The Elsberry 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
Leslie Glass at 701-250-4330.
Plant Releases
Release Name |
Scientific Name |
Common Name |
Uses |
Release Brochure |
Flame |
Acer ginnala |
Amur maple |
windbreaks, landscape and beautification |
|
Illinois Covey Germplasm |
Amorpha
fruticosa |
false indigo bush |
wildlife cover/shelter and for erosion control along shorelines, streams, and wetlands |
Brochure (PDF; 212KB) |
Iowa Covey Germplasm |
Amorpha
fruticosa |
false indigo bush |
establish wildlife food/cover, enhance wetland riparian areas, and for erosion control. |
Brochure (PDF; 206KB) |
Missouri Covey Germplasm |
Amorpha
fruticosa |
false indigo bush |
to establish wildlife food/cover and address erosion control of shorelines, streams, and
wetlands. |
Brochure (PDF; 230KB) |
Central Iowa Germplasm |
Andropogon
gerardii |
big bluestem |
roadside revegetation, forage, wildlife plantings, and prairie restoration |
|
Northern Iowa Germplasm |
Andropogon
gerardii |
big bluestem |
roadside plantings, prairie restoration and enhancement, landscaping, and for increasing species
diversity |
|
Northern Missouri Germplasm |
Andropogon
gerardii |
big bluestem |
roadside revegetation, forage, prairie restoration and landscaping, and wildlife plantings |
|
OH 370 Germplasm |
Andropogon
gerardii |
big bluestem |
wildlife habitat and food and restoration |
|
OZ-70 Germplasm |
Andropogon
gerardii |
big bluestem |
forage production, erosion control, vegetative buffers and filter strips. |
|
Refuge Germplasm |
Andropogon
gerardii |
big bluestem |
wildlife habitat, vegetative buffers, and landscape use. |
|
Rountree |
Andropogon
gerardii |
big bluestem |
pasture, hay and wildlife plantings |
|
Southern Iowa Germplasm |
Andropogon
gerardii |
big bluestem |
roadside revegetation, forage, prairie restoration and landscaping, and wildlife plantings |
|
Central Iowa Germplasm |
Bouteloua
curtipendula |
sideoats grama |
erosion control, roadside stabilization, for improving wildlife habitat and for general conservation
uses |
Brochure (PDF; 231 KB) |
Northern Iowa Germplasm |
Bouteloua
curtipendula |
sideoats grama |
erosion control, roadside stabilization, for improving wildlife habitat and for general conservation
uses |
|
Northern Missouri Germplasm |
Bouteloua
curtipendula |
sideoats grama |
roadside and wildlife plantings, prairie restorations, field borders, buffers, landscaping and for
increasing plant diversity in prairie communities. |
|
Southern Iowa Germplasm |
Bouteloua
curtipendula |
sideoats grama |
erosion control, roadside stabilization, for improving wildlife habitat and for general conservation
uses |
|
Elsberry |
Bromus
inermis |
smooth brome |
pasture, hay, cover crop and critical areas |
|
Northern Missouri Germplasm |
Coreopsis
palmata |
prairie coreopsis |
roadside plantings and prairie restoration and enhancement |
Brochure (PDF; 246 KB) |
Western Missouri Germplasm |
Coreopsis
palmata |
prairie coreopsis |
roadside plantings and prairie restoration and enhancement |
|
Redstone |
Cornus
mas |
cornelian cherry dogwood |
wildlife food and cover, windbreaks landscape, and beautification |
|
Sun Harvest Germplasm |
Corylus
americana |
hazelnut |
windbreaks and wildlife food and habitat |
|
Central Iowa Germplasm |
Dalea
purpurea |
purple prairieclover |
roadside revegetation, wildlife plantings, prairie restoration and landscaping |
|
Northern Iowa Germplasm |
Dalea
purpurea |
purple prairieclover |
roadside and wildlife plantings, creating and restoring prairie, landscaping, and to increase plant
diversity in prairie communities. |
|
Alexander Germplasm |
Desmodium
canadense |
showy tick trefoil |
wildlife food and cover and prairie restoration |
Brochure (PDF; 211 KB) |
Central Iowa Germplasm |
Echinacea
pallida |
pale purple coneflower |
roadside and wildlife plantings, prairie creations and restorations, landscaping and for increasing
plant diversity in prairie communities. |
|
Northern Iowa Germplasm |
Echinacea
pallida |
pale purple coneflower |
roadside plantings, prairie creation and restoration, and landscaping |
|
Southern Iowa Germplasm |
Echinacea
pallida |
pale purple coneflower |
roadside plantings, landscaping, and for prairie creation, restoration and diversity |
|
Central Iowa Germplasm |
Elymus
canadensis |
Canada wildrye |
erosion control, roadside stabilization, for improving wildlife habitat and for general conservation
uses |
Brochure (PDF; 196
KB) |
