Conservation Plant Releases - Jamie L. Whitten Plant Materials Center

Updated 11/25/2008

The Jamie L. Whitten 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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Plant Releases

Release Name	Scientific Name	Common Name	Uses	Release Brochure
Lark Selection	Chamaecrista fasciculata	partridge pea	temporary soil stabilization and for wildlife food
Chiwapa	Echinochloa frumentacea	Japanese millet	food and cover for water fowl, quail, and dove; livestock forage.
Leflore Source	Echinodorus cordifolius	creeping burhead	wetland mitigation plantings, constructed wetlands, and for natural areas which are moist	Brochure (PDF)
Quail Haven	Glycine soja	reseeding soybean	food and cover for upland game birds, soil improvement, and hay crop	Brochure (PDF)
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)	Brochure (PDF)
Wilmington	Paspalum notatum	Bahiagrass	pasture, hay, waterways and lawns
Morton Germplasm	Salix koriyanagi	kori-yanagi willow	stream bank control, riparian buffers, urban conservation, basket making, and wildlife habitat	Brochure (PDF)
Leaf River Selection	Scirpus cyperinus	woolgrass	wetland mitigation plantings, constructed wetlands, and for natural areas which are moist	Brochure (PDF)
Hopefield Selection	Strophostyles helvula	trailing wildbean	wildlife food source, food source for upland game birds, and temporary soil stabilization
Indian Bayou Source	Thalia dealbata	powdery thalia	wetland mitigation plantings; constructed wetlands; for natural areas which are moist	Brochure (PDF)
Meechee	Trifolium vesiculosum	arrowleaf clover	cover crop, hay, grazing, and wildlife food for game birds.	Brochure (PDF)
Highlander	Tripsacum dactyloides	eastern gamagrass	hay production and pasture plantings, buffers, conservation cover, and wildlife habitat
pending (GAPMC)	Tripsacum dactyloides	eastern gamagrass	forage and buffer use
Verl	Tripsacum dactyloides	eastern gamagrass	hay or pasture
Thorsby	Vigna unguiculata	cowpea	green manure crop

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