The Big Flats 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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Niagara
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Andropogon gerardii
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big bluestem
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critical area, pasture, & hay land, stream bank & shore protection, wildlife upland habitat management
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Brochure (PDF; 249 KB)
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Glacial Lake Albany Germplasm
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Asclepias tuberosa
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butterfly weed
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butterfly habitat restoration or enhancement, landscaping, dry site meadows, and roadside plantings
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Brochure (PDF; 231 KB)
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Copper
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Castanea pumila
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chinquapin
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wildlife food and cover
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Brochure (PDF; 542 KB)
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Keystone
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Cephalanthus occidentalis
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buttonbush
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wildlife habitat improvement, wetland restoration or riparian area development
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Brochure (PDF; 369 KB)
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Ruby
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Cornus sericea ssp. sericea
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redosier dogwood
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stream bank protection, windbreaks, fish and wildlife habitat improvement, borders, ornamental, biotechnical slope stabilization
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Brochure (PDF; 387 KB)
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Tioga
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Dichanthelium clandestinum
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deertongue
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critical area planting, forest land erosion control, land reclamation, land reconstruction, revegetating disturbed areas
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Brochure (PDF; 259 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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Glacial Lake Albany Germplasm
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Lupinus perennis
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wild lupine
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butterfly habitat restoration or enhancement, landscaping, dry site meadows, and roadside plantings
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Brochure (PDF; 189 KB)
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Shelter
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Panicum virgatum
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switchgrass
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forage, wind barriers, critical area treatment, spring nesting habitat, wildlife cover plant
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Brochure (PDF; 405 KB)
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Spike
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Populus ×canadensis
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hybrid poplar
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biomass fuel wood production; screening and windbreaks
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Brochure (PDF; null)
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Catskill
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Prunus pumila var. depressa
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dwarf sand cherry
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stream bank and shoreline protection, in sandy and gravelly areas where short vegetation is needed, and in low maintenance landscapes
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Brochure (PDF; 273 KB)
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Golden Jubilee
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Rudbeckia hirta
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black-eyed Susan
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critical areas, land reclamation, land reconstruction, recreation area improvement, wetland, wildlife upland habitat
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Brochure (PDF; 329 KB)
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Greenbank
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Salix interior
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sandbar willow
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stream bank and shoreline protection, riparian area development, restoration, and fish habitat
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Brochure (PDF; 143 KB)
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Streamco
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Salix purpurea
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purpleosier willow
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channel vegetation, critical area, farmstead & feedlot windbreak, hedgerows, stream bank protection, wetland restoration, biotechnical slope stabilization
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Brochure (PDF; 132 KB)
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Aroostook
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Secale cereale
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cereal rye
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winter cover crop in the Northeast. Also spring forage production and fed as pasture, green chop or haylage
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Brochure (PDF; 299 KB)
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Kingston Germplasm
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Spartina pectinata
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prairie cordgrass
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erosion control in wetlands, streambank stabilization, wildlife habitat, critical area treatments on wet soils, waster water renovation, providing quick cover on restoration sites
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Brochure (PDF; 233 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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Meadowcrest
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Tripsacum dactyloides
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eastern gramagrass
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wildlife and vegetative filter strips in conjunction with other plants, and for forage production.
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Brochure (PDF; 447 KB)
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SG4X-1
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Tripsacum dactyloides
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eastern gamagrass
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plant breeding and further cultivar development
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