Publications - Jimmy Carter Plant Materials Center

Conservation Plant Releases. (PDF; 305 KB) Owsley, C.M. and D. Surrency. 2004. Alabama NRCS Tech News, Auburn Alabama. March 2004. 8p. (ID# 5456)

Technical Note 19: An early developing hairy vetch for cover crop use. (PDF; 158 KB) Owsley, C.M., M. Kirkland, and S. Roach. 1994. USDA-NRCS Jimmy Carter Plant Materials Center, Americus, GA. GA-TN19, Sept. 1994. 3p. (ID# 2300)

Technical Note 20: New cool season annual legume for use in conservation tillage. (PDF; 164 KB) Owsley, C.M., M. Kirkland, and S. Roach. 1994. USDA-NRCS Jimmy Carter Plant Materials Center, Americus, GA. GA- TN20, Sept. 1994. 3p. (ID# 2301)

Bush Lespedeza- Invasive Wildlife Plant. (PDF; 438 KB) Mike Owsley. 2008. e-fotg Georgia NRCS Athens Ga, Athens Ga. January 2008 P M Technical Note # 22. 4p. (ID# 7775)

Technical Note No. Ga 80 190-VI Americus Indiangrass-A Native Grass for the Southeast. (PDF; 197 KB) Owsley, C.M. and D. Surrency. 2004. USDA NRCS Athens Ga State Ofice, Athens, Ga. Technical Note GA 80 190 - VI May 28 2004. 3p. (ID# 5583)

Common Agricultural Weeds of the Coastal Plain. (PDF; 3.2 MB) Charles M Owsley. 2008. Georgia NRCS Homepage Jimmy Carter PMC, Athens, Georgia. September 2008. 22p. (ID# 8072)

Georgia Native Plant Material Guide for Longleaf Pine Understory. (PDF; 6.9 MB) Mike Owsley and Jim Latham. 2008. Georgia NRCS Homepage. http://www.ga.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/PMC/techtrans.html, Athens, Ga. May 2008. 61p. (ID# 7898)

Plant Materials for Wildlife Rev. 1. (PDF; 2 MB) Surrency, D., C.M. Owsley. 2006. USDA-NRCS, Thomson, GA. March 2006. 36p. (ID# 6697)

Plant Materials Program Assisting Small Farmers. (PDF; 12 MB) Donald Surrency & Mike Owsley. 2006. NRCS GA Homepage PMC, Athens Ga. May 2006. 79p. (ID# 6897)

Cover Crops for the Southeast. (PDF; 1.9 MB) Surrency, D., C.M. Owsley, et al. 2000. Georgia Plant material program NRCS, Athens, GA. May 2000. 37p. (ID# 3011)

Big Bluestem Plant Fact Sheet. (PDF; 235K) Mike Owsley Ramona Garner. 2011. PM Website, July 2011. 2p. (ID# 10550)

Hairy Vetch Plant Fact Sheet. (PDF; 181K) Mike Owsley and Ramona Garner. 2011. PM Website, Feb 2011. 2p. (ID# 10203)

Indiangrass Plant fact sheet. (PDF; 185K) Mike Owsley /Ramona Garner. 2011. PM Web site, July 2011. 2p. (ID# 10549)

Plant fact Sheet-Longleaf Pine. (PDF; 219K) Mike Owsley Ramona Garner. 2011. PM Homepage, march 2011. 2p. (ID# 10355)

Switchgrass Plant Fact Sheet. (PDF; 159K) Mike Owsley and Ramona Garner. 2011. PM Website, Feb 2011. 2p. (ID# 10202)

Plant Fact Sheet: Crimson Clover. (PDF; 93 KB) Mike Owsley and Ramona Garner. 2009. National PM Homepage, Wash Dc. May 2009. 2p. (ID# 8595)

PLANT SHEET Big Bluestem. (PDF; 381 KB) Surrency, D., C.M. Owsley, and M. Kirkland. 2003. GA NRCS Home page Under JCPMC, Athens Ga. Jan 2003. 6p. (ID# 4605)

PLANT SHEET: Eastern Gamagrass. (PDF; 1 MB) Surrency, D., C.M. Owsley, and M. Kirkland. 2003. GANRCS Homepage under Jimmy Carter PMC, Athens, Ga. Jan 2003. 7p. (ID# 4610)

PLANT SHEET: Indiangrass. (PDF; 395 KB) 3. 2003. GANRCS Homepage under Jimmy Carter PMC, Athens , GA. Jan 2003. 7p. (ID# 4608)

PLANT SHEET: Little Bluestem. (PDF; 297 KB) Surrency, D., C.M. Owsley, and M. Kirkland. 2003. GA NRCS Homepage under Jimmy Carter PMC, Athens Ga. Jan 2003. 6p. (ID# 4606)

