, increase species diversity, erosion control, and to restore
native plant environments. |
2005 |
|
MIPMC |
Southern Iowa Germplasm |
Schizachyrium
scoparium |
little bluestem |
roadside revegetation, forage, prairie restoration and landscaping, and wildlife plantings |
1999 |
|
MOPMC |
Southern Missouri Germplasm |
Schizachyrium
scoparium |
little bluestem |
range and pasture seeding, prairie restoration, prairie landscaping, wildlife cover and roadside
restoration |
2004 |
|
MOPMC |
Southlow Michigan Germplasm |
Schizachyrium
scoparium |
little bluestem |
wildlife food and cover, erosion control, restoring native plant environments, and increasing
species diversity |
2001 |
|
MIPMC |
Suther Germplasm |
Schizachyrium
scoparium |
little bluestem |
roadside revegetation, critical areas, wildlife habitat, forage, prairie restoration, parks and
recreational areas |
2002 |
|
NJPMC |
Camas Selection |
Schoenoplectus
acutus var. acutus |
hardstem bulrush |
constructed wetland plantings; wetland creation and enhancement |
1997 |
|
IDPMC |
Hagerman Selection |
Schoenoplectus
acutus var. acutus |
hardstem bulrush |
constructed wetland plantings; wetland creation and enhancement |
1997 |
|
IDPMC |
Ogden Bay Selection |
Schoenoplectus
acutus var. acutus |
hardstem bulrush |
constructed wetland plantings; wetland creation and enhancement |
1997 |
|
IDPMC |
Stillwater Selection |
Schoenoplectus
acutus var. acutus |
hardstem bulrush |
constructed wetland plantings; wetland creation and enhancement |
1997 |
|
IDPMC |
Bayou Lafourche Germplasm |
Schoenoplectus
californicus |
California bulrush |
erosion control along shorelines, canal banks, levee banks, and other areas of soil-water
interface |
2007 |
|
LAPMC |
Restorer |
Schoenoplectus
californicus |
giant bulrush |
constructed wetlands and to treat non point source pollution; also for use in wetland
restoration and creation |
1993 |
|
GAPMC |
Bear Lake Selection |
Schoenoplectus
maritimus |
alkali bulrush |
constructed wetland plantings; wetland creation and enhancement |
1997 |
|
IDPMC |
Bear River Selection |
Schoenoplectus
maritimus |
alkali bulrush |
constructed wetland plantings; wetland creation and enhancement |
1997 |
|
IDPMC |
Fort Boise Selection |
Schoenoplectus
maritimus |
alkali bulrush |
constructed wetland plantings; wetland creation and enhancement |
1997 |
|
IDPMC |
Stillwater Selection |
Schoenoplectus
maritimus |
alkali bulrush |
constructed wetland plantings; wetland creation and enhancement |
1997 |
|
IDPMC |
Fort Boise Selection |
Schoenoplectus
pungens var. pungens |
common threesquare |
constructed wetland plantings; wetland creation and enhancement |
1997 |
|
IDPMC |
Malheur Selection |
Schoenoplectus
pungens var. pungens |
common threesquare |
constructed wetland plantings; wetland creation and enhancement |
1997 |
|
IDPMC |
Market Lake Selection |
Schoenoplectus
pungens var. pungens |
common threesquare |
constructed wetland plantings; wetland creation and enhancement |
1997 |
|
IDPMC |
Wayne Kirch Selection |
Schoenoplectus
pungens var. pungens |
common threesquare |
wetland creation and restoration; Constructed Wetland System applications, wildlife habitat,
and erosion control |
1998 |
|
IDPMC |
Leaf River Selection |
Scirpus
cyperinus |
woolgrass |
wetland mitigation plantings, constructed wetlands, and for natural areas which are
moist |
1996 |
|
MSPMC |
Muckalee Germplasm |
Scirpus
cyperinus |
woolgrass |
residential septic systems, constructed wetlands for waste treatment, wildlife cover in
riparian areas, and to restore wetlands where obligate plants dominate |
2008 |
|
GAPMC |
Aroostook |
