The Jimmy Carter 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.
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| Release Name |
Scientific Name |
Common Name |
Uses |
Release Brochure |
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Kinchafoonee Germplasm
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Elymus virginicus
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Virginia wildrye
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erosion control for field borders, logging roads, critical area treatments, and cool season cover crop
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Sumter Germplasm
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Juncus effusus
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Soft Rush
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wetland wildlife (cover), residential septic systems, constructed wetlands, wetland restoration and riparian buffers
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Brochure (PDF; 397 KB)
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AU Ground Cover
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Lathyrus hirsutus
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caley pea
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cool season cover crop for conservation tillage systems and as a cattle forage
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Brochure (PDF; 572 KB)
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Big-O
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Malus coronaria
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crabapple
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wildlife food and cover, beautification of urban landscapes, windbreaks, screens and hedgerows.
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Dove
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Panicum miliaceum
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Proso millet
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wildlife food
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Brochure (PDF; 270 KB)
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Penn Center Germplasm
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Panicum virgatum
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switchgrass
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coastal erosion control
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Brochure (PDF; 223 KB)
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Pensacola
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Paspalum notatum
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Bahiagrass
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critical stabilization and cattle forage
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Restorer
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Schoenoplectus californicus
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giant bulrush
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constructed wetlands and to treat non point source pollution; also for use in wetland restoration and creation
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Muckalee Germplasm
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Scirpus cyperinus
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Woolgrass
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residential septic systems, constructed wetlands for waste treatment, wildlife cover in riparian areas, and to restore wetlands where obligate plants dominate
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Brochure (PDF; 385 KB)
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Americus
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Sorghastrum nutans
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yellow Indiangrass
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forage, erosion control, buffers, and wildlife habitat
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Brochure (PDF; 221 KB)
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Newberry Germplasm
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Sorghastrum nutans
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Indiangrass
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erosion control, wildlife habitat improvement, natural plant restoration.
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Brochure (PDF; 341 KB)
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Flageo
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Spartina patens
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marshhay cordgrass
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coastal stabilization
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Brochure (PDF; 332 KB)
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Union Germplasm
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Tridens flavus
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purpletop
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erosion control, wildlife habitat improvement and native plant restoration
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Brochure (PDF; 237 KB)
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AU Sunrise
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Trifolium incarnatum
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crimson clover
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early legume cover in conservation tillage systems
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Brochure (PDF; 290 KB)
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AU Sunup
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Trifolium incarnatum
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crimson clover
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cover crop and green manure in conservation tillage systems, for organic farming, and for pollinator habitat
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Brochure (PDF; 227 KB)
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Amclo
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Trifolium vesiculosum
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arrowleaf clover
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cover crop, cattle forage
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Highlander
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Tripsacum dactyloides
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eastern gamagrass
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hay production and pasture plantings, buffers, conservation cover, and wildlife habitat
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Brochure (PDF; 246 KB)
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AU Early Cover
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Vicia villosa
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hairy vetch
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cover crop for conservation tillage systems and as an early green manure crop
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Brochure (PDF; 254 KB)
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Americus
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Vicia villosa
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hairy vetch
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winter cover crop in conservation tillage systems
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Wetlander
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Zizaniopsis miliacea
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giant cutgrass
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constructed wetlands to treat non point source pollution and wetland restoration
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