The Rose Lake 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 |
Prairie View Indiana Germplasm
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Andropogon gerardii
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big bluestem
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provide food/cover for wildlife, increase species diversity, erosion control and restoring native plant environments.
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Southlow Michigan Germplasm
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Andropogon gerardii
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big bluestem
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wildlife food and cover, erosion control, restoring native plant environments, and increasing species diversity
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Brochure (PDF; 685 KB)
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Koch Germplasm
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Calamovilfa longifolia
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prairie sandreed
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erosion control, dune stabilization, and water quality improvement
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Brochure (PDF; 779 KB)
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Indigo
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Cornus amomum
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silky dogwood
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single row windbreak under center pivot irrigation. Field and farmstead windbreak. Soil bioengineering. Wildlife food.
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Brochure (PDF; 512 KB)
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Alcona Germplasm
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Desmodium glabellum
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Dillenius' ticktrefoil
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wildlife habitat
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Brochure (PDF; 701 KB)
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Marion Germplasm
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Desmodium glabellum
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Dillenius' ticktrefoil
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food for upland gamebirds, songbirds as well as other wildlife
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Brochure (PDF; 271 KB)
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Grant Germplasm
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Desmodium paniculatum
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panicledleaf ticktrefoil
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wildlife food and as a alternative to introduced plant species.
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Brochure (PDF; 177 KB)
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Icy Blue Germplasm
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Elymus canadensis
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Canada wildrye
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prairie restoration, erosion control and wildlife habitat enhancement
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Brochure (PDF; 550 KB)
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Lancer
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Lathyrus latifolius
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perennial pea
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erosion control plant, wildlife cover plant, land reclamation, brush management, roadside seeding mixtures, critical area planting where objective includes beautification
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Brochure (PDF; 141 KB)
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Roselow
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Malus sargentii
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Sargent crabapple
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farm and field windbreaks
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Brochure (PDF; 357 KB)
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Magenta
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Malus
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hybrid crabapple
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small tree for single row windbreaks & beautification
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Brochure (PDF; 658 KB)
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Sholty
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Medicago sativa ssp. falcata
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yellow-flowered alfalfa
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livestock forage, wildlife habitat
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Brochure (PDF; 169 KB)
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Southlow Michigan Germplasm
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Panicum virgatum
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switchgrass
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wildlife food and cover, erosion control, restoring native plant environments, and increasing species diversity
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Brochure (PDF; 390 KB)
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Imperial
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Populus ×canadensis
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Carolina poplar
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windbreaks (especially around orchards) and pulpwood
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Brochure (PDF; 268 KB)
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Riverbend Germplasm
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Salix sericea
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silky willow
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stream bank and shoreline restoration and riparian corridors
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Brochure (PDF; 420 KB)
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Vintage Germplasm
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Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis
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common elderberry
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streambank stabilization, wildlife habitat and riparian corridor enhancement
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Brochure (PDF; 633 KB)
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Prairie View Indiana Germplasm
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Schizachyrium scoparium
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little bluestem
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provide food/cover for wildlife, increase species diversity, erosion control, and to restore native plant environments.
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Southlow Michigan Germplasm
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Schizachyrium scoparium
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little bluestem
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wildlife food and cover, erosion control, restoring native plant environments, and increasing species diversity
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Brochure (PDF; 351 KB)
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Prairie View Indiana Germplasm
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Sorghastrum nutans
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Indiangrass
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provide food/cover for wildlife, increase species diversity, erosion control, and restore native plant environments.
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Southlow Michigan Germplasm
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Sorghastrum nutans
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indiangrass
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wildlife food and cover, erosion control, restoring native plant environments, and increasing species diversity
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Brochure (PDF; 388 KB)
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Affinity
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Thuja occidentalis
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northern white cedar
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field and farmstead windbreaks and as screen or border planting in urban situations; important source of winter browse
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Brochure (PDF; 415 KB)
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Leelanau Germplasm
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Viburnum opulus var. americanum
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highbush cranberry
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windbreaks (especially on wet or organic soils} and wildlife habitat
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Brochure (PDF; 527 KB)
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