The Cape May 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 |
Cape
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Ammophila breviligulata
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American beachgrass
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restoration and stabilization of coastal dunes and critical areas
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Brochure (PDF; 140 KB)
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Suther Germplasm
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Andropogon gerardii
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big bluestem
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roadside revegetation, critical areas, wildlife habitat, parks, recreational areas, landscapes and prairie restoration
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Brochure (PDF; 251 KB)
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Emerald Sea
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Juniperus conferta
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shore juniper
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landscape and shore plantings
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VA-70
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Lespedeza thunbergii
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shrub lespedeza
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wildlife habitat, riparian corridors, critical areas
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Wildwood
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Morella pensylvanica
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bayberry
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back dune stabilization, windbreaks, field borders, wildlife, and vegetative barrier
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Brochure (PDF; 152 KB)
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Atlantic
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Panicum amarum
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coastal panicgrass
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coastal dune stabilization, mined land restoration
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Brochure (PDF; 348 KB)
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Carthage
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Panicum virgatum
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switchgrass
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wildlife habitat, buffers, pastures, and as a component of native plant mixes
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Brochure (PDF; 200 KB)
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High Tide Germplasm
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Panicum virgatum
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switchgrass
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freshwater stabilization of streambanks and shoreline and for herbaceous riparian buffers
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Brochure (PDF; 145 KB)
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Timber Germplasm
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Panicum virgatum
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switchgrass
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biomass production, critical areas, buffers and vegetative barriers
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Brochure (PDF; 285 KB)
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Ocean View
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Prunus maritima
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beach plum
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back dune stabilization, landscaping, and wildlife
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Brochure (PDF; 357 KB)
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Sandy
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Rosa rugosa
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rugosa rose
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dune stabilization and landscape plantings
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Dune Crest Germplasm
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Schizachyrium littorale
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coastal little bluestem
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disturbed sites such as sand and gravel mines, diversify plant communities in coastal sand dune systems, beach replenishment projects and back dune areas
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Brochure (PDF; 205 KB)
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Suther Germplasm
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Schizachyrium scoparium
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little bluestem
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roadside revegetation, critical areas, wildlife habitat, forage, prairie restoration, parks and recreational areas
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Brochure (PDF; 136 KB)
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Monarch Germplasm
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Solidago sempervirens
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seaside goldenrod
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dune stabilization and wildlife habitat
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Brochure (PDF; 237 KB)
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Coastal Germplasm
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Sorghastrum nutans
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indiangrass
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enhance native warm season grass habitat
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Brochure (PDF; 142 KB)
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Suther Germplasm
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Sorghastrum nutans
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yellow indiangrass
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roadside revegetation, critical areas, wildlife habitat, parks, recreational areas, landscapes and prairie restoration
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Brochure (PDF; 142 KB)
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Bayshore
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Spartina alterniflora
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smooth cordgrass
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revegetating and stabilizing tidal stream banks and restoring wetlands
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Avalon
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Spartina patens
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saltmeadow cordgrass
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tidal shoreline stabilization, mitigation-restoration, revegetation and stabilizing tidal stream banks and restoring wetlands
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Brochure (PDF; 126 KB)
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Southampton Germplasm
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Spartina pectinata
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prairie cordgrass
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streambank & shoreline stabilization, biofuel
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Brochure (PDF; 184 KB)
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