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Los Lunas Plant Materials Center
Updated
01/26/2009
Los Lunas, New Mexico
Established 1937
The Los Lunas Plant Materials Center has provided the semiarid and arid
Southwest region with plant solutions for over 60 years. The Center also has developed new vegetative methods for
improving rangeland, native landscaping, streambank stabilization, wildlife
habitat enhancement, native shrub transplanting and mine reclamation. The Center
has released over 30 improved conservation plants including varieties of cane
bluestem, blue grama, desert willow, bottlebrush squirreltail, and Rocky Mountain and
narrowleaf penstemon.
Special Features
Los Lunas Manager Garners National Award
If you encounter any problems with the files provided on this page, please contact
Leslie Glass at 701-250-4330.
The following documents require Acrobat Reader
Los Lunas Plant
Materials Center Brochure (PDF; 574 KB)
Year 2007 Report of Activities, Los Lunas Plant Materials Center. (PDF; 1.4 MB) Dreesen,
Fenchel, Goodson, and Sandoval. 2008. Los Lunas Plant Material Center, Los Lunas, NM. FY-
2007. 8p. (ID# 7940)
Basic Guidelines for Seeding Native Grasses in Arid and Semi-arid Ecoregions. (PDF; 160
KB) David Dreesen. 2008. available at LLPMC website, Los Lunas, NM. July 2008. 4p. (ID#
8174)
Being Kind is Not Always the Answer (PDF; 528 KB)
Being too kind is not the answer sometimes – as the NRCS Los Lunas Plant
Materials Center learned in its efforts to produce vine mesquite for riparian
restoration uses. After two years with no success, the Center shifted tactics
and replaced kindness with stress.
Tribes,
Pueblos Explore Native Plants (PDF; 776 KB)
NRCS New Mexico’s Plant Materials Center in Los Lunas is an incubator for native
plant technology for a wide variety of farmers, ranchers, and industries. And,
recently it had the opportunity to showcase some of its work to the Intertribal
Nursery Council.
Contact
1036 Miller St., SW
Los Lunas, NM 87031
Telephone: 505.865.4684
FAX: 505.865.5163
Email:
Gregory.Fenchel@nm.usda.gov
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