The Elsberry 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 |
Flame
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Acer ginnala
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Amur maple
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windbreaks, landscape and beautification
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Illinois Covey Germplasm
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Amorpha fruticosa
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false indigo bush
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wildlife cover/shelter and for erosion control along shorelines, streams, and wetlands
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Brochure (PDF; null)
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Iowa Covey Germplasm
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Amorpha fruticosa
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false indigo bush
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establish wildlife food/cover, enhance wetland riparian areas, and for erosion control.
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Brochure (PDF; 206 KB)
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Missouri Covey Germplasm
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Amorpha fruticosa
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false indigo bush
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to establish wildlife food/cover and address erosion control of shorelines, streams, and wetlands.
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Brochure (PDF; null)
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Central Iowa Germplasm
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Andropogon gerardii
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big bluestem
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roadside revegetation, forage, wildlife plantings, and prairie restoration
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Brochure (PDF; 503 KB)
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Northern Iowa Germplasm
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Andropogon gerardii
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big bluestem
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roadside plantings, prairie restoration and enhancement, landscaping, and for increasing species diversity
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Brochure (PDF; 503 KB)
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Northern Missouri Germplasm
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Andropogon gerardii
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big bluestem
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roadside revegetation, forage, prairie restoration and landscaping, and wildlife plantings
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OH 370 Germplasm
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Andropogon gerardii
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big bluestem
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wildlife habitat and food and restoration
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OZ-70 Germplasm
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Andropogon gerardii
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big bluestem
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forage production, erosion control, vegetative buffers and filter strips.
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Brochure (PDF; 198 KB)
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Refuge Germplasm
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Andropogon gerardii
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big bluestem
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wildlife habitat, vegetative buffers, and landscape use
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Brochure (PDF; 1.2 MB)
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Rountree
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Andropogon gerardii
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big bluestem
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pasture, hay and wildlife plantings
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Brochure (PDF; 857 KB)
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Southern Iowa Germplasm
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Andropogon gerardii
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big bluestem
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roadside revegetation, forage, prairie restoration and landscaping, and wildlife plantings
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Brochure (PDF; 503 KB)
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Central Iowa Germplasm
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Bouteloua curtipendula
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sideoats grama
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erosion control, roadside stabilization, for improving wildlife habitat and for general conservation uses
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Brochure (PDF; 231 KB)
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Northern Iowa Germplasm
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Bouteloua curtipendula
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sideoats grama
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erosion control, roadside stabilization, for improving wildlife habitat and for general conservation uses
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Northern Missouri Germplasm
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Bouteloua curtipendula
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sideoats grama
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roadside and wildlife plantings, prairie restorations, field borders, buffers, landscaping and for increasing plant diversity in prairie communities.
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Southern Iowa Germplasm
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Bouteloua curtipendula
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sideoats grama
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erosion control, roadside stabilization, for improving wildlife habitat and for general conservation uses
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Northern Missouri Germplasm
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Coreopsis palmata
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prairie coreopsis
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roadside plantings and prairie restoration and enhancement
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Brochure (PDF; 246 KB)
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Western Missouri Germplasm
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Coreopsis palmata
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prairie coreopsis
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roadside plantings and prairie restoration and enhancement
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Redstone
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Cornus mas
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cornelian cherry dogwood
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wildlife food and cover, windbreaks landscape, and beautification
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Sun Harvest Germplasm
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Corylus americana
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hazelnut
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windbreaks and wildlife food and habitat
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Central Iowa Germplasm
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Dalea purpurea
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purple prairieclover
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roadside revegetation, wildlife plantings, prairie restoration and landscaping
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Northern Iowa Germplasm
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Dalea purpurea
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purple prairieclover
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roadside and wildlife plantings, creating and restoring prairie, landscaping, and to increase plant diversity in prairie communities.
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Alexander Germplasm
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Desmodium canadense
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showy ticktrefoil
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wildlife food and cover and prairie restoration
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Brochure (PDF; 211 KB)
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Central Iowa Germplasm
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Echinacea pallida
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pale purple coneflower
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roadside and wildlife plantings, prairie creations and restorations, landscaping and for increasing plant diversity in prairie communities.