Secale
cereale |
cereal rye |
winter cover crop in the Northeast. Also spring forage production and fed as pasture, green
chop or haylage |
1981 |
|
NYPMC |
Kika 677 Germplasm |
Setaria
leucopila |
streambed bristlegrass |
rangeland planting, erosion control, wildlife habitat and water quality improvement |
2006 |
|
STPMC |
Kika 819 Germplasm |
Setaria
leucopila |
streambed bristlegrass |
rangeland planting, erosion control, wildlife habitat, and water quality improvement |
2006 |
|
STPMC |
Kika 820 Germplasm |
Setaria
leucopila |
streambed bristlegrass |
rangeland planting,erosion control, wildlife habitat, and water quality improvement |
2006 |
|
STPMC |
Stevan |
Setaria
leucopila |
plains bristlegrass |
revegetation of eroded rangelands, retired croplands and critical areas |
1994 |
|
AZPMC |
Kika 648 Germplasm |
Setaria
vulpiseta |
plains bristlegrass |
range seeding, wildlife habitat |
2006 |
|
STPMC |
Sakakawea |
Shepherdia
argentea |
silver buffaloberry |
mine land restoration, farmstead windbreaks, wildlife habitat |
1984 |
|
NDPMC |
Plateau |
Simsia
calva |
awnless bush sunflower |
range seeding, wildlife food, landscape |
1987 |
|
TXPMC |
Americus |
Sorghastrum
nutans |
yellow indiangrass |
forage, erosion control, buffers, and wildlife habitat |
2002 |
|
GAPMC |
Central Iowa Germplasm |
Sorghastrum
nutans |
indiangrass |
roadside revegetation, wildlife plantings, prairie restoration |
1996 |
|
MOPMC |
Cheyenne |
Sorghastrum
nutans |
indiangrass |
range seedlings |
1945 |
|
KSPMC |
Coastal Germplasm |
Sorghastrum
nutans |
indiangrass |
enhance native warm season grass habitat |
2007 |
|
NJPMC |
Llano |
Sorghastrum
nutans |
indiangrass |
soil stabilization and range revegetation |
1963 |
|
NMPMC |
Lometa |
Sorghastrum
nutans |
indiangrass |
range seeding mixtures, pasture hay production, wildlife, filter strips, erosion control
revegetation, landscape |
1981 |
|
TXPMC |
Newberry Germplasm |
Sorghastrum
nutans |
Indiangrass |
erosion control, wildlife habitat improvement, natural plant restoration. |
2005 |
|
GAPMC |
Northern Iowa Germplasm |
Sorghastrum
nutans |
indiangrass |
roadside revegetation, wildlife plantings, and prairie restoration |
1997 |
|
MOPMC |
Northern Missouri Germplasm |
Sorghastrum
nutans |
indiangrass |
roadside revegetation, forage, prairie restoration and landscaping, and wildlife plantings |
1999 |
|
MOPMC |
Osage |
Sorghastrum
nutans |
indiangrass |
range, pasture seedlings |
1966 |
|
KSPMC |
Prairie View Indiana Germplasm |
Sorghastrum
nutans |
Indiangrass |
provide food/cover for wildlife, increase species diversity, erosion control, and restore native
plant environments. |
2005 |
|
MIPMC |
Rumsey |
Sorghastrum
nutans |
indiangrass |
pasture, wildlife food and habitat |
1983 |
|
MOPMC |
Southern Iowa Germplasm |
Sorghastrum
nutans |
indiangrass |
roadside revegetation, forage, wildlife plantings, and prairie restoration |
1998 |
|
MOPMC |
Southlow Michigan Germplasm |
Sorghastrum
nutans |
indiangrass |
wildlife food and cover, erosion control, restoring native plant environments, and increasing
species diversity |
2001 |
|
MIPMC |
Suther Germplasm |
Sorghastrum
nutans |
yellow indiangrass |
roadside revegetation, critical areas, wildlife habitat, parks, recreational areas, landscapes
and prairie restoration |
2002 |
|
NJPMC |
Tomahawk |
Sorghastrum
nutans |
indiangrass |
range seeding, pasture and hay land planting |
1988 |
|
NDPMC |
Western Missouri Germplasm |
Sorghastrum
nutans |
indiangrass |
roadside revegetation, forage, prairie restoration and landscaping, and wildlife plantings |
1999 |
|
MOPMC |
Bayshore |