PLANT SHEET: Special Conservation Uses for Native Warm Season Grasses. (PDF; 722 KB) Surrency, D., C.M. Owsley, and M. Kirkland. 2003. GANRCS Homepage under Jimmy Carter PMC, Athens, GA. Jan 2003. 7p. (ID# 4609)

PLANT SHEET: Switchgrass. (PDF; 498 KB) Surrency, D., C.M. Owsley, and M. Kirkland. 2003. GA NRCS Homepage under Jimmy Carter PMC, Athens, Ga.. Jan 2003. 6p. (ID# 4607)

Planting Guide: Flageo Marshhay Cordgrass. (PDF; 147 KB) Mike Owsley. 2007. http://www.ga.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/PMC, Athens, Ga. July 2007. 3p. (ID# 7501)

Newberry Germplasm Indiangrass Planting Guide. (PDF; 153 KB) Mike Owsley and Donald Surrency. 2005. USDA NRCS Athens Geotgia State Office Homepage - Plant Materials, Athens Georgia. June 2005. 4p. (ID# 5975)

Plant Sheet Big Bluestem Rev. 1. (PDF; 578 KB) Surrency, D., C.M. Owsley and M. Kirkland. 2005. USDA- NRCS, Thomson, GA. September 2005. 8p. (ID# 6269)

Plant Sheet-- Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) Special Edition: For Farm Bill Implementation. (PDF; 659 KB) Don Surrency, Mike Owsley, Malcome Kirkland. 2005. Jimmy Carter PMC Homepage-USDA-NRCS Georgia, Athens, Ga. September 2005. 8p. (ID# 6092)

Plant Sheet--Big Bluestem (Andropogon gerardii) Special Edition:For Farm Bill Implementation. (PDF; 241 KB) Don Surrency,Mike Owsley,Malcome Kirkland. 2005. Jimmy Carter PMC Homepage--NRCS-USDA-GA, Athens, Ga. September 2005. 8p. (ID# 6100)

PLANT SHEET--Little Bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium) Special Edition: For Farm Bill Implementation. (PDF; 497 KB) Don Surrency,Mike Owsley,Malcome Kirkland. 2005. Jimmy Carter PMC Homepage--USDA-NRCS-Georgia, Athens Ga. September 2005. 9p. (ID# 6093)

Union Germplasm Purpletop Planting Guide. (PDF; 153 KB) Mike Owsley Don Surrency. 2005. USDA NRCS Athens SO Georgia-Homepage Plant materials, Athens Ga. June 2005. 4p. (ID# 5974)

Planting Guide Big O Wild Crabapple. (PDF; 215 KB) Owsley, C.M. and M. Kirkland. 2004. Homepage Jimmy Carter PMC, Athens SO Ga. Sep 30 2004. 2p. (ID# 5624)

Planting Guide: Kinchafoonee Virginia Wildrye Selected Class of Natural Germplasm. (PDF; 194 KB) Owsley, C.M. and M. Kirkland. 2004. USDA-NRCS Homepage Plant materials Athens Ga, Athens Ga. Feb 2004. 3p. (ID# 5458)

Planting Guide - Americus Indiangrass. (PDF; 239 KB) Surrency, D. and C. M. Owsley. 2003. Georgia NRCS Homepage under Jimmy Carter PMC, Athens Ga. Jan 2003. 4p. (ID# 4974)

Release brochure Americus indiangrass. (PDF; 221K) Mike Owsley. 2012. PM Website, May 2012. 2p. (ID# 11074)

Release Brochure AU EarlyCover Hairy Vetch. (PDF; 254K) Mike Owsley. 2012. PM Website, June 2012. 2p. (ID# 11075)

Release Brochure AU Sunup Crimson Clover. (PDF; 227K) Mike Owsley. 2012. PM Website, June 2012. 2p. (ID# 11076)

Release Brochure- Dove Proso Millet. (PDF; 270K) Mike Owsley. 2012. PM Website, August 2012. 2p. (ID# 11224)

Release Brochure Union Germplasm Purpletop. (PDF; 237K) Mike Owsley. 2012. PM Website, September 2012. 2p. (ID# 11226)

Release Brochure-Flageo Marshhay Cordgrass. (PDF; 332K) Mike Owsley. 2012. PM Website, August 2012. 2p. (ID# 11225)

Brochure Penn Center Switchgrass. (PDF; 223K) Mike Owsley. 2010. PM Homepage, Wash DC. August 2010. 2p. (ID# 9748)

