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Publications Types
Technical Notes
Major Publications
Plant Fact Sheets
Plant Guides
Release Brochure
Information Brochures and Flyers
Miscellaneous Technical Article
Refereed Journal Articles
Other Publication Types

Technical Notes

Plant Materials Specialist Report of Plants for Field and Increase Plantings. (PDF; 878K) Robert J. Joy. 2012. NRCS Pacific Islands Area, Honolulu, Hawaii. November 2012. 13p. (ID# 11437)

Pacific Islands Area Vegetative Guide Text. (PDF; 923K) Robert J. Joy. 2012. NRCS Pacific islands Area, Honolulu, Hawaii. September 2012. 35p. (ID# 11436)

Calculating Seeding Rates for Conservation Plantings. (PDF; 212K) Rob Ziehr. 2011. ETPMC, Nacogdoches, Texas. 11/14/11. 10p. (ID# 10736)

Field and Demonstration Plantings. (PDF; 667K) Tilley, Derek, Dan Ogle. 2011. USDA NRCS, Boise, Idaho. October 2011. 16p. (ID# 10792)

Field Plantings. (PDF; 780K) Jim Jacobs and Joe Scianna. 2011. mt.nrcs.usda.gov, Bozeman, MT. MT-70, September 2011. 19p. (ID# 10618)

Glossary of Terms for Use in Plant Materials. (PDF; 223K) Ogle, Dan. 2011. USDA NRCS, Boise, Idaho. October 2011. 57p. (ID# 10794)

Plant and Seed Vendors. (PDF; 160K) Ogle, Dan, Loren St John, Derek Tilley. 2011. USDA NRCS, Boise, Idaho. October 2011. 18p. (ID# 10795)

Braodcast Sprayer Calibration and Application Plant Materials Tech Note. (PDF; 101K) Alan Shadow. 2011. ETPMC, Nacogdoches, TX. TX-PM-11-05. 4p. (ID# 10844)

Field and Demonstration Plantings. (PDF; 667K) Tilley, Derek, Dan Ogle. 2011. USDA NRCS, Boise, Idaho. October 2011. 16p. (ID# 10792)

Pacific Islands Area Vegetative Guide. (PDF; 5,360K) Robert J. Joy. 2010. NRCS Pacific Islands Area, Hawaii. April 2010. 73p. (ID# 9761)

Plant Materials Specialist Report of Plants for Field and Increase Plantings. (PDF; 1615 KB) Robert J. Joy. 2009. Pacific Islands Area, Hawaii. August 2009. 20p. (ID# 9018)

Technical Note 1: Plant Materials Collection Guide. (PDF; 402 KB) St. John, L., D.G. Ogle, J. Scianna, S. Winslow, and L.K. Holzworth. 2003. USDA-NRCS Aberdeen Plant Materials Center, Boise, ID. ID-TN1, November 18, 2003. 12p. (ID# 5386)

Technical Note 2: A Simplified Guide to Understanding Seed Labels. (PDF; 57 KB) Englert, J.M. 2007. USDA- NRCS National Plant Materials Center, Beltsville, MD. August 2007. 3p. (ID# 7615)

Pollinator Conservation and Farm System Planning. (PDF; 320K) Mark Janzen and Xerces Society. 2011. Xerces Society and NRCS technical materials, Salina, KS. May 31, 2011. 23p. (ID# 10378)

Technical Note 34: PLS - What is it and how can we use it?. (PDF; 13 KB) Slayback, R.D. 1994. USDA-NRCS Lockeford Plant Materials Center, Davis, CA. Mar. 1994. 2p. (ID# 2705)

Technical Note 47: Tree planting conservation education projects. (PDF; 290 KB) Ramirez, R.G. and D. Dyer. 1997. USDA-NRCS Lockeford Plant Materials Center, Lockeford, CA. CA-TN47, Jun. 1997. 4p. (ID# 2475)

Technical Note 53: Index of Plant Materials Technical Notes from the western United States. (PDF; 2.9 MB) Dyer, D. 1998. USDA-NRCS Lockeford Plant Materials Center, Lockeford, CA. CA-TN53, Jul. 1998. 19p. (ID# 695)

Technical Note 56: What you can ask for from the USDA-NRCS California Plant Materials Program. (PDF; 48 KB) Dyer, D. 1999. USDA-NRCS Lockeford Plant Materials Center, Lockeford, CA. CA-TN56, Jun. 1999. 2p. (ID# 696)

