Big Flats Plant Materials Center

Updated 12/08/2008

Corning, New York

Established 1940

Since 1940, the Big Flats Plant Materials Center has selected plants and provided new vegetative conservation solutions for the Northeast region. The Center has released a number of conservation plants including ‘Niagara’ big bluestem, ‘Glacial Lake’ butterfly weed, ‘Keystone’ buttonbush, Glacial Lake Albany Germplasm wild lupine and ‘Golden Jubilee black-eyed Susan. The Center has developed new technology for improving forage, buffer strips, cover crops, living snow fences and windbreaks, and assisting the National Park Service with disturbed areas.

Special Features

• Watching grass grow becomes critical in hunt for biofuels
• U.S. Agriculture Undersecretary Mark Rey visits Big Flats Plant Materials Center
• For dairy farmers, it could pay to help the environment
  - Article Star Gazette June 28, 2007

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Big Flats Progress Report of Activities in NY for Year 2007. (PDF; 524 KB) Martin van der Grinten, Dianne Naylor and Paul Salon. 2008. Big Flats Plant Materials center, Corning, NY. January 2008. 9p. (ID# 7980)

Contact

3266-A State Route 352
Corning, NY 14830-0360

Telephone: 607.562.8404
FAX: 607.562.8516
Email: Martin.Vandergrinten@ny.usda.gov