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Plants
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Redosier Dogwood shrubs in winter |
This area of the NRCS New York Technical Resources Web site
provides information to assist with the identification plants by characteristics; find plants beneficial for wildlife,
erosion control, stream bank stabilization, windbreaks and urban
conservation. Print out planting guidelines and fact sheets. Discover new
plant releases from NRCS Plant Materials Centers.
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Big Flats
Materials Center
For over 70 years, Plant Material Centers and Specialists have provide
essential and effective plant solutions for critical habitats, environmental
concerns, management practices, and key farm and ranch programs.
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Cape May Plant
Materials Center
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Conservation Plant Identification
Tools and Guides
The USDA NRCS Plant Materials Program Web site provides a resource for
conservation plant identification.
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Identification of Grasses
A resource for the identification of grasses
by vegetative characteristics. Included are grasses used for conservation,
forage, restoration, and agricultural weeds. Presented by the West Virginia
University - Davis College of Agriculture, Forestry and Consumer Sciences.
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Adobe Reader.
USDA Forest Service Invasive Plants Field and Reference Guide (PDF; 2.2 MB)
An ecological perspective of plant invaders of forests and woodlands.
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USDA
National Agroforestry Center (NAC) The USDA National Agroforestry
Center accelerates the application of agroforestry through a national network
of partners.
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USDA National Invasive Species
Information Center (NISIC)
The USDA National Invasive Species Information Center is the gateway to
invasive species information, covering Federal, State, local, and
international sources.
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USDA NRCS
Forestry Web site
Agroforestry intentionally combines agriculture and forestry to create
integrated and sustainable land-use systems. Agroforestry takes advantage of
the interactive benefits from combining trees and shrubs with crops and/or
livestock.
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USDA NRCS
Plants Database The USDA NRCS Plants Database provides standardized information about the vascular
plants, mosses, liverworts, hornworts, and lichens of the U.S. and its
territories.
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USDA NRCS
National Plant Data Center (NPDC)
The National Plant Data Center acquires, develops, improves, and
disseminates plant information to support NRCS and other efforts to improve
the ecological health of the land.
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USDA NRCS Plant Materials
Program (PNP)
The NRCS Plant Materials Program selects conservation plants and develops
innovative planting technology to solve the nation's most important resource
concerns. The Program includes a network of 27 Plant Materials Centers and
associated Plant Materials Specialists serving all 50 states and
territories.
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Woody
Biomass Program State University of New York Environmental Sciences and Forestry (SUNY-ESF)
has teamed up with over 20 organizations to facilitate the commercialization
of willow crops and other woody biomass for bioenergy and bioproducts in the
Northeast and Midwest United States.
Contact Information
If you encounter any problems with files provided on this page, have questions, suggestions, or find a broken link, please contact Gary Vandawalker
at 315-477-6546.
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