Technical Note 81, Field and Demonstration Plantings. (PDF; 657 KB) Tilley, D.J. and D.G. Ogle. 2009. CAPMC, Davis, CA. 8/20/09. 18p. (ID# 8969)

Major Publications

Culturally Significant Plants. (PDF; 2,809K) Allen Casey and Rich Wynia. 2010. Manhattan, Kansas. Sept. 2010. 52p. (ID# 9871)

Celebrating 74 Years of Conservation Plant Technology 1934 - 2008. (PDF; 2.6 MB) USDA-NRCS Bismarck Plant Materials Center. 2008. USDA NRCS Bismarck Plant Materials Center, Bismarck, ND. July 2008. 14p. (ID# 8154)

Improved Conservation Plant Materials Released by NRCS and Cooperators through December 2007. (PDF; 598 KB) Belt, S.V. and J.M. Englert. 2008. USDA, NRCS National Plant Materials Center, Beltsville, MD. March 2008. 64p. (ID# 7727)

Fugle's Mill Demonstration Site (1985-2006). (PDF; 770 KB) Michael Knudson. 2007. USDA-NRCS Plant Materials Center, Bismarck, ND. July 2007. 39p. (ID# 7500)

Grasses for the Northern Plains, Volume 1 - Cool-Season. (PDF; 2 MB) Sedivec, K., D. Tober, W. Duckwitz, D. Dewald, J. Printz. 2007. NDSU Extension Service, Fargo, ND. October 2007. 89p. (ID# 7681)

Living on a Few Acres. (PDF; 14 MB) Fagan, Jody and Dan Ogle. 2006. USDA NRCS, Boise, Idaho. 2006. 20p. (ID# 6987)

Plant Materials Program Assisting Small Farmers. (PDF; 12 MB) Donald Surrency & Mike Owsley. 2006. NRCS GA Homepage PMC, Athens Ga. May 2006. 79p. (ID# 6897)

Intermountain Planting Guide. (PDF; 9.7 MB) USDA-ARS Forage and Range Lab. (D.G. Ogle and J.C. Hoag, contributors). 2001. USDA-ARS, Logan, UT. 104p. (ID# 3144)

Plant Fact Sheets

Plant Fact Sheet for Chickasaw Plum (Prunus angustifolia Marsh.). (PDF; 159K) John M. Row and Wayne A. Geyer. 2010. Manhattan Plant Materials Center, Manhattan, Kansas. 2p. (ID# 10101)

Chokecherry (Prunus virginiana) Plant Fact Sheet. (PDF; 117 KB) Wayne Geyer, Patrick Broyles, and John Row. 2008. Manhattan PMC, Manhattan, Kansas. 3p. (ID# 8093)

Showy Partridge Pea. (PDF; 77 KB) John Row. 2007. Manhattan PMC, Manhattan, Kansas. 2p. (ID# 7669)

Powder Puff Plant Fact Sheet. (PDF; 135K) Stevens, J. 2003. USDA-NRCS East Texas Plant Materials Center, Nacogdoches, TX. 9/2003. 2p. (ID# 5051)

Plant Fact Sheet: Goldar Bluebunch Wheatgrass. (PDF; 123 KB) St. John, L. 2003. USDA-NRCS Aberdeen Plant Materials Center, Aberdeen, ID. Mar. 3, 2003. 2p. (ID# 4629)

Canada Milkvetch Fact Sheet. (PDF; 262 KB) Nancy Jensen. 2002. USDA, NRCS Bismarck Plant Materials Center, Bismarck, ND. February 2002. 2p. (ID# 7521)

Plant Fact Sheet: Sweet Flag. (PDF; 240 KB) Bush, T. 2001. Oct. 2001. 2p. (ID# 3081)

Plant Guides

Bladderpod Plant Guide. (PDF; 89K) Smither-Kopperl, Margaret. 2012. Lockeford Plant Materials Center, Lockeford, CA. May 25, 2012. 2p. (ID# 11060)

Rough Fescue Plant Guide. (PDF; 221K) Fleenor. 2012. WA PMS, Spokane, WA. 4p. (ID# 11014)

Intermediate Wheatgrass Plant Guide. (PDF; 142K) Ogle, Dan, Loren St John, Dwight Tober. 2011. USDA NRCS, Boise, Idaho. April 2011. 5p. (ID# 10369)

Bluebunch Wheatgrass Plant Guide. (PDF; 192K) Ogle, Daniel G, Loren St John and Dr. Thomas A. Jones. 2010. USDA NRCS, Boise, Idaho. June 2010. 6p. (ID# 9765)