Muckalee Germplasm Woolgrass release Brochure. (PDF; 385K) Mike Owsley. 2010. Jimmy Carter PMC, Feb 2010. 2p. (ID# 9249)

Newberry Germplasm Indiangrass Brochure. (PDF; 341K) Mike Owsley. 2010. PM Website, Feb 2010. 2p. (ID# 9251)

Sumter Germplasm Soft Rush. (PDF; 397K) Mikle Owsley. 2010. PM Website, Feb 2010. 2p. (ID# 9250)

AU GroundCover Caley Pea Brouchure. (PDF; 572 KB) Mike Owsley. 2009. Georgia NRCS State office Homepage--PMC Section, Athens, Georgia. Jan 2009. 2p. (ID# 8426)

AU Sunrise Crimson Clover-Brouchure. (PDF; 290 KB) Mike Owsley. 2009. NRCS National PM Homepage, Wash DC. March 2009. 2p. (ID# 8431)

Jimmy Carter Plant Materials Center Brochure. (PDF; 318 KB) CM Owsley and Mary McQuinn. 2007. NRCS Ga Homepage Technical Resources Jimmy Carter PMC, Athens. June 2007. (ID# 7236)

Outreach to Schools by Jimmy Carter Plant Materials Center. (PDF; 366 KB) Owsley, CM. 2000. Plants: A Growing Alternative, Wash.DC. Vol. 6 Spring 2000 Page 2. 1p. (ID# 4593)

Plant Materials for Small Farms. (PDF; 351 KB) Surrency, D. and C.M. Owsley. 2000. USDA-NRCS Plant Material Team, Athens, GA. Jan. 2000. 2p. (ID# 4583)

Cover crops for conservation tillage. (PDF; 2 MB) Surrency, D. and C.M. Owsley. 1999. USDA-NRCS Jimmy Carter Plant Materials Center, Americus, GA. Aug 1999. 3p. (ID# 3022)

Seasonal grazing of Tripsacum dactyloides in the southeastern USA. (PDF; 762 KB) Surrency, D. 1999. USDA- NRCS, Athens, GA. Dec. 1999. 6p. (ID# 3020)

Special constructed wetlands project in South Carolina. (PDF; 701 KB) Surrency, D. 1999. USDA-NRCS Georgia Plant Materials Specialist, Athens, GA. Dec. 1999. 3p. (ID# 3021)

Constructed wetlands for urban stormwater management: Mobile, Alabama. (PDF; 4.2 MB) Surrency, D. USDA- NRCS, Athens, GA. 6p. (ID# 3014)

Year 2012 Progress Report of Activities. (PDF; 593K) Mike Owsley. 2012. December 2012. 4p. (ID# 11435)

Year 2011 Progress Report of Activities Jimmy Carter Plant Materials Center. (PDF; 1,025K) Mike Owsley. 2011. PM WEBsite, November 2011. 4p. (ID# 10743)

2011 Annual Technical Report Jimmy Carter Plant Materials Center. (PDF; 1,646K) Mike Owsley. 2012. PM Website, 4/19/2012. 38p. (ID# 11073)

Conservation Connection -Plant Materials Spring 2012 Newsletter. (PDF; 197K) Mike Owsley and Jim Lathem. 2012. Georgia NRCS- Conservation Connection newsletteer, Athens ga.. march 2012. 1p. (ID# 10851)

Conservation Connection-Summer 2012 -Plant Materials. (PDF; 203K) Mike Owsley. 2012. Georgia NRCS Conservation Connection Newsletter Summer 2012, Athens, Gorgia. Summer 2012. 1p. (ID# 11223)

Plant Materials Fall 2011- Georgia NRCS Conservation Connection. (PDF; 152K) Mike Owsley. 2011. Georgia NRCS Conservation Connection Athens, Georgia, Athens, Georgia. Fall 2011. 1p. (ID# 10742)

Native understory forbs and grasses for pollinator and insect utilization in southeastern longleaf pine ecosystems. (PDF; 1,687.pdf) Mike Owsley and Ramona Garner. 2011. PM website, Feb 2011. 6p. (ID# 10201)

Guide to Pollinator Plants of South Georgia and Adjacent Areas 2009. (PDF; 9073KB) Mike Owsley Ramona Garner. 2009. PM Homepage, Wash DC. September 2009. 26p. (ID# 9008)

Review of AU Earlycover Hairy Vetch. (PDF; 56 KB) Mike Owsley. 2009. Georgia NRCS State Office Website- PMC Homepage, Athens, Georgia. Jan 2009. 4p. (ID# 8425)

Eastern Gamagrass Forage Performance at Jimmy Carter Plant Materials Center Americus Georgia. (PDF; 430 KB) Charles M Owsley. 2008. Georgia NRCS Homepage-PMC, Athens, Georgia. July 2008. 6p. (ID# 8071)

