| | Conservation Plant Releases - Cape May Plant Materials CenterUpdated 05/08/2013 The Cape May 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 These documents require Adobe Acrobat. Plant Releases| Release Name | Scientific Name | Common Name | Uses | Release Brochure |
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| Cape | Ammophila breviligulata | American beachgrass | restoration and stabilization of coastal dunes and critical areas | Brochure (PDF; 136K) | | Suther Germplasm | Andropogon gerardii | big bluestem | roadside revegetation, critical areas, wildlife habitat, parks, recreational areas, landscapes and prairie restoration | Brochure (PDF; 114 KB) | | wildrye pending | Elymus virginicus | Virginia wildrye | | | | Emerald Sea | Juniperus conferta | shore juniper | landscape and shore plantings | | | VA-70 | Lespedeza thunbergii | shrub lespedeza | wildlife habitat, riparian corridors, critical areas | | | Wildwood | Morella pensylvanica | bayberry | back dune stabilization, windbreaks, field borders, wildlife, and vegetative barrier | Brochure (PDF; 166 KB) | | Atlantic | Panicum amarum | coastal panicgrass | coastal dune stabilization, mined land restoration | Brochure (PDF; 110 KB) | | Carthage | Panicum virgatum | switchgrass | wildlife habitat, buffers, pastures, and as a component of native plant mixes | Brochure (PDF) | | High Tide Germplasm | Panicum virgatum | switchgrass | freshwater stabilization of streambanks and shoreline and for herbaceous riparian buffers | Brochure (PDF; 133 KB) | | Timber Germplasm | Panicum virgatum | switchgrass | biomass production, critical areas, buffers and vegetative barriers | Brochure (PDF; 219K) | | Ocean View | Prunus maritima | beach plum | back dune stabilization, landscaping, and wildlife | Brochure (PDF; 173 KB) | | Sandy | Rosa rugosa | rugosa rose | dune stabilization and landscape plantings | | | Dune Crest Germplasm | Schizachyrium littorale | coastal little bluestem | disturbed sites such as sand and gravel mines, diversify plant communities in coastal sand dune systems, beach replenishment projects and back dune areas | Brochure (PDF; 180 KB) | | Suther Germplasm | Schizachyrium scoparium | little bluestem | roadside revegetation, critical areas, wildlife habitat, forage, prairie restoration, parks and recreational areas | Brochure (PDF; 128 KB) | | Monarch Germplasm | Solidago sempervirens | seaside goldenrod | dune stabilization and wildlife habitat | Brochure (PDF; 98K) | | Coastal Germplasm | Sorghastrum nutans | indiangrass | enhance native warm season grass habitat | Brochure (PDF; 183 KB) | | Suther Germplasm | Sorghastrum nutans | yellow indiangrass | roadside revegetation, critical areas, wildlife habitat, parks, recreational areas, landscapes and prairie restoration | Brochure (PDF; 179 KB) | | Bayshore | Spartina alterniflora | smooth cordgrass | revegetating and stabilizing tidal stream banks and restoring wetlands | | | Avalon | Spartina patens | saltmeadow cordgrass | tidal shoreline stabilization, mitigation-restoration, revegetation and stabilizing tidal stream banks and restoring wetlands | Brochure (PDF; 183 KB) |
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