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Bismarck Plant Materials Center

Updated 12/31/2008

Bismarck, North Dakota

Bismarck Plant Materials CenterEstablished 1954

Over the past 50 years, the Bismarck Plant Materials Center in Bismarck, North Dakota has provided plant solutions for the diverse landscapes in North Dakota, South Dakota and northern Minnesota. The Center offers technical assistance for native landscaping, windbreaks, revegetating saline-alkaline soils, improving productivity of range and pasture lands, enhancing wildlife habitat and wetlands, and enhancing native prairie ecosystems. The Center has released over 40 improved conservation plants including varieties of blue grama, buffalograss, western wheatgrass, purple prairie clover, narrow-leaved coneflower, stiff sunflower, silver buffaloberry, black chokeberry, hybrid plum, and intermediate pubescent wheatgrass. 

 

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Technology Transfer Products from the Bismarck PMC (PDF; 175 KB) Jan 2009
Publications Available from the Bismarck PMC (PDF; 20 KB)  Jul 2008
Conservation Seed / Plant Vendors List: Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota (PDF; 105 KB) Jul 2008
Prairie Landscaping Seed / Plant Vendors List: Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota (PDF; 29 KB) Jul 2008
Plant Chat - Fall 2008, Vol. 8 Issue 4 (PDF; 2 MB) Bismarck Plant Materials Center, Oct 2008
Northland News Annual Progress Report of Activities 2007- 2008 (PDF; 1 MB) Bismarck Plant Materials Center, Jun 2008

Plant Materials Program Tribal Assistance
The USDA-NRCS Plant Materials Program helps provide plant solutions for conservation needs. Many of today’s environmental challenges can be addressed through the use of plants. Many native plant species have traditional uses that are culturally significant to American Indians. The Plant Materials Program can provide information, plants, and technology to assist Tribal conservation efforts.
2007 Highlights of American Indian Partnerships (PDF;  1 MB) Apr 2008
 Tribal Conservation Technical Assistance (PDF;  1.8 MB) Apr 2008

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FORM ECS9 PLANTING PLAN FOR FIELD, SPECIAL, AND INCREASE PLANTINGS (PDF; 34 KB)

Contact

3308 University Dr.
Bismarck, ND 58504-7564

Telephone: 701.250.4330
FAX: 701.250.4334
Email: wayne.duckwitz@nd.usda.gov