Upper Colorado Environmental Plant Center

Updated 04/08/2008

Conservation Plant Releases

The Upper Colorado Environmental Plant 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
Hycrest	Agropyron cristatum × A. desertorum	crested wheatgrass	range, dry land pasture, erosion control
Summit	Artemisia ludoviciana	Louisiana sage	erosion control
Hobble Creek	Artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyana	big sagebrush	winter use by deer and sheep, wildlife and range habitat improvement
Rincon	Atriplex canescens	fourwing saltbush	wildlife and range habitat improvement mine land reclamation
Garnet Germplasm	Bromus marginatus	mountain brome	quick cover and erosion control, in mixes for range seeding, and critical area stabilization
Montane	Cercocarpus montanus	mountain mahogany	used for any purpose where woody plants are desired
Peru Creek	Deschampsia caespitosa	tufted hairgrass	revegetation of mine sites at high elevations (9,000-12,000') with acidic soils (pH 3.5-6.0)
Pueblo Germplasm	Elymus elymoides	bottlebrush squirreltail	erosion control, fire restoration, domestic livestock and wildlife forage prodution.
Wapiti Germplasm	Elymus elymoides	bottlebrush squirreltail	erosion control, domestic livestock, wildlife forage production, and fire restoration.
San Luis	Elymus trachycaulus ssp. trachycaulus	slender wheatgrass	high elevation erosion control recommended for ski slopes range and wildlife habitat improvement
Redondo	Festuca arizonica	Arizona fescue	range revegetation and slope stabilization on steep infertile sites
Timp	Hedysarum boreale	Utah sweetvetch	rangeland, mined land, critical areas, and to improve upland wildlife habitats; established stands can be used for forage in early spring to midsummer
Hatch	Krascheninnikovia lanata	winterfat	winter forage in sagebrush and pinon-juniper communities
Volga	Leymus racemosus	mammoth wildrye	critical area stabilization, sand dune stabilization, mine land reclamation, wildlife cover
Maybell Source	Purshia tridentata	antelope bitterbrush	rangeland and reclamation seedings; spring and winter browse for livestock and wildlife; for erosion control on light textured soils; as a low maintenance xeriscape landscape species
ARS 2678	Trifolium ambiguum	Kura clover	dry land forage and pasture; soil fertility and cover cropping

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