The Bismarck 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.
If you encounter any problems with the files provided on this page, please contact
Leslie Glass at 701-250-4330.
Plant Releases
Release Name |
Scientific Name |
Common Name |
Uses |
Release Brochure |
NU-ARS AC2 |
Agropyron
cristatum ssp. pectinatum |
crested wheatgrass |
cool season pastures and rangelands |
|
Nordan |
Agropyron
desertorum |
crested wheatgrass |
range seeding, pasture and hay land planting |
Brochure (PDF; 69 KB) |
Garrison |
Alopecurus
arundinaceus |
creeping foxtail |
pasture and hay land plantings, waterways |
Brochure (PDF; 251
KB) |
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. |
|
Bison |
Andropogon
gerardii |
big bluestem |
range seeding, pasture and hay land planting, wildlife habitat |
Brochure (PDF; 70KB) |
Bonilla |
Andropogon
gerardii |
big bluestem |
range seedings, pasture and hay land plantings, wildlife habitat |
|
Sunnyview |
Andropogon
gerardii |
big bluestem |
range seedings, pasture and hay land plantings, and wildlife habitat |
|
Killdeer |
Bouteloua
curtipendula |
sideoats grama |
range seeding, wildlife habitat, low maintenance ground cover |
Brochure (PDF) |
Pierre |
Bouteloua
curtipendula |
sideoats grama |
range seeding, critical area plantings, low maintenance ground cover |
Brochure (PDF) |
Bad River Ecotype |
Bouteloua
gracilis |
blue grama |
rangeland seeding; reduced maintenance plantings; prairie restoration; xeric landscaping |
Brochure (PDF; 223 KB) |
Bismarck Ecotype |
Buchloe
dactyloides |
buffalograss |
low maintenance cover; erosion control; prairie restoration; xeric landscaping |
Brochure (PDF; 206 KB) |
Oahe |
Celtis
occidentalis |
hackberry |
shelterbelts, wildlife plantings, urban plantings |
Brochure (PDF) |
Centennial |
Cotoneaster
integerrimus |
cotoneaster |
shelterbelts, wildlife habitat, recreation areas |
Brochure (PDF) |
Homestead |
Crataegus
anomala |
Arnold hawthorn |
windbreaks, wildlife habitat, and urban corridors |
Brochure (PDF) |
Antelope Germplasm |
Dalea
candida |
white prairie clover |
forage, nitrogen source for associated grasses, wildlife, and for use in seed mixes |
|
Bismarck Germplasm |
Dalea
purpurea |
purple prairieclover |
range and pasture seed mixtures, wildlife habitat, rangeland restoration, prairie landscaping,
livestock and wildlife forage |
|
Bismarck Germplasm |
Echinacea
angustifolia |
narrow-leaved coneflower |
CRP mixes, landscaping, highway right-of-way plantings, medicinal purposes |
|
Mandan |
Elymus
canadensis |
Canada wildrye |
range seedlings, pasture and hay land plantings |
Brochure (PDF; 85KB) |
Cardan |
Fraxinus
pennsylvanica |
green ash |
shelterbelts, wildlife habitat |
Brochure (PDF) |
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 |
|
Bismarck Germplasm |
Helianthus
pauciflorus ssp. pauciflorus |
stiff sunflower |
prairie restoration, native landscaping, range improvement |
|
Midwest |
Malus
mandshurica |
Manchurian crabapple |
shelterbelts, wildlife habitat, recreation areas |
Brochure (PDF) |
Lodorm |
Nassella
viridula |
green needlegrass |
range seeding and pasture plantings |
Brochure (PDF; 67KB) |
Dacotah |
Panicum
virgatum |
switchgrass |
range seeding, pasture and hay land planting, wildlife habitat, waterways |
Brochure (PDF) |
Forestburg |
Panicum
virgatum |
switchgrass |
pasture or hay land, range seeding, wildlife habitat, waterways |
Brochure (PDF) |
Rodan |
Pascopyrum
smithii |
western wheatgrass |
range seedings, cool season pastures, mine land reclamation |
Brochure (PDF) |
McKenzie |
Photinia
melanocarpa |
black chokeberry |
wildlife plantings, farmstead and field windbreaks, single-row wind barrier plantings, fruit
production, ornamental/recreational plantings |
Brochure (PDF; 467 KB) |
Canam |
Populus |
hybrid popular |
field and farmstead windbreaks, wildlife habitat, and fuel wood plantings |
|
Prairie Red |
Prunus |
hybrid plum |
windbreaks and wildlife |
Brochure (PDF; 420 KB) |
Scarlet |
Prunus
fruticosa |
Mongolian cherry |
farmstead windbreaks, wildlife plantings |
Brochure (PDF) |
Regal |
Prunus
tenella |
Russian almond |
windbreaks, wildlife habitat, and recreation and urban development plantings |
Brochure (PDF; 252 KB) |
Mankota |
Psathyrostachys
juncea |
Russian wildrye |
pasture and hay land planting |
Brochure (PDF) |
McDermand |
Pyrus
ussuriensis |
Ussurian pear |
shelterbelts, wildlife habitat, urban plantings |
|
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. |
Brochure (PDF; 243KB) |
Badlands Ecotype |
Schizachyrium
scoparium |
little bluestem |
rangeland seeding; prairie restoration; and xeric landscaping |
Brochure (PDF; 203 KB) |
Itasca Germplasm |
Schizachyrium
scoparium |
little bluestem |
component in native range seedings, wildlife plantings, and prairie landscaping |
Brochure (PDF; 251 KB) |
Sakakawea |
Shepherdia
argentea |
silver buffaloberry |
mine land restoration, farmstead windbreaks, wildlife habitat |
Brochure (PDF) |
Tomahawk |
Sorghastrum
nutans |
indiangrass |
range seeding, pasture and hay land planting |
Brochure (PDF) |
Red River Natural Germplasm |
Spartina
pectinata |
prairie cordgrass |
wetland restoration, enhancement, stream bank stabilization, wind strip barriers, filter strips,
riparian buffers, prairie landscaping |
Brochure (PDF; 734
KB) |
Legacy |
Syringa
villosa |
late lilac |
farmstead/field windbreaks, wildlife habitat, and recreational development plantings |
Brochure (PDF; 162
KB) |
Haymaker |
Thinopyrum
intermedium |
intermediate wheatgrass |
hay production and pasture plantings |
|
Manifest |
Thinopyrum
intermedium |
intermediate wheatgrass |
grazing and hay production |
|
Manska |
Thinopyrum
intermedium |
pubescent intermediate wheatgrass |
pasture and hay land planting |
Brochure (PDF) |
Reliant |
Thinopyrum
intermedium |
intermediate wheatgrass |
pasture and hay land planting |
Brochure (PDF) |