Spartina
alterniflora |
smooth cordgrass |
revegetating and stabilizing tidal stream banks and restoring wetlands |
1992 |
|
NJPMC |
Vermilion |
Spartina
alterniflora |
smooth cordgrass |
saline marsh restoration and shoreline stabilization |
1989 |
|
LAPMC |
Avalon |
Spartina
patens |
saltmeadow cordgrass |
tidal shoreline stabilization, mitigation-restoration, revegetation and stabilizing tidal stream
banks and restoring wetlands |
1986 |
|
NJPMC |
Flageo |
Spartina
patens |
marshhay cordgrass |
coastal stabilization |
1990 |
|
GAPMC, FLPMC |
Gulf Coast |
Spartina
patens |
marshhay cordgrass |
marsh restoration and shoreline stabilization |
2003 |
|
LAPMC |
Sharp |
Spartina
patens |
marshhay cordgrass |
vegetating and stabilizing coastal back dunes, inland waterways, road banks, mine spoils,
shoreline stabilization, and saline oil seep areas, and for nutrient reclamation in filter strips |
1994 |
|
FLPMC |
Atkins Germplasm |
Spartina
pectinata |
prairie cordgrass |
soil stabilization on wet sites, wetland restoration, erosion control on watershed structures,
and wave action dissipation |
1998 |
|
KSPMC |
Red River Natural Germplasm |
Spartina
pectinata |
prairie cordgrass |
wetland restoration, enhancement, stream bank stabilization, wind strip barriers, filter strips,
riparian buffers, prairie landscaping |
1998 |
|
NDPMC |
Bashaw |
Spiraea
douglasii |
Douglas spirea |
stream bank stabilization, rehabilitation of riparian areas, wetland creation and enhancement,
natural area landscaping, soil bioengineering |
1990 |
|
ORPMC |
Salado |
Sporobolus
airoides |
alkali sacaton |
forage and ground cover, range improvement, mined land reclamation, highway
revegetation |
1983 |
|
NMPMC |
Saltalk |
Sporobolus
airoides |
alkali sacaton |
saline, alkaline soil stabilization, critical area revegetation, range seeding |
1981 |
|
TXPMC |
Vegas Germplasm |
Sporobolus
airoides |
alkali sacaton |
restoration and rehabilitation of riparian systems, wildlife habitat improvement, restoration of
disturbed areas and for increasing plant diversity |
2006 |
|
AZPMC |
Central Iowa Germplasm |
Sporobolus
compositus |
tall dropseed |
native plantings along roadsides, conservation plantings, and wildlife habitat |
1996 |
|
MOPMC |
Northern Iowa Germplasm |
Sporobolus
compositus |
tall dropseed |
roadside plantings and prairie restoration and enhancement |
2001 |
|
MOPMC |
Northern Missouri Germplasm |
Sporobolus
compositus |
tall dropseed |
roadside plantings and prairie restoration and enhancement |
2001 |
|
MOPMC |
Southern Iowa Germplasm |
Sporobolus
compositus |
tall dropseed |
roadside revegetation, wildlife plantings, and prairie restoration |
2002 |
|
MOPMC |
Cochise Germplasm |
Sporobolus
contractus |
spike dropseed |
revegetation of denuded range sites, abandoned cropland, and critical areas. |
2005 |
|
AZPMC |
Potter County Germplasm |
Sporobolus
contractus |
spike dropseed |
range seedings, conservation reserve plantings, stabilizing sandy soils with high erosion
potential, livestock forage, wildlife food and cover |
2000 |
|
TXPMC |
Borden County Germplasm |
Sporobolus
cryptandrus |
sand dropseed |
range seeding, conservation reserve plantings, stabilizing sandy soils, wildlife food and
ground nesting cover |
2000 |
|
TXPMC |
Duck Creek Germplasm |
Sporobolus
texanus |
Texas dropseed |
range seeding, saline/alkaline soil revegetation, erosion control on moist sites |
2000 |
|
TXPMC |
Falfurrias Germplasm |
Sporobolus
wrightii |
big sacaton |
livestock forage, restoration of native vegetation, revegetating alkaline and saline sites, grass