Chickasaw Plum Plant Guide. (PDF; 206K) John M. Row and Wayne A. Geyer. 2010. Manhattan, KS PMC, Manhattan, Kansas. August 2010. 4p. (ID# 9876)

Blue Flax and Lewis Flax Plant Guide. (PDF; 132K) Ogle, Dan, Loren St. John, J. Scott Peterson, Derek Tilley. 2009. USDA NRCS, Boise, Idaho. October 2009. 4p. (ID# 9388)

Western Wheatgrass Plant Guide. (PDF; 88K) Ogle, Daniel G., Loren St. John, Susan R. Winslow. 2009. USDA NRCS, Boise, Idaho. October 2009. 6p. (ID# 9389)

Illinois Bundleflower (Desmanthus illinoensis) Plant Guide. (PDF; 79 KB) Richard Wynia. 2008. PLANTS Database, Baton Rouge, LA. January 2008. 4p. (ID# 7714)

Royal Penstemon Plant Guide. (PDF; 287 KB) Tilley, D.J., Ogle, D.G., St. John, L. and N. Shaw. 2008. Aberdeen PMC, Aberdeen ID. 10/6/08. 3p. (ID# 8289)

Partridge Pea plant Guide. (PDF; 62 KB) Morris J Houck. 2006. Knox City PMC, Knox City, TC. March 2006. 3p. (ID# 6522)

'Highlander' Eastern Gamagrass Plant Guide. (PDF; 353 KB) Janet Grabowski, Joel Douglas. 2005. Jamie L. Whitten PMC, Coffeeville , MS. April 2005. 5p. (ID# 6132)

Mountain Brome Plant Guide. (PDF; 417 KB) Tilley, D.J., D.G. Ogle, and L. St. John. 2005. USDA-NRCS Aberdeen Plant Materials Center, Aberdeen, ID. 1/19/05. 5p. (ID# 5855)

Slender Wheatgrass Plant Guide. (PDF; 287 KB) Tilley, D.J., D.G. Ogle, and L. St. John. 2005. USDA-NRCS Aberdeen Plant Materials Center, Aberdeen, ID. 1/19/05. 5p. (ID# 5856)

Blue Flax Plant Guide. (PDF; 109 KB) Ogle, D.G., L. St. John, and J.K. Peterson. 2003. USDA-NRCS, Boise, Idaho. Feb. 2003. 4p. (ID# 4837)

Bluebunch Wheatgrass Plant Guide. (PDF; 233 KB) Ogle, D.G., L. St. John, and T.A. Jones. 2003. USDA-NRCS, Boise, Idaho. Feb. 2003. 4p. (ID# 4845)

Eaton's or Firecracker Penstemon Plant Guide. (PDF; 175 KB) Ogle, D.G., L. St. John, and J.S. Peterson. 2003. USDA-NRCS, Boise, Idaho. Feb. 2003. 4p. (ID# 4838)

Idaho Fescue Plant Guide. (PDF; 266 KB) Ogle, D.G., J. Henson, M. Stannard, L. St John, and T.A. Jones. 2003. USDA-NRCS, Boise, Idaho. Feb. 2003. 5p. (ID# 4835)

Indian Ricegrass Plant Guide. (PDF; 287 KB) Ogle, D.G., L. St. John, and T.A. Jones. 2003. USDA-NRCS, Boise, Idaho. Feb. 2003. 5p. (ID# 4846)

Intermediate Wheatgrass Plant Guide. (PDF; 251 KB) Ogle, D.G., L. St. John, and K.B. Jensen. 2003. USDA- NRCS, Boise, Idaho. Feb. 2003. 6p. (ID# 4843)

Meadow Brome Plant Guide. (PDF; 193 KB) Ogle, D.G., L. St. John, L.K. Holzworth, and K.B. Jensen. 2003. USDA - NRCS, Boise, Idaho. Feb. 2003. 4p. (ID# 4832)

Siberian Wheatgrass Plant Guide. (PDF; 161 KB) Ogle, D.G., L. St. John, and K.B. Jensen. 2003. USDA-NRCS, Boise, Idaho. Apr. 2008. 5p. (ID# 4844)

Small Burnet Plant Guide. (PDF; 164 KB) Ogle, D.G., L. St. John, and J.S. Peterson. 2003. USDA-NRCS, Boise, Idaho. Feb. 2003. 3p. (ID# 4840)