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Northern Iowa Germplasm
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Echinacea pallida
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pale purple coneflower
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roadside plantings, prairie creation and restoration, and landscaping
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Northern Missouri Germplasm
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Echinacea pallida
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pale purple coneflower
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prairie restoration projects, roadside, wildlife and landscaping
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Brochure (PDF; 468 KB)
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Southern Iowa Germplasm
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Echinacea pallida
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pale purple coneflower
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roadside plantings, landscaping, and for prairie creation, restoration and diversity
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Western Missouri Germplasm
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Echinacea pallida
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pale purple coneflower
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prairie restorations projects, roadside, wildlife and landscaping
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Brochure (PDF; 468 KB)
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Central Iowa Germplasm
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Elymus canadensis
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Canada wildrye
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erosion control, roadside stabilization, for improving wildlife habitat and for general conservation uses
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Brochure (PDF; 196 KB)
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Northern Iowa Germplasm
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Elymus canadensis
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Canada wildrye
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erosion control, roadside stabilization, for improving wildlife habitat and for general conservation uses
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Southern Iowa Germplasm
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Elymus canadensis
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Canada wildrye
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erosion control, roadside stabilization, for improving wildlife habitat and for general conservation uses
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Cuivre River Germplasm
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Elymus virginicus
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Virginia wildrye
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forage, erosion control, vegetative buffers and filters, wildlife food/cover, plant diversity in wetland and riparian plantings, and as a cover crop for woody plantings
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Brochure (PDF; 208 KB)
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Northern Missouri Germplasm
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Elymus virginicus
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Virginia wildrye
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riparian areas, soil stabilization, forage, wildlife food and cover, and prairie plantings
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Central Iowa Germplasm
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Eryngium yuccifolium
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rattlesnake master
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roadside revegetation, wildlife plantings, prairie restoration and landscaping, and wildflower gardens
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Brochure (PDF; 213 KB)
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Northern Iowa Germplasm
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Eryngium yuccifolium
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rattlesnake master
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roadside revegetation, wildlife plantings, prairie restoration and landscaping, and wildflower gardens
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Brochure (PDF; 213 KB)
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Southern Iowa Germplasm
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Eryngium yuccifolium
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rattlesnake master
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roadside revegetation, wildlife plantings, prairie restoration and landscaping, and wildflower gardens
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Brochure (PDF; 213 KB)
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Bobwhite
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Glycine
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soybean
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wildlife food and cover
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Central Iowa Germplasm
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Heliopsis helianthoides
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oxeye false sunflower
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native plantings along roadsides, conservation plantings, and wildlife habitat
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Brochure (PDF; 131 KB)
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Northern Iowa Germplasm
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Heliopsis helianthoides
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false sunflower
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roadside revegetation, wildlife plantings, and prairie restoration
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Southern Iowa Germplasm
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Heliopsis helianthoides
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oxeye false sunflower
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roadside revegetation, wildlife plantings, and prairie restoration
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Brochure (PDF; 131 KB)
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Central Iowa Germplasm
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Koeleria macrantha
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prairie Junegrass
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roadside plantings, creating and restoring prairie, landscaping, and to increase plant diversity in prairie communities
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Northern Iowa Germplasm
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Koeleria macrantha
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prairie Junegrass
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roadside plantings, creating and restoring prairie, landscaping, and to increase plant diversity in prairie communities.
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Central Iowa Germplasm
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Lespedeza capitata
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roundhead lespedeza
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native plantings along roadsides, conservation plantings, and wildlife habitat
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Brochure (PDF; 160 KB)
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Northern Iowa Germplasm
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Lespedeza capitata
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roundhead lespedeza
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roadside plantings, prairie restoration and enhancement, landscaping, and for increasing species diversity
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Southern Iowa Germplasm
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Lespedeza capitata
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roundhead lespedeza
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roadside revegetation, wildlife plantings, and prairie restoration
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Central Iowa Germplasm
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Liatris aspera
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rough blazing star
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roadside plantings, prairie creations and restorations, landscaping, and increase plant diversity in prairie communities
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Northern Iowa Germplasm
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Liatris aspera
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rough blazing star
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roadside plantings, creating and restoring prairie, landscaping, and to increase plant diversity in prairie communities.
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Southern Iowa Germplasm
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Liatris aspera
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rough blazing star
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roadside plantings, creating and restoring prairie, landscaping, and to increase plant diversity in prairie communities
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Central Iowa Germplasm
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Liatris pycnostachya
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thickspike gayfeather
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roadside revegetation, wildlife plantings, prairie restoration and landscaping, and wildflower gardens
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Northern Iowa Germplasm
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Liatris pycnostachya
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thickspike gayfeather
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roadside revegetation, wildlife plantings, prairie restoration and landscaping, and wildflower gardens
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Northern Missouri Germplasm
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Liatris pycnostachya
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thickspike gayfeather
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roadside plantings and prairie restoration and enhancement
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Brochure (PDF; 157 KB)
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Southern Iowa Germplasm
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Liatris pycnostachya
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thickspike gayfeather
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roadside plantings and prairie restoration and enhancement
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Western Missouri Germplasm
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Liatris pycnostachya
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thickspike gayfeather
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roadside planting and prairie restoration and enhancement
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Brochure (PDF; 157 KB)
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Union Germplasm
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Liriodendron tulipifera
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tulip poplar
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woodland revegetation, timber production, landscaping, riparian areas
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Central Iowa Germplasm
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Monarda fistulosa
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wild bergamont
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prairie restoration programs, roadside and wildlife platings and landscaping.
