The Bismarck 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.
If you encounter any problems with the files provided on this page, please contact the PM Program Webmaster at 520-292-2999 Ext. 112
Plant Releases
| Release Name | Scientific Name | Common Name | Uses | Release Brochure |
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| NU-ARS AC2 | Agropyron cristatum ssp. pectinatum | crested wheatgrass | cool season pastures and rangelands | |
| Nordan | Agropyron desertorum | crested wheatgrass | range seeding, pasture and hay land planting | Brochure (PDF; 334 KB) |
| Survivor Germplasm | Amorpha fruticosa | false indigo | in combination with other native riparian species for stream bank erosion control, lake shore stabilization, wildlife habitat, windbreaks, and potentially for landscaping. | Brochure (PDF: 680 KB) |
| Bison | Andropogon gerardii | big bluestem | range seeding, pasture and hay land planting, wildlife habitat | Brochure (PDF; 217 KB) |
| Bonilla | Andropogon gerardii | big bluestem | range seedings, pasture and hay land plantings, wildlife habitat | Brochure (PDF; 765K) |
| Bounty Germplasm | Andropogon gerardii | big bluestem | Conservation cover, erosion Control, pasture and hayland plantings, wildlife habitat, Range seedings, prairie revegetation and landscaping | Brochure (PDF; 514K) |
| Sunnyview | Andropogon gerardii | big bluestem | range seedings, pasture and hay land plantings, and wildlife habitat | |
| Killdeer | Bouteloua curtipendula | sideoats grama | range seeding, wildlife habitat, low maintenance ground cover | |
| Pierre | Bouteloua curtipendula | sideoats grama | range seeding, critical area plantings, low maintenance ground cover | |
| Bad River Ecotype | Bouteloua gracilis | blue grama | rangeland seeding; reduced maintenance plantings; prairie restoration; xeric landscaping | Brochure (PDF; 223 KB) |
| Bismarck Ecotype | Buchloe dactyloides | buffalograss | low maintenance cover; erosion control; prairie restoration; xeric landscaping | Brochure (PDF; 206 KB) |
| Oahe | Celtis occidentalis | hackberry | shelterbelts, wildlife plantings, urban plantings | Brochure (PDF; 392K) |
| Prairie Harvest Germplasm | Celtis occidentalis | common hackberry | windbreaks, riparian buffers, wildlife, and ornamental planting as an alternative to ash | Brochure (PDF; 1,231K) |
| Centennial | Cotoneaster integerrimus | cotoneaster | shelterbelts, wildlife habitat, recreation areas | Brochure (PDF; 512K) |
| Homestead | Crataegus anomala | Arnold hawthorn | windbreaks, wildlife habitat, and urban corridors | Brochure (PDF; 296K) |
| Bismarck Germplasm | Dalea purpurea | purple prairieclover | range and pasture seed mixtures, wildlife habitat, rangeland restoration, prairie landscaping, livestock and wildlife forage | |
| Bismarck Germplasm | Echinacea angustifolia | narrow-leaved coneflower | CRP mixes, landscaping, highway right-of-way plantings, medicinal purposes | |
| Mandan | Elymus canadensis | Canada wildrye | range seedlings, pasture and hay land plantings | Brochure (PDF; 85 KB) |
| Cardan | Fraxinus pennsylvanica | green ash | shelterbelts, wildlife habitat | Brochure (PDF; 300K) |
| Medicine Creek Germplasm | Helianthus maximiliani | Maximilian sunflower | range and pasture seedings, wildlife habitat, prairie restoration and landscaping, hedge or screen, and has potential for use in filter strips | |
| Bismarck Germplasm | Helianthus pauciflorus ssp. pauciflorus | stiff sunflower | prairie restoration, native landscaping, range improvement | |
| Midwest | Malus mandshurica | Manchurian crabapple | shelterbelts, wildlife habitat, recreation areas | |
| Lodorm | Nassella viridula | green needlegrass | range seeding and pasture plantings | Brochure (PDF; 515 KB) |
| Dacotah | Panicum virgatum | switchgrass | range seeding, pasture and hay land planting, wildlife habitat, waterways | Brochure (PDF; 499K) |
| Forestburg | Panicum virgatum | switchgrass | pasture or hay land, range seeding, wildlife habitat, waterways | Brochure (PDF; 260K) |
| Rodan | Pascopyrum smithii | western wheatgrass | range seedings, cool season pastures, mine land reclamation | Brochure (PDF; 261K) |
| McKenzie | Photinia melanocarpa | black chokeberry | wildlife plantings, farmstead and field windbreaks, single-row wind barrier plantings, fruit production, ornamental/recreational plantings | Brochure (PDF; 264 KB) |
| Canam | Populus | hybrid popular | field and farmstead windbreaks, wildlife habitat, and fuel wood plantings | |
| Prairie Red | Prunus | hybrid plum | windbreaks and wildlife | Brochure (PDF; 420 KB) |
| Scarlet | Prunus fruticosa | Mongolian cherry | farmstead windbreaks, wildlife plantings | |
| Regal | Prunus tenella | Russian almond | windbreaks, wildlife habitat, and recreation and urban development plantings | |
| Mankota | Psathyrostachys juncea | Russian wildrye | pasture and hay land planting | Brochure (PDF; 455K) |
| McDermand | Pyrus ussuriensis | Ussurian pear | shelterbelts, wildlife habitat, urban plantings | Brochure (PDF; 646 KB) |
| Riverview Germplasm | Ribes americanum | American black currant | wildlife plantings, agroforestry (fruit production), field windbreaks, wildlife habitat and food, and riparian areas | Brochure (PDF; 1,515K) |
| Silver Sands Germplasm | Salix interior | sandbar willow | in combination with other native riparian species for stream bank erosion control, lake shore stabilization, wildlife habitat, and in windbreaks on moist sites with good weed control. | Brochure (PDF; 680 KB) |
| Badlands Ecotype | Schizachyrium scoparium | little bluestem | rangeland seeding; prairie restoration; and xeric landscaping | |
| Itasca Germplasm | Schizachyrium scoparium | little bluestem | component in native range seedings, wildlife plantings, and prairie landscaping | Brochure (PDF; 251 KB) |
| Sakakawea | Shepherdia argentea | silver buffaloberry | mine land restoration, farmstead windbreaks, wildlife habitat | |
| Tomahawk | Sorghastrum nutans | indiangrass | range seeding, pasture and hay land planting | |
| Red River Natural Germplasm | Spartina pectinata | prairie cordgrass | wetland restoration, enhancement, stream bank stabilization, wind strip barriers, filter strips, riparian buffers, prairie landscaping | Brochure (PDF; 481K) |
| Legacy | Syringa villosa | late lilac | farmstead/field windbreaks, wildlife habitat, and recreational development plantings | Brochure (PDF; 802 KB) |
| Haymaker | Thinopyrum intermedium | intermediate wheatgrass | hay production and pasture plantings | |
| Manifest | Thinopyrum intermedium | intermediate wheatgrass | grazing and hay production | Brochure (PDF; 212K) |
| Manska | Thinopyrum intermedium | pubescent intermediate wheatgrass | pasture and hay land planting | |
| Reliant | Thinopyrum intermedium | intermediate wheatgrass | pasture and hay land planting | |