hedge terrace, wind strips for erosion control, and stabilization of watershed structures, stream banks and
floodplain areas |
1999 |
|
STPMC |
Hopefield Selection |
Strophostyles
helvula |
trailing wildbean |
wildlife food source, food source for upland game birds, and temporary soil stabilization |
1997 |
|
MSPMC |
Okanogan Selection |
Symphoricarpos
albus |
common snowberry |
wildlife habitat, erosion control along roadways, hillside plantings and riparian areas, hilltop
snow fences, and for plant diversity in natural landscapes |
1997 |
|
WAPMC |
Prospectors Germplasm |
Symphoricarpos
albus |
common snowberry |
restoration of acid and heavy metal contaminated soils, erosion control, wildlife food and
habitat. |
2002 |
|
MTPMC |
Trapper Germplasm |
Symphoricarpos
occidentalis |
western snowberry |
site stabilization, land reclamation, living snow fences, and wildlife habitat applications |
2004 |
|
MTPMC |
Central Iowa Germplasm |
Symphyotrichum
novae-angliae |
New England aster |
roadside plantings, prairie creation and restoration, and landscaping |
2002 |
|
MOPMC |
Northern Iowa Germplasm |
Symphyotrichum
novae-angliae |
New England aster |
roadside plantings, prairie creation and restoration, and landscaping |
2002 |
|
MOPMC |
Southern Iowa Germplasm |
Symphyotrichum
novae-angliae |
New England aster |
roadside plantings, prairie creation and restoration, wildlife habitat, and landscaping |
2002 |
|
MOPMC |
Legacy |
Syringa
villosa |
late lilac |
farmstead/field windbreaks, wildlife habitat, and recreational development plantings |
1999 |
|
NDPMC |
Indian Bayou Source |
Thalia
dealbata |
powdery thalia |
wetland mitigation plantings; constructed wetlands; for natural areas which are moist |
1996 |
|
MSPMC |
Haymaker |
Thinopyrum
intermedium |
intermediate wheatgrass |
hay production and pasture plantings |
2003 |
|
NDPMC |
Luna |
Thinopyrum
intermedium |
pubescent wheatgrass |
hay and pasture grass |
1963 |
|
NMPMC |
Manifest |
Thinopyrum
intermedium |
intermediate wheatgrass |
grazing and hay production |
2007 |
|
NDPMC |
Manska |
Thinopyrum
intermedium |
pubescent intermediate wheatgrass |
pasture and hay land planting |
1992 |
|
NDPMC |
Reliant |
Thinopyrum
intermedium |
intermediate wheatgrass |
pasture and hay land planting |
1991 |
|
NDPMC |
Rush |
Thinopyrum
intermedium |
intermediate wheatgrass |
erosion control, forage, wildlife cover, mine spoil rehabilitation, filter strips, critical area
stabilization, irrigated pastures |
1994 |
|
IDPMC |
Tegmar |
Thinopyrum
intermedium |
dwarf intermediate wheatgrass |
erosion control, critical area stabilization |
1968 |
|
IDPMC |
Alkar |
Thinopyrum
ponticum |
tall wheatgrass |
reclamation of saline soils, summer pasture, wildlife cover |
1951 |
|
WAPMC |
Jose |
Thinopyrum
ponticum |
tall wheatgrass |
hay and pasture grass |
1965 |
|
NMPMC |
Largo |
Thinopyrum
ponticum |
tall wheatgrass |
hay and pasture grass |
1961 |
|
NMPMC |
Affinity |
Thuja
occidentalis |
northern white cedar |
field and farmstead windbreaks and as screen or border planting in urban situations; important
source of winter browse |
1993 |
|
MIPMC |
Union Germplasm |
Tridens
flavus |
purpletop |
erosion control, wildlife habitat improvement and native plant restoration |
2005 |
|
GAPMC |
ARS 2678 |
Trifolium
ambiguum |
Kura clover |
dry land forage and pasture; soil fertility and cover cropping |
1988 |
|
COPMC |
Rhizo |
Trifolium
ambiguum |
Kura clover |
soil erosion control and pasture legume |
1989 |
|
WVPMC |
Monte Frio |
Trifolium
hirtum |
rose clover |
erosion control, range improvement, dry land pasture, cover crops, wildlife, revegetation |
1991 |
|
CAPMC |