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Brochure (PDF; 169 KB)
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Northern Iowa Germplasm
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Monarda fistulosa
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wild bergamont
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prairie restoration projects, roadside, wildlife, and landscaping
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Southern Iowa Germplasm
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Monarda fistulosa
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wild bergamont
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roadside and wildlife plantings, creating and restoring prairies, landscaping, and to increase plant diversity in prairie communities
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Central Iowa Germplasm
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Oligoneuron rigidum var. rigidum
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stiff goldenrod
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roadside plantings, prairie creation and restoration, and landscaping
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Northern Iowa Germplasm
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Oligoneuron rigidum var. rigidum
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stiff goldenrod
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roadside revegetation, wildlife plantings, prairie restoration and landscaping
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Southern Iowa Germplasm
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Oligoneuron rigidum var. rigidum
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stiff goldenrod
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roadside plantings, landscaping, prairie creation and restoration, and for increasing plant diversity in prairie communities
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Cave-In-Rock
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Panicum virgatum
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switchgrass
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summer pasture, wildlife food and habitat
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Brochure (PDF; 239 KB)
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Central Iowa Germplasm
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Panicum virgatum
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switchgrass
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roadside plantings, creating and restoring prairies, landscaping, and to increase plant diversity in prairie communities
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Shawnee
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Panicum virgatum
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switchgrass
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pasture and hay
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Midwest Premium Germplasm
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Prunus americana
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American plum
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wildlife habitat, erosion control, and for windbreaks
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Brochure (PDF; 463 KB)
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Northern Missouri Germplasm
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Ratibida pinnata
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grayhead coneflower
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range and pasture seeding, prairie restoration, prairie landscaping, wildlife cover, and roadside restoration.
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Brochure (PDF; 197 KB)
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Central Iowa Germplasm
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Schizachyrium scoparium
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little bluestem
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roadside revegetation, wildlife plantings, prairie restoration, and pasture
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Brochure (PDF; 248 KB)
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Northern Iowa Germplasm
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Schizachyrium scoparium
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little bluestem
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roadside revegetation, forage, prairie restoration and landscaping, and wildlife plantings
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Northern Missouri Germplasm
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Schizachyrium scoparium
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little bluestem
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roadside revegetation, forage, prairie restoration and landscaping, and wildlife plantings
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Ozark Germplasm
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Schizachyrium scoparium
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little bluestem
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pasture seeding, prairie restoration, wildlife cover
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Brochure (PDF; 197 KB)
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Southern Iowa Germplasm
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Schizachyrium scoparium
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little bluestem
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roadside revegetation, forage, prairie restoration and landscaping, and wildlife plantings
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Southern Missouri Germplasm
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Schizachyrium scoparium
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little bluestem
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range and pasture seeding, prairie restoration, prairie landscaping, wildlife cover and roadside restoration
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Central Iowa Germplasm
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Sorghastrum nutans
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indiangrass
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roadside revegetation, wildlife plantings, prairie restoration
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Northern Iowa Germplasm
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Sorghastrum nutans
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indiangrass
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roadside revegetation, wildlife plantings, and prairie restoration
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Northern Missouri Germplasm
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Sorghastrum nutans
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indiangrass
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roadside revegetation, forage, prairie restoration and landscaping, and wildlife plantings
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Rumsey
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Sorghastrum nutans
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indiangrass
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pasture, wildlife food and habitat
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Brochure (PDF; 349 KB)
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Southern Iowa Germplasm
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Sorghastrum nutans
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indiangrass
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roadside revegetation, forage, wildlife plantings, and prairie restoration
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Western Missouri Germplasm
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Sorghastrum nutans
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indiangrass
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roadside revegetation, forage, prairie restoration and landscaping, and wildlife plantings
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Central Iowa Germplasm
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Sporobolus compositus
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tall dropseed
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native plantings along roadsides, conservation plantings, and wildlife habitat
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Brochure (PDF; 176 KB)
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Northern Iowa Germplasm
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Sporobolus compositus
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tall dropseed
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roadside plantings and prairie restoration and enhancement
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Brochure (PDF; 176 KB)
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Northern Missouri Germplasm
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Sporobolus compositus
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tall dropseed
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roadside plantings and prairie restoration and enhancement
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Southern Iowa Germplasm
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Sporobolus compositus
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tall dropseed
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roadside revegetation, wildlife plantings, and prairie restoration
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Brochure (PDF; 176 KB)
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Central Iowa Germplasm
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Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
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New England aster
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roadside plantings, prairie creation and restoration, and landscaping
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Northern Iowa Germplasm
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Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
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New England aster
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roadside plantings, prairie creation and restoration, and landscaping
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Southern Iowa Germplasm
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Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
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New England aster
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roadside plantings, prairie creation and restoration, wildlife habitat, and landscaping
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Elsmo
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Ulmus parvifolia
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lace bark elm
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landscape and beautification, farmstead and field windbreaks, urban and forestry recreation area development.
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