Conservation Plant Releases - Norman A. Berg National Plant Materials Center
The Norman A. Berg National 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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Plant Releases
Release Name |
Scientific Name |
Common Name |
Uses |
Release Brochure |
Tufcote
|
Cynodon dactylon
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bermudagrass
|
critical area planting, recreational use, and heavy wear situations
|
Brochure (PDF; 89 KB)
|
Mid-Atlantic Germplasm
|
Paspalum floridanum
|
Florida paspalum
|
soil stabilization, filter strips, wildlife and forage
|
Brochure (PDF; 138 KB)
|
Algonquin
|
Robinia pseudoacacia
|
black locust
|
reforestation of surface mined land and other sites; post and pole production
|
Brochure (PDF; 135 KB)
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Allegheny
|
Robinia pseudoacacia
|
black locust
|
reforestation of surface mined lands and other sites; post and pole production
|
Brochure (PDF; 135 KB)
|
Appalachia
|
Robinia pseudoacacia
|
black locust
|
reforestation of surface-mined lands and other sites; post and pole production
|
Brochure (PDF; 135 KB)
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