Thickspike and Streambank Wheatgrass Plant Guide. (PDF; 248 KB) Ogle, D.G., L. St. John, L. Holzworth, S.R. Winslow, and T.A. Jones. 2003. USDA-NRCS, Boise, Idaho. Feb. 2003. 4p. (ID# 4849)

Venus Penstemon Plant Guide. (PDF; 247 KB) Ogle, D.G., L. St. John, and J.S. Peterson. 2003. USDA-NRCS, Boise, Idaho. Feb. 2003. 4p. (ID# 4841)

Western Wheatgrass Plant Guide. (PDF; 79 KB) Ogle, D.G., J. Scheetz, L. Holzworth, L. St John, and S.R. Winslow. 2003. USDA-NRCS, Boise, Idaho. Feb. 2003. 4p. (ID# 4836)

Winterfat Plant Guide. (PDF; 155 KB) Ogle, D.G., L. St. John, L. Holzworth, and S.R. Winslow. 2003. USDA- NRCS, Boise, Idaho. Feb. 2003. 4p. (ID# 4847)

Plant Guide: Canada milkvetch. (PDF; 13 KB) Jensen, N. 1997. USDA-NRCS Bismarck Plant Materials Center, Bismarck, ND. 1p. (ID# 1311)

Poisonous Plants of Southeastern Arizona. (PDF; 39 MB) Bailey, C., S. Barker, M. Pater, D. Robinett, K. Egen, D. Vettleson, and B. Munda. 1997. Coronado RC&D, Inc. and Conservation Districts of Southeastern Arizona, Tucson, AZ. 38p. (ID# 100)

Release Brochure

Crockett Herbaceous Mimosa Release Brochure. (PDF; 265K) Melinda Brakie, Alan Shadow. 2012. ETPMC, Nacogodches. 3/20/12. 2p. (ID# 10847)

Chisholm germplasm Chickasaw plum Release Brochure. (PDF; 294K) John M. Row. 2011. Manhattan Plant Materials Center, Manhattan, Kansas. March 2011. 2p. (ID# 10374)

'McKenzie' black chokeberry. (PDF; 264 KB) Bismarck Plant Materials Center. 2008. USDA, NRCS, Bismarck, ND. July 2008. 2p. (ID# 7936)

'Prairie Red' hybrid plum. (PDF; 420 KB) Bismarck Plant Materials Center. 2008. USDA, NRCS, Bismarck, ND. July 2008. 2p. (ID# 7937)

Release Brochure: Legacy late lilac (Syringa villosa). (PDF; 802 KB) Bismarck Plant Materials Center. 2000. USDA-NRCS Bismarck Plant Materials Center, Bismarck, North Dakota. Jan. 2009. 2p. (ID# 202)

Bismarck Ecotype Buffalograss. (PDF; 206 KB) PMC Staff. 1997. USDA-NRCS Bismarck Plant Materials Center, Bismarck, ND. May 1997. 6p. (ID# 4683)

Release Brochure: Bad river ecotype blue grama (Bouteloua gracilis). (PDF; 223 KB) Bismarck Plant Materials Center. 1997. USDA-NRCS Bismarck Plant Materials Center, Bismarck, ND. May 1997. 2p. (ID# 7357)

Information Brochures and Flyers

Obtaining Seeds and Plants for Conservation. (PDF; 780K) Robert J. Joy and Dale O. Evans. 2012. NRCS Hawaii and University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii. June 2012. 3p. (ID# 11079)

Publications Available from the Bismarck Plant Materials Center. (PDF; 104K) Bismarck Plant Materials Center. 2012. USDA NRCS Plant Materials Center, Bismarck, ND. December 2012. 3p. (ID# 10937)

E. "Kika" de la Garza PMC Borchure. (PDF; 537K) John Lloyd-Reilley, Shelly Maher, Jamie Moeller. 2010. STPMC and State Office, Temple, TX. 2010. 2p. (ID# 10009)

Field Plantings: An Introduction. (PDF; 270K) Dial, H. 2010. USDA NRCS Tucson Plant Materials Center, Tucson, AZ. April 2010. 2p. (ID# 9219)

LAPMC Information Booklet. (PDF; 526K) Morris Houck. 2010. LAPMS, Louisiana. 03-05-2010. 14p. (ID# 9977)