Northern Iowa Germplasm |
Elymus
canadensis |
Canada wildrye |
erosion control, roadside stabilization, for improving wildlife habitat and for general conservation
uses |
|
Southern Iowa Germplasm |
Elymus
canadensis |
Canada wildrye |
erosion control, roadside stabilization, for improving wildlife habitat and for general conservation
uses |
|
Cuivre River Germplasm |
Elymus
virginicus |
Virginia wildrye |
forage, erosion control, vegetative buffers and filters, wildlife food/cover, plant diversity in
wetland and riparian plantings, and as a cover crop for woody plantings |
Brochure (PDF; 208 KB) |
Northern Missouri Germplasm |
Elymus
virginicus |
Virginia wildrye |
riparian areas, soil stabilization, forage, wildlife food and cover, and prairie plantings |
|
Central Iowa Germplasm |
Eryngium
yuccifolium |
rattlesnake master |
roadside revegetation, wildlife plantings, prairie restoration and landscaping, and wildflower
gardens |
Brochure (PDF; 213 KB) |
Northern Iowa Germplasm |
Eryngium
yuccifolium |
rattlesnake master |
roadside revegetation, wildlife plantings, prairie restoration and landscaping, and wildflower
gardens |
Brochure (PDF; 213 KB) |
Southern Iowa Germplasm |
Eryngium
yuccifolium |
rattlesnake master |
roadside revegetation, wildlife plantings, prairie restoration and landscaping, and wildflower
gardens |
Brochure (PDF; 213 KB) |
Bobwhite |
Glycine |
soybean |
wildlife food and cover |
|
Central Iowa Germplasm |
Heliopsis
helianthoides |
oxeye false sunflower |
native plantings along roadsides, conservation plantings, and wildlife habitat |
Brochure (PDF; 131
KB) |
Northern Iowa Germplasm |
Heliopsis
helianthoides |
false sunflower |
roadside revegetation, wildlife plantings, and prairie restoration |
Brochure (PDF) |
Southern Iowa Germplasm |
Heliopsis
helianthoides |
oxeye false sunflower |
roadside revegetation, wildlife plantings, and prairie restoration |
Brochure (PDF; 131
KB) |
Central Iowa Germplasm |
Koeleria
macrantha |
prairie Junegrass |
roadside plantings, creating and restoring prairie, landscaping, and to increase plant diversity in
prairie communities |
|
Northern Iowa Germplasm |
Koeleria
macrantha |
prairie Junegrass |
roadside plantings, creating and restoring prairie, landscaping, and to increase plant diversity in
prairie communities. |
|
Central Iowa Germplasm |
Lespedeza
capitata |
roundhead lespedeza |
native plantings along roadsides, conservation plantings, and wildlife habitat |
Brochure (PDF; 160
KB) |
Northern Iowa Germplasm |
Lespedeza
capitata |
roundhead lespedeza |
roadside plantings, prairie restoration and enhancement, landscaping, and for increasing species
diversity |
|
Southern Iowa Germplasm |
Lespedeza
capitata |
roundhead lespedeza |
roadside revegetation, wildlife plantings, and prairie restoration |
Brochure (PDF) |
Central Iowa Germplasm |
Liatris aspera |
rough blazing star |
roadside plantings, prairie creations and restorations, landscaping, and increase plant diversity
in prairie communities |
|
Northern Iowa Germplasm |
Liatris aspera |
rough blazing star |
roadside plantings, creating and restoring prairie, landscaping, and to increase plant diversity in
prairie communities. |
|
Southern Iowa Germplasm |
Liatris aspera |
rough blazing star |
roadside plantings, creating and restoring prairie, landscaping, and to increase plant diversity in
prairie communities |
|
Central Iowa Germplasm |
Liatris
pycnostachya |
thickspike gayfeather |
roadside revegetation, wildlife plantings, prairie restoration and landscaping, and wildflower
gardens |
|
Northern Iowa Germplasm |
Liatris
pycnostachya |
thickspike gayfeather |
roadside revegetation, wildlife plantings, prairie restoration and landscaping, and wildflower
gardens |
|
Northern Missouri Germplasm |
Liatris
pycnostachya |
thickspike gayfeather |
roadside plantings and prairie restoration and enhancement |
Brochure (PDF; 157KB) |
Southern Iowa Germplasm |
Liatris
pycnostachya |
thickspike gayfeather |
roadside plantings and prairie restoration and enhancement |
|
Western Missouri Germplasm |
Liatris
pycnostachya |
thickspike gayfeather |
roadside planting and prairie restoration and enhancement |
Brochure (PDF; 157KB) |
Union Germplasm |
Liriodendron
tulipifera |
tulip poplar |
woodland revegetation, timber production, landscaping, riparian areas |
|
Central Iowa Germplasm |
Monarda
fistulosa |
wild bergamont |
prairie restoration programs, roadside and wildlife platings and landscaping. |
|
Northern Iowa Germplasm |
