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Cape May Plant Materials Center
Updated
04/08/2008
Conservation Plant ReleasesThe 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.
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| Release Name |
Scientific Name |
Common Name |
Uses |
Release Brochure |
| Cape |
Ammophila
breviligulata |
American beachgrass |
restoration and stabilization of coastal dunes and critical areas |
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| Suther Germplasm |
Andropogon
gerardii |
big bluestem |
roadside revegetation, critical areas, wildlife habitat, parks, recreational areas, landscapes
and prairie restoration |
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| Emerald Sea |
Juniperus
conferta |
shore juniper |
landscape and shore plantings |
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| VA-70 |
Lespedeza
thunbergii |
shrub lespedeza |
wildlife habitat, riparian corridors, critical areas |
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| Wildwood |
Morella
pensylvanica |
bayberry |
back dune stabilization, windbreaks, field borders, wildlife, and vegetative barrier |
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| Atlantic |
Panicum
amarum |
coastal panicgrass |
coastal dune stabilization, CRP, EQIP, WHIP, mined land |
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| Carthage |
Panicum
virgatum |
switchgrass |
wildlife habitat, buffers, pastures, and as a component of native plant mixes |
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| High Tide Germplasm |
Panicum
virgatum |
switchgrass |
freshwater stabilization of streambanks and shoreline and for herbaceous riparian buffers |
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| Ocean View |
Prunus
maritima |
beach plum |
back dune stabilization, landscaping, and wildlife |
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| Sandy |
Rosa
rugosa |
rugosa rose |
dune stabilization and landscape plantings |
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| 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 |
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| Suther Germplasm |
Schizachyrium
scoparium |
little bluestem |
roadside revegetation, critical areas, wildlife habitat, forage, prairie restoration, parks and
recreational areas |
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| Coastal Germplasm |
Sorghastrum
nutans |
indiangrass |
enhance native warm season grass habitat |
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| Suther Germplasm |
Sorghastrum
nutans |
yellow indiangrass |
roadside revegetation, critical areas, wildlife habitat, parks, recreational areas, landscapes
and prairie restoration |
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| Bayshore |
Spartina
alterniflora |
smooth cordgrass |
revegetating and stabilizing tidal stream banks and restoring wetlands |
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| Avalon |
Spartina
patens |
saltmeadow cordgrass |
tidal shoreline stabilization, mitigation-restoration, revegetation and stabilizing tidal stream
banks and restoring wetlands |
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