Jimmy Carter Plant Materials Center Brochure. (PDF; 318 KB) CM Owsley and Mary McQuinn. 2007. NRCS Ga Homepage Technical Resources Jimmy Carter PMC, Athens. June 2007. (ID# 7236)

Elsberry Plant Materials Center. (PDF; 436 KB) Bruckerhoff, S. B., Kaiser, J. U. Cordsiemon, R. L. 2006. Elsberry Plant Materials Center Elsberry, MO, Elsberry,MO. 9/6/06. 2p. (ID# 6750)

Improved Plants For a Better Tomorrow 2006. (PDF; 164 KB) Maura, C., M.A. Gonter, and B.D. Gordon. 2006. USDA-NRCS Brooksville Plant Materials Center, Brooksville, FL. March 2006. 2p. (ID# 5452)

Aberdeen PMC Brochure. (PDF; 555 KB) Ogle, D.G., L. St. John, C. Hoag and J. Fagan. 2005. USDA - NRCS, Boise, Idaho. October 2005. 6p. (ID# 6225)

Celebrating 40 Years Knox City Plant Materials Center. (PDF; 775 KB) Houck, M. R. Esquivel. 2004. USDA-NRCS Knox City Plant Materials Center, Knox City,TX. 31p. (ID# 5728)

ETPMC Information. (PDF; 195 KB) Brakie, M. and J. Stevens. 2004. Nacogdoches, Texas. May 2004. 2p. (ID# 5612)

Improved Plants For a Better Tomorrow. (PDF; 306 KB) C.Maura,Jr.,M.A.Gonter,B.D.Gordon. 2004. Brooksville, FL. October 2003. 2p. (ID# 6412)

Aberdeen Plant Materials Center Economic Impact 2002. (PDF; 228 KB) Ogle, D.G. and L. St. John. 2003. USDA- NRCS Aberdeen Plant Materials Center, Aberdeen, ID. Feb. 18, 2003. 1p. (ID# 4619)

Plant Materials Program Web Site. (PDF; 47 KB) Undayag, L. and J. Englert. 2001. USDA-NRCS National Plant Materials Center, Beltsville, MD. Nov. 2001. 1p. (ID# 3115)

Plant Materials for Small Farms. (PDF; 351 KB) Surrency, D. and C.M. Owsley. 2000. USDA-NRCS Plant Material Team, Athens, GA. Jan. 2000. 2p. (ID# 4583)

Lockeford Plant Materials Center: Improving plants for conservation. (PDF; 4.4 MB) USDA-NRCS Lockeford Plant Materials Center. 1989. USDA-NRCS Lockeford Plant Materials Center, Davis, CA. 16p. (ID# 1623)

Miscellaneous Technical Article

Community Garden Guide Vegetable Garden Planning and Development. (PDF; 310k) Tom Cogger, Dave Burgdorf, Vijai Pandian. 2010. Rose Lake Plant Materials Program, (ID# 9407)

Refereed Journal Articles

Improved Establishment Characteristics of 'Vavilov II' Siberian Wheatgrass. (PDF; 531 KB) Jensen, K.B., A.J. Palazzo, B.L. Waldron, J. G. Robins, B.S. Bushman, D.A. Johnson and D.G. Ogle. 2008. USDA, ARS; DOD Dept. of Army and USDA, NRCS, Logan, Utah. April 2008. 20p. (ID# 7905)

Other Publication Types

Aberdeen Plant Materials Center Long Range Plan 2011-2020. (PDF; 286K) Ogle, Dan and Loren St John. 2010. USDA NRCS, Boise, Idaho. October 2010. 17p. (ID# 10098)

Conservation Seed / Plant Vendors List; Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota. (PDF; 102 KB) Tober, Dwight, Glass, Leslie. 2008. USDA NRCS Bismarck Plant Materials Center, Bismarck, ND. March 2011. 2p. (ID# 8152)

Prairie Landscaping Seed / Plant Vendors List. (PDF; 94 KB) Dwight Tober, Leslie Glass. 2008. USDA, NRCS Bismarck Plant Materials Center, Bismarck, ND. March 2013. 2p. (ID# 8151)

Aberdeen Plant Materials Center 2005 Field Plan of Operation. (PDF; 11 KB) St. John, L. 2005. USDA-NRCS Aberdeen Plant Materials Center, Aberdeen, ID. May 19, 2005. 3p. (ID# 5977)

A Plant Materials Multiyear Plan for Hawaii. (PDF; 142 KB) Joy, R. 2002. Honolulu, Hawaii. May 2002. 7p. (ID# 4327)