Monarda
fistulosa |
wild bergamont |
prairie restoration projects, roadside, wildlife, and landscaping |
|
Southern Iowa Germplasm |
Monarda
fistulosa |
wild bergamont |
roadside and wildlife plantings, creating and restoring prairies, landscaping, and to increase
plant diversity in prairie communities |
|
Central Iowa Germplasm |
Oligoneuron rigidum
var. rigidum |
stiff goldenrod |
roadside plantings, prairie creation and restoration, and landscaping |
|
Northern Iowa Germplasm |
Oligoneuron rigidum
var. rigidum |
stiff goldenrod |
roadside revegetation, wildlife plantings, prairie restoration and landscaping |
|
Southern Iowa Germplasm |
Oligoneuron rigidum
var. rigidum |
stiff goldenrod |
roadside plantings, landscaping, prairie creation and restoration, and for increasing plant
diversity in prairie communities |
|
Cave-In-Rock |
Panicum
virgatum |
switchgrass |
summer pasture, wildlife food and habitat |
Brochure (PDF; 191 KB) |
Central Iowa Germplasm |
Panicum
virgatum |
switchgrass |
roadside plantings, creating and restoring prairies, landscaping, and to increase plant diversity in
prairie communities |
|
Shawnee |
Panicum
virgatum |
switchgrass |
pasture and hay |
|
Midwest Premium Germplasm |
Prunus
americana |
American plum |
wildlife habitat, erosion control, and for windbreaks. |
Brochure (PDF; 463KB) |
Northern Missouri Germplasm |
Ratibida
pinnata |
grayhead coneflower |
range and pasture seeding, prairie restoration, prairie landscaping, wildlife cover, and roadside
restoration. |
|
Central Iowa Germplasm |
Schizachyrium
scoparium |
little bluestem |
roadside revegetation, wildlife plantings, prairie restoration, and pasture |
Brochure (PDF; 248 KB) |
Northern Iowa Germplasm |
Schizachyrium
scoparium |
little bluestem |
roadside revegetation, forage, prairie restoration and landscaping, and wildlife plantings |
|
Northern Missouri Germplasm |
Schizachyrium
scoparium |
little bluestem |
roadside revegetation, forage, prairie restoration and landscaping, and wildlife plantings |
|
Southern Iowa Germplasm |
Schizachyrium
scoparium |
little bluestem |
roadside revegetation, forage, prairie restoration and landscaping, and wildlife plantings |
|
Southern Missouri Germplasm |
Schizachyrium
scoparium |
little bluestem |
range and pasture seeding, prairie restoration, prairie landscaping, wildlife cover and roadside
restoration |
|
Central Iowa Germplasm |
Sorghastrum
nutans |
indiangrass |
roadside revegetation, wildlife plantings, prairie restoration |
|
Northern Iowa Germplasm |
Sorghastrum
nutans |
indiangrass |
roadside revegetation, wildlife plantings, and prairie restoration |
|
Northern Missouri Germplasm |
Sorghastrum
nutans |
indiangrass |
roadside revegetation, forage, prairie restoration and landscaping, and wildlife plantings |
|
Rumsey |
Sorghastrum
nutans |
indiangrass |
pasture, wildlife food and habitat |
|
Southern Iowa Germplasm |
Sorghastrum
nutans |
indiangrass |
roadside revegetation, forage, wildlife plantings, and prairie restoration |
|
Western Missouri Germplasm |
Sorghastrum
nutans |
indiangrass |
roadside revegetation, forage, prairie restoration and landscaping, and wildlife plantings |
|
Central Iowa Germplasm |
Sporobolus
compositus |
tall dropseed |
native plantings along roadsides, conservation plantings, and wildlife habitat |
Brochure (PDF; 176
KB) |
Northern Iowa Germplasm |
Sporobolus
compositus |
tall dropseed |
roadside plantings and prairie restoration and enhancement |
Brochure (PDF; 176
KB) |
Northern Missouri Germplasm |
Sporobolus
compositus |
tall dropseed |
roadside plantings and prairie restoration and enhancement |
|
Southern Iowa Germplasm |
Sporobolus
compositus |
tall dropseed |
roadside revegetation, wildlife plantings, and prairie restoration |
Brochure (PDF; 176
KB) |
Central Iowa Germplasm |
Symphyotrichum
novae-angliae |
New England aster |
roadside plantings, prairie creation and restoration, and landscaping |
|
Northern Iowa Germplasm |
Symphyotrichum
novae-angliae |
New England aster |
roadside plantings, prairie creation and restoration, and landscaping |
|
Southern Iowa Germplasm |
Symphyotrichum
novae-angliae |
New England aster |
roadside plantings, prairie creation and restoration, wildlife habitat, and landscaping |
|
Elsmo |
Ulmus
parvifolia |
lace bark elm |
landscape and beautification, farmstead and field windbreaks, urban and forestry recreation
area development. |
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