The Aberdeen 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 |
Nezpar
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Achnatherum hymenoides
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Indian ricegrass
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range, critical area stabilization
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Brochure (PDF; 433 KB)
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Hycrest II
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Agropyron cristatum × A. desertorum
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crested wheatgrass
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range, dry land pasture, erosion control
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Ephraim
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Agropyron cristatum
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crested wheatgrass
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range, dry land pasture, erosion control, critical area stabilization
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Brochure (PDF; 178 KB)
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Vavilov II
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Agropyron fragile
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Siberian wheatgrass
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rangeland seedings, pasture, critical area stabilization
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Brochure (PDF; 160 KB)
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Regar
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Bromus biebersteinii
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meadow brome
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pasture, hay land, critical area stabilization
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Brochure (PDF; 177 KB)
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Paiute
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Dactylis glomerata
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orchardgrass
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range, critical area stabilization
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Brochure (PDF; 186 KB)
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Bannock
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Elymus lanceolatus ssp. lanceolatus
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thickspike wheatgrass
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erosion control, forage, and cover, mine spoil reclamation, critical area stabilization, and filter strips
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Brochure (PDF; 174 KB)
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Sodar
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Elymus lanceolatus ssp. lanceolatus
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streambank wheatgrass
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erosion control, critical area stabilization
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Brochure (PDF; 121 KB)
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Magnar
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Leymus cinereus
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basin wildrye
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range, wildlife, erosion control
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Brochure (PDF; 140 KB)
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Maple Grove Germplasm
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Linum lewisii
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prairie flax
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erosion control, biodiversity, wildlife habitat, and beautification
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Brochure (PDF; 321 KB)
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Appar
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Linum perenne
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prairie flax
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range, critical area stabilization, beautification, diversity
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Brochure (PDF; 335 KB)
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Amethyst Germplasm
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Machaeranthera canescens
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hoary tansyaster
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CRP, Pollinator, Sage-grouse habitat
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Brochure (PDF; 119 KB)
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Recovery
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Pascopyrum smithii
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western wheatgrass
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erosion control, range and pasture renovation, livestock forage
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Brochure (PDF; 190 KB)
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Richfield Selection
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Penstemon eatonii
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firecracker penstemon
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erosion control, diversity, and beautification
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Brochure (PDF; 349 KB)
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Clearwater Selection
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Penstemon venustus
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Venus penstemon
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erosion control, diversity, and beautification
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Brochure (PDF; 319 KB)
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Anatone Germplasm
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Pseudoroegneria spicata ssp. spicata
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bluebunch wheatgrass
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erosion control and rangeland restoration
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Brochure (PDF; 228 KB)
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Goldar
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Pseudoroegneria spicata ssp. spicata
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bluebunch wheatgrass
|
range, critical area stabilization
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Brochure (PDF; 144 KB)
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Aberdeen Selection
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Salix pentandra
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laurel willow
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wind erosion control, soil stabilization, wildlife habitat, plant diversity, beautification
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Brochure (PDF; 155 KB)
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Delar
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Sanguisorba minor
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small burnet
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range, critical area stabilization, diversity
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Brochure (PDF; 193 KB)
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Rush
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Thinopyrum intermedium
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intermediate wheatgrass
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erosion control, forage, wildlife cover, mine spoil rehabilitation, filter strips, critical area stabilization, irrigated pastures
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Brochure (PDF; 313 KB)
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Tegmar
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Thinopyrum intermedium
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dwarf intermediate wheatgrass
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erosion control, critical area stabilization
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Brochure (PDF; 446 KB)
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