Elsberry Plant Materials Center

Elsberry, Missouri

Established 1934

For almost 70 years, the Elsberry Plant Materials Center has selected plants and developed new planting technologies for areas of Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Illinois. The Center has released over 60 improved conservation plants including varieties of sideoats grama, big bluestem, prairie coreopsis, roughleaf dogwood, pale purple coneflower, thickspike gayfeather, tall dropseed and stiff goldenrod, and has developed new technologies for hay and pasture management, native plant establishment, windbreaks and wildlife habitat.

Special Features

• Feature: Year of the Flood
• Iowa Ecotype Project
• Herbaceous Conservation Plants ID Guide
• Central Region Seedling ID Guide for Native Prairie Plants

If you encounter any problems with the files provided on this page, please contact Leslie Glass at 701-250-4330.

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Year 2008 Progress Report of Activities (PDF; 496 KB) Jan 2009

Plants for Conservation, Vol. 10, No. 1, Spring 2009 Newsletter (PDF; 678 KB)

Seed and Woody Growers of Elsberry Releases (PDF; 260 KB) Kaiser Jerry. 2009. 6p. (ID# 7818)

2009 Foundation Seed Prices (PDF; 134 KB) 2009

Agronomy Technical Note MO-37: Switchgrass for Biomass Production by Variety Selection and Establishment Methods for
Missouri, Illinois, and Iowa (PDF; 608 KB) Jan 2009

Contact

2803 N. Highway 79
Elsberry, MO 63343

Telephone: 573.898.2012
FAX: 573.898.5019
Email: steve.bruckerhoff@mo.usda.gov