Review of AU Sunrise Crimson Clover. (PDF; 53 KB) CM Owsley. 2007. NRCS Georgia Homepage -Technical Resources -Jimmy Carter PMC-Releases, Athens, Ga. June 2007. 7p. (ID# 7237)

Eastern gamagrass Grazing Trial. (PDF; 103 KB) Kirkland, M. 2001. Lamar Co Soil and Water Conservation District Newsletter, Barnesville, GA. Winter 2001. 3p. (ID# 1952)

Grazing Management of Eastern Gamagrass in Southwestern Georgia. (PDF; 412 KB) Owsley, C.M. 2000. NRCS USDA, Americus, GA. Winter 2000. 9p. (ID# 2290)

Review of Big Bluestem. (PDF; 121 KB) Owsley, C.M. 2000. USDA-NRCS Jimmy Carter Plant Materials Center, Americus, GA. Jun. 2000. 16p. (ID# 2291)

Native Warm Season Grasses for Georgia, Alabama, and South Carolina. (PDF; 800 KB) Surrency, D., C.M. Owsley, S. Brantly, and V. Pickard. 1999. USDA-NRCS Athens Ga, Athens, GA. July 1999. 14p. (ID# 4602)

Performance of eastern gamagrass (Tripsacum dactyloides) at the Jimmy Carter Plant Materials Center. (PDF; 287 KB) Surrency, D., C.M. Owlsey, M. Kirkland, and S.B. Brantly. 1998. USDA-NRCS Jimmy Carter Plant Materials Center, Americus, GA. Technical Guide No. Ga 101 450-VI June 16, 1998. 7p. (ID# 3026)

Measures for stabilizing coastal dunes. (PDF; 1.2 MB) Surrency, D. and Jimmy Carter Plant Materials Center. 1992. USDA-NRCS, Athens, GA. Aug. 1992. 14p. (ID# 3023)

Penn Center Germplasm Switchgrass for Coastal Carolina. (PDF; 528 KB) Mike Owsley and David Findley. 2008. Eastern Native Grass Symposium- Columbia, South Carolina, Columbia, SC. October 10, 2008. 1p. (ID# 8302)

Native Forage Grass Establishment and Use in Southwest Georgia. (PDF; 269 KB) Charles M Owsley, Mary S Goodman, Malcome Kirkland, Larry Vanzant, and Donald Surrency. 2005. 2005 SWCS Annual Meeting Rochester NY, Rochester NY. July 31-August 2 2005. 1p. (ID# 6097)

Grazing management of Eastern gamagrass in Southwest georgia. (PDF; 87 KB) Owsley, C.M., M. Kirkland, S. Brantly, and D. Surrency. 2002. Third Eastern Native Grass Symposium, Chapel Hill, NC. Oct 1-3, 2002. 9p. (ID# 4320)

Legume Cover Crops Developed by NRCS and Auburn University. (PDF; 314 KB) Owsley, C.M. and JA. Mosjidis. 2002. 25 th Annual Southern Conservation Tillage Conference for Sustainable Agriculture, Auburn Alabama. June 24-25, 2002. 1p. (ID# 3848)

Ellagood Autumn Olive For Wildlife Habitat Improvement in the Southeast. (PDF; 60 KB) Owsley, C.M.and D. Surrency. 2000. Quail Unlimited, Edgefield S.C.. May-June 2000 page 38. 1p. (ID# 2302)

Notice of Release of Penn Center Switchgrass. (PDF; 23K) Mike Owsley. 2010. PM Homepage, DEC. August 2010. 3p. (ID# 9749)

AU Sunup Crimson Clover Release Notice. (PDF; 116 KB) Mike Owsley and Ramona Garner. 2009. National PM Homepage, Wash DC. May 2009. 7p. (ID# 8597)

Notice of Release of Muckalee Germplasm Woolgrass Source Identified Class of Natural Germplasm. (PDF; 26 KB) Mike Owsley. 2008. NRCS Athens, Georgia State office, Athens, Georgia. April 2,2008. 3p. (ID# 7900)

Notice of Release of Sumter Germplasm Soft Rush Source Identified Class of Natural germplasm. (PDF; 26 KB) Mike Owsley. 2008. NRCS Athens State Office, Athens, Georgia. April 2, 2008. 3p. (ID# 7899)

Notice of Release: AU Sunrise crimson clover (Trifolium incarnatum L.). (PDF; 490 KB) Owsley, C.M., M. Kirkland, and D. Surrency. 1997. USDA-NRCS Jimmy Carter Plant Materials Center, Americus, GA. 1997. 8p. (ID# 2296)