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Conservation Plant Releases - Brooksville Plant Materials Center
Updated
11/25/2008
The Brooksville 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.
These documents require Adobe Acrobat
Plant Releases
Release Name |
Scientific Name |
Common Name |
Uses |
Release Brochure |
Gator Germplasm |
Amphicarpum
muehlenbergianum |
Muhlenberg maidencane |
stream or canal bank stabilization, wetland restoration and constructed wetlands |
|
Ghost Rider Germplasm |
Andropogon
glaucopsis |
chalky bluestem |
forage, wetland restoration, wildlife cover |
|
Fort Cooper Germplasm |
Andropogon
ternarius |
splitbeard bluestem |
critical areas, native area restoration, rangeland, wildlife habitat and ornamental plantings |
Brochure (PDF; 157 KB) |
Arbrook |
Arachis
glabrata |
perennial peanut |
forage, cover crop |
|
Brooksville 67 Germplasm |
Arachis
glabrata |
perennial peanut |
low growing ground cover in citrus groves, roadway median strips, and xeriscape plantings in
urban areas |
Brochure (PDF; 236 KB) |
Brooksville 68 Germplasm |
Arachis
glabrata |
perennial peanut |
ground cover in groves, median strips, roadways, and xeriscape plantings |
Brochure (PDF; 157 KB) |
Florigraze |
Arachis
glabrata |
perennial forage peanut |
forage |
|
Flora Sun |
Helianthus debilis
ssp. debilis |
beach sunflower |
beach dune stabilization and beautification |
Brochure (PDF; 137 KB) |
Bigalta |
Hemarthria
altissima |
Limpograss |
forage |
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Greenalta |
Hemarthria
altissima |
Limpograss |
forage |
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Redalta |
Hemarthria
altissima |
Limpograss |
forage |
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Floral Passion Germplasm |
Liatris elegans |
blazing star |
roadside plantings, landscaping, mine land restoration, and wildlife food |
Brochure (PDF; 182 KB) |
Armex |
Lupinus
elegans |
Mexican lupine |
winter cover crop |
|
Morning Mist Germplasm |
Muhlenbergia
capillaris |
hairawn muhly |
xeriscaping, and as an ornamental |
|
Northpa |
Panicum
amarum |
bitter panicum |
wind erosion, beach and sand dune stabilization, and wildlife cover |
Brochure (PDF; 133 KB) |
Southpa |
Panicum
amarum |
bitter panicum |
wind erosion, beach and sand dune stabilization, and wildlife cover |
|
Citrus Germplasm |
Panicum
hemitomon |
maidencane |
erosion control along streams, channels and pond banks, and for forage in moist pastures |
Brochure (PDF; 212 KB) |
Miami |
Panicum
virgatum |
switchgrass |
dune stabilization, hay production, range site improvement, wildlife habitat improvement, cut
green forage, waterway vegetation, mine reclamation, and windbreaks |
|
Stuart |
Panicum
virgatum |
switchgrass |
hay production, range site improvement, wildlife habitat improvement, cut green forage,
waterway vegetation, coastal area stabilization, mine reclamation, and windbreaks |
|
Wabasso |
Panicum
virgatum |
switchgrass |
hay production, range site improvement, wildlife habitat improvement, cut green forage,
waterway vegetation, coastal area stabilization, and mine reclamation |
|
Flageo |
Spartina
patens |
marshhay cordgrass |
coastal stabilization |
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Sharp |
Spartina
patens |
marshhay cordgrass |
vegetating and stabilizing coastal back dunes, inland waterways, road banks, mine spoils,
shoreline stabilization, and saline oil seep areas, and for nutrient reclamation in filter strips |
Brochure (PDF; 289 KB) |
Martin Germplasm |
Tripsacum
dactyloides |
eastern gamagrass |
buffers and xeriscape landscaping |
Brochure (PDF; 129 KB) |
St. Lucie Germplasm |
Tripsacum
dactyloides |
eastern gamagrass |
xeriscape plantings and buffer strips |
|
Chapingo |
Zea mexicana |
Mexican teosinte |
wildlife (including deer, turkey, quail, and dove) benefits in conservation programs |
Brochure (PDF; 147 KB) |
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