Overton R18 |
Trifolium
hirtum |
rose clover |
pasture reseeding, forage |
1991 |
|
TXPMC |
Wilton |
Trifolium
hirtum |
rose clover |
erosion control, range improvement |
1967 |
|
CAPMC |
AU Sunrise |
Trifolium
incarnatum |
crimson clover |
early legume cover in conservation tillage systems |
1997 |
|
GAPMC |
Amclo |
Trifolium
vesiculosum |
arrowleaf clover |
cover crop, cattle forage |
1963 |
|
GAPMC |
Meechee |
Trifolium
vesiculosum |
arrowleaf clover |
cover crop, hay, grazing, and wildlife food for game birds. |
1966 |
|
MSPMC |
Bumpers |
Tripsacum
dactyloides |
eastern gamagrass |
primarily for livestock forage and hay production. Also has potential use as a perennial silage
crop, as a silt/nutrient buffer and in vegetative barriers. |
2005 |
|
ARPMC |
Highlander |
Tripsacum
dactyloides |
eastern gamagrass |
hay production and pasture plantings, buffers, conservation cover, and wildlife habitat |
2003 |
|
MSPMC, GAPMC |
Jackson |
Tripsacum
dactyloides |
eastern gamagrass |
forage for livestock |
1999 |
|
ETPMC |
Martin Germplasm |
Tripsacum
dactyloides |
eastern gamagrass |
buffers and xeriscape landscaping |
2000 |
|
FLPMC |
Meadowcrest |
Tripsacum
dactyloides |
eastern gramagrass |
wildlife and vegetative filter strips in conjunction with other plants, and for forage
production. |
2006 |
|
NYPMC |
Medina |
Tripsacum
dactyloides |
eastern gamagrass |
forage, hay, silage, animal waste management systems, conservation buffers |
2000 |
|
ETPMC |
Pete |
Tripsacum
dactyloides |
eastern gamagrass |
warm-season pasture, hay production |
1988 |
|
KSPMC |
San Marcos Germplasm |
Tripsacum
dactyloides |
eastern gamagrass |
pasture and hay plantings, range seeding, wildlife food and cover, conservation buffers,
erosion control |
2006 |
|
TXPMC |
SG4X-1 |
Tripsacum
dactyloides |
eastern gamagrass |
plant breeding and further cultivar development |
1995 |
|
NYPMC |
St. Lucie Germplasm |
Tripsacum
dactyloides |
eastern gamagrass |
xeriscape plantings and buffer strips |
2000 |
|
FLPMC |
Verl |
Tripsacum
dactyloides |
eastern gamagrass |
hay or pasture |
2005 |
|
KSPMC, MSPMC |
Elsmo |
Ulmus
parvifolia |
lace bark elm |
landscape and beautification, farmstead and field windbreaks, urban and forestry recreation
area development. |
1990 |
|
MOPMC |
Caminada Germplasm |
Uniola
paniculata |
seaoats |
coastal restoration for beach dune and barrier island stabilization |
2001 |
|
LAPMC |
Fort Polk |
Vetiveria
zizanioides |
vetivergrass |
grass hedges, erosion control, conservation plantings |
1995 |
|
LAPMC |
Leelanau Germplasm |
Viburnum opulus
var. americanum |
highbush cranberry |
windbreaks (especially on wet or organic soils} and wildlife habitat |
1999 |
|
MIPMC |
Americus |
Vicia villosa |
hairy vetch |
winter cover crop in conservation tillage systems |
1993 |
|
GAPMC |
AU Early Cover |
Vicia villosa |
hairy vetch |
cover crop for conservation tillage systems and as an early green manure crop |
1994 |
|
GAPMC |
Lana |
Vicia villosa ssp.
varia |
woollypod vetch |
range improvement, cover and green manure crop, erosion control, wildlife |
1956 |
|
CAPMC |
Zorro |
Vulpia
myuros |
annual fescue |
erosion control, cover crop, revegetation |
1977 |
|
CAPMC |
Bonita |
Yucca elata |
soaptree yucca |
beautification, soil stabilization and ornamental landscaping |
1978 |
|
NMPMC |
Chapingo |
Zea mexicana |
Mexican teosinte |
wildlife (including deer, turkey, quail, and dove) benefits in conservation programs |
1995 |
|
FLPMC |
Wetlander |
Zizaniopsis
miliacea |
giant cutgrass |
constructed wetlands to treat non point source pollution and wetland restoration |
1993 |
|
GAPMC |