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Conservation Plant Releases - Aberdeen Plant Materials Center

Updated 05/08/2013

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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Plant Releases

Release Name Scientific Name Common Name Uses Release Brochure
Nezpar Achnatherum hymenoides Indian ricegrass range, critical area stabilization Brochure (PDF; 433K)
Ephraim Agropyron cristatum crested wheatgrass range, dry land pasture, erosion control, critical area stabilization Brochure (PDF; 178K)
Vavilov II Agropyron fragile Siberian wheatgrass rangeland seedings, pasture, critical area stabilization Brochure (PDF; 160K)
Regar Bromus biebersteinii meadow brome pasture, hay land, critical area stabilization Brochure (PDF; 177K)
Paiute Dactylis glomerata orchardgrass range, critical area stabilization Brochure (PDF; 186K)
Bannock Elymus lanceolatus ssp. lanceolatus thickspike wheatgrass erosion control, forage, and cover, mine spoil reclamation, critical area stabilization, and filter strips Brochure (PDF; 174K)
Sodar Elymus lanceolatus ssp. lanceolatus streambank wheatgrass erosion control, critical area stabilization Brochure (PDF; 121K)
Magnar Leymus cinereus basin wildrye range, wildlife, erosion control Brochure (PDF; 140K)
Maple Grove Germplasm Linum lewisii prairie flax erosion control, biodiversity, wildlife habitat, and beautification Brochure (PDF; 321K)
Appar Linum perenne prairie flax range, critical area stabilization, beautification, diversity Brochure (PDF; 335K)
Recovery Pascopyrum smithii western wheatgrass erosion control, range and pasture renovation, livestock forage Brochure (PDF; 190K)
Richfield Selection Penstemon eatonii firecracker penstemon erosion control, diversity, and beautification Brochure (PDF; 349K)
Clearwater Selection Penstemon venustus Venus penstemon erosion control, diversity, and beautification Brochure (PDF; 319K)
Anatone Germplasm Pseudoroegneria spicata ssp. spicata bluebunch wheatgrass erosion control and rangeland restoration Brochure (PDF; 228K)
Goldar Pseudoroegneria spicata ssp. spicata bluebunch wheatgrass range, critical area stabilization Brochure (PDF; 144K)
Aberdeen Selection Salix pentandra laurel willow wind erosion control, soil stabilization, wildlife habitat, plant diversity, beautification Brochure (PDF; 155K)
Delar Sanguisorba minor small burnet range, critical area stabilization, diversity Brochure (PDF; 193K)
Rush Thinopyrum intermedium intermediate wheatgrass erosion control, forage, wildlife cover, mine spoil rehabilitation, filter strips, critical area stabilization, irrigated pastures Brochure (PDF; 93 KB)
Tegmar Thinopyrum intermedium dwarf intermediate wheatgrass erosion control, critical area stabilization Brochure (PDF; 446K)