Corvallis Plant Materials Center

Updated 05/28/2009

Corvallis, Oregon

Established 1957

Since 1957, the Corvallis Plant Materials Center (PMC) has provided plant solutions for western Washington and Oregon. The Center has also developed new technology for low maintenance landscaping, native tree and shrub establishment, riparian and wetland restoration, soil bioengineering and native plant use in ecological landscape restoration. The Center’s releases of improved conservation plants include varieties of western dogwood, California oatgrass, blue wildrye, willows, spirea and lupine. The Corvallis PMC is one of 27 centers nationally and serves western Oregon, western Washington, and northwestern California. The PMC’s primary mission is to develop new technology in plant propagation and establishment, seed production, revegetation, restoration, and erosion control, and to test and release new plant sources for use in riparian areas, wetlands, and uplands. Most of the focus is on native grasses, forbs, and shrubs.

Special Features

• Native Plants Journal: ABSTRACT -  Polycross populations of the native grass Festuca roemeri as pre-varietal germplasm their derivation, release, increase, and use.
• Native Plants Journal: ABSTRACT - Seed transfer zones for a native grass (Festuca roemeri): genecological evidence by Barbara L. Wilson, Dale C. Darris, Rob Fiegener, Randy Johnson, Matthew E. Horning, Keli Kuykendall
• Plant Materials Technical Notes
• Golden Paintbrush Challenge! - by Amy Bartow
• In the News - Scientists working to shore up honey bee population

The following documents require Acrobat Reader.

Farmscaping with Native Plants Field Day - Event Flyer (PDF; 274 KB) | Event Agenda (PDF; 11 KB)
Thursday, June 11th, 2009 - 1:00 - 5:00 P.M.

The conservation experts at the Natural Resources Conservation Service Plant Materials Center in Corvallis are teaming up with Oregon State researchers, native plant retailers, and insect enthusiasts to bring you a very special field day. Are you a farmer interested in using native plants to enhance your beneficial insect and native pollinator habitat but are not sure where you are going to find the plants? Are you interested in complying with farm biodiversity standards and/or signing up for those interesting conservation programs but not sure how farm biodiversity fits in your farm production plan? If so, this field day is for you! The researchers at the Farmscaping for Beneficials (FSB) Project of the Integrated Plant Protection Center (IPPC) at Oregon State University (OSU), the native plant experts at the NRCS Plant Materials Center (PMC), and the conservationists at Xerces are teaming up to provide you an afternoon of information on how to “scape” your farm with native plants and why you would want to!

Corvallis Plant Materials Center 2007/8 Progress Report of Activities. (PDF; 1.1 MB) Darris, D.C., A. Bartow, P: Gonzalves, J. Williams, and K. Pendergrass. 2008. Corvallis Plant Materials Center, Corvallis, Oregon. 2007-2008. 13p. (ID# 8187)

Pacific Plants & Propagules Newsletter, Corvallis PMC. (PDF; 1.7 MB) Williams, J, D.Darris, P.Gonzalves,A.Bartow,K.Pendergrass. 2008. ORPMC, ORPMS, Oregon NRCS Public Affairs, Corvallis,OR. Vol.2 No.1 August 2008. 8p. (ID# 8197)

Field Guide for the Identification and Use of Common Riparian Woody Plants of the Intermountain West and Pacific Northwest Regions. (PDF; 9.8 MB) Hoag, C, D. Tilley, D. Darris, and K. Pendergrass. 2008. Plant Materials Programs of Idaho and Oregon, Aberdeen, ID. February 2008. 196p. (ID# 7428)

Contact

3415 NE Granger Ave.
Corvallis, OR 97330-9620

Telephone: 541-757-4812
FAX: 541-757-4733
Email: j.joe.williams@or.usda.gov

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