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Manhattan Plant Materials Center

Manhattan, Kansas

Manhattan Plant Materials Center, Manhattan, KansasEstablished 1936

Since 1936, the Manhattan Plant Materials Center has selected plants and developed new technologies for America’s heartland, including the area’s remaining native grasslands and riparian and wetland habitat. The Center’s primary projects include work on Conservation Reserve Program seeding enhancements, disturbed site reclamation, planting and harvesting native plants, and restoring historical prairie. The Center has released over 30 improved conservation plants, including varieties of Illinois bundleflower, common reed, switchgrass, bur oak, prairie coneflower and little bluestem. The Center’s primary projects include work on Conservation Reserve Program seeding enhancements, disturbed site reclamation, planting and harvesting native plants, and restoring historical prairie.

 

 

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2008 Progress Report of Activities (PDF; 385 KB)

Plant Fact Sheet: Freemont's Leather Flower (PDF; 268 KB)

Plant Guide: Freemont's Leather Flower (PDF; 100 KB)

Plant Fact Sheet: Compass Plant (PDF; 79 KB)

Plant Guide: Compass Plant (PDF; 159 KB)

Plants for the Heartland (PDF; 824 KB) Manhattan Plant Materials Center Staff. 2009. Manhattan Plant Materials Center, Manhattan, KS. Volume 16, Number 3

Manhattan Plant Materials Center Brochure. (PDF; 893 KB) Manhattan Plant Materials Center Staff. 2008. Manhattan Plant Materials Center, Salina, Kansas. March 2008. 2p. (ID# 7802)

Contact

3800 S. 20th St.
Manhattan, KS 66502-9535

Telephone: 785.539.8761
FAX: 785.539.2034
Email: Richard.Wynia@ks.usda.gov