Conservation Plant Releases by Scientific Name

Updated 07/10/2008

The Plant Materials Program 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	Year	Release Brochure	PMC
Flame	Acer ginnala	Amur maple	windbreaks, landscape and beautification	1978		MOPMC
Great Northern Germplasm	Achillea millefolium var. occidentalis	western yarrow	species diversity for rangeland, mineland, and roadside revegetation projects	2004		MTPMC
Nezpar	Achnatherum hymenoides	Indian ricegrass	range, critical area stabilization	1978		IDPMC
Paloma	Achnatherum hymenoides	Indian ricegrass	soil stabilization and range revegetation	1974		NMPMC
Rimrock	Achnatherum hymenoides	Indian ricegrass	wildlife food and cover, livestock forage, and mixes on sandy soil for reclamation	1996		MTPMC
Star Lake Germplasm	Achnatherum hymenoides	Indian ricegrass	ecosystem restoration	2004		NMPMC
LK621E Germplasm	Achnatherum occidentale	western needlegrass	erosion control and quick, self perpetuating-cover. Prior to maturity it is fair to good for cattle, sheep, horses and deer forage	2006		CAPMC
Douglas	Agropyron cristatum	crested wheatgrass	forage on range sites	1994		IDPMC
Ephraim	Agropyron cristatum	crested wheatgrass	range, dry land pasture, erosion control, critical area stabilization	1983		IDPMC
Hycrest	Agropyron cristatum × A. desertorum	crested wheatgrass	range, dry land pasture, erosion control	1984		COPMC, IDPMC
NU-ARS AC2	Agropyron cristatum ssp. pectinatum	crested wheatgrass	cool season pastures and rangelands	2002		NDPMC
Nordan	Agropyron desertorum	crested wheatgrass	range seeding, pasture and hay land planting	1953		NDPMC
P-27	Agropyron fragile	Siberian wheatgrass	range, dry land pasture, critical area stabilization	1953		IDPMC
Vavilov	Agropyron fragile	Siberian wheatgrass	forage on range sites	1994		IDPMC
Panbowl	Alnus serrulata	hazel alder	streambank and shoreline stabilization, riparian area restoration, wetland restoration, and wetland wildlife habitat	2007		WVPMC
Skamania Germplasm	Alnus viridis ssp. sinuata	Sitka alder	stream bank stabilization, riparian restoration, wildlife habitat, reclamation of eroded, disturbed, low fertility sites, companion nurse tree in conifer plantations, soil building	2006		ORPMC
Garrison	Alopecurus arundinaceus	creeping foxtail	pasture and hay land plantings, waterways	1963		MTPMC, NDPMC
Kendrick Germplasm	Amelanchier alnifolia	Saskatoon serviceberry	riparian areas, reclamation projects, wildlife plantings, shelterbelts, and for species diversity enhancement	2000		WAPMC
Newport Germplasm	Amelanchier alnifolia	Saskatoon serviceberry	riparian areas, reclamation projects, wildlife plantings, shelterbelts, and for species diversity enhancement	2000		WAPMC
Okanogan Germplasm	Amelanchier alnifolia	Saskatoon serviceberry	riparian areas, reclamation projects, wildlife plantings, shelterbelts, and for species diversity enhancement	2000		WAPMC
Cape	Ammophila breviligulata	American beachgrass	restoration and stabilization of coastal dunes and critical areas	1970		NJPMC
Illinois Covey Germplasm	Amorpha fruticosa	false indigo bush	wildlife cover/shelter and for erosion control along shorelines, streams, and wetlands	2005		MOPMC
Iowa Covey Germplasm	Amorpha fruticosa	false indigo bush	establish wildlife food/cover, enhance wetland riparian areas, and for erosion control.	2005		MOPMC
Missouri Covey Germplasm	Amorpha fruticosa	false indigo bush	to establish wildlife food/cover and address erosion control of shorelines, streams, and wetlands.	2005		MOPMC
Survivor Germplasm	Amorpha fruticosa	false indigo	in combination with other native riparian species for stream bank erosion control, lake shore stabilization, wildlife habitat, windbreaks, and potentially for landscaping.	2005		NDPMC
Gator Germplasm	Amphicarpum muehlenbergianum	Muhlenberg maidencane	stream or canal bank stabilization, wetland restoration and constructed wetlands	2007		FLPMC
Bison	Andropogon gerardii	big bluestem	range seeding, pasture and hay land planting, wildlife habitat	1989		NDPMC
Bonilla	Andropogon gerardii	big bluestem	range seedings, pasture and hay land plantings, wildlife habitat	1987		NDPMC
Central Iowa Germplasm	Andropogon gerardii	big bluestem	roadside revegetation, forage, wildlife plantings, and prairie restoration	1998		MOPMC
Earl	Andropogon gerardii	big bluestem	range seeding; erosion control plantings; wildlife habitat plantings; and plantings for water quality improvement	1996		TXPMC
Hampton Germplasm	Andropogon gerardii	big bluestem	forage production, erosion control, wildlife habitat and water quality improvement	2007		ARPMC
Kaw	Andropogon gerardii	big bluestem	range and pasture plantings, erosion control	1950		KSPMC
Niagara	Andropogon gerardii	big bluestem	critical area, pasture, & hay land, stream bank & shore protection, wildlife upland habitat management	1986		NYPMC
Northern Iowa Germplasm	Andropogon gerardii	big bluestem	roadside plantings, prairie restoration and enhancement, landscaping, and for increasing species diversity	2001		MOPMC
Northern Missouri Germplasm	Andropogon gerardii	big bluestem	roadside revegetation, forage, prairie restoration and landscaping, and wildlife plantings	1999		MOPMC
OH 370 Germplasm	Andropogon gerardii	big bluestem	wildlife habitat and food and restoration	1997		MOPMC, ARPMC
OZ-70 Germplasm	Andropogon gerardii	big bluestem	forage production, erosion control, vegetative buffers and filter strips.	2004		MOPMC
Prairie View Indiana Germplasm	Andropogon gerardii	big bluestem	provide food/cover for wildlife, increase species diversity, erosion control and restoring native plant environments.	2005		MIPMC
Refuge Germplasm	Andropogon gerardii	big bluestem	wildlife habitat, vegetative buffers, and landscape use.	2006		MOPMC
Rountree	Andropogon gerardii	big bluestem	pasture, hay and wildlife plantings	1983		MOPMC
Southern Iowa Germplasm	Andropogon gerardii	big bluestem	roadside revegetation, forage, prairie restoration and landscaping, and wildlife plantings	1999		MOPMC
Southlow Michigan Germplasm	Andropogon gerardii	big bluestem	wildlife food and cover, erosion control, restoring native plant environments, and increasing species diversity	2001		MIPMC
Sunnyview	Andropogon gerardii	big bluestem	range seedings, pasture and hay land plantings, and wildlife habitat	1998		NDPMC
Suther Germplasm	Andropogon gerardii	big bluestem	roadside revegetation, critical areas, wildlife habitat, parks, recreational areas, landscapes and prairie restoration	2002		NJPMC
Ghost Rider Germplasm	Andropogon glaucopsis	chalky bluestem	forage, wetland restoration, wildlife cover	2006		FLPMC
Chet	Andropogon hallii	sand bluestem	pasture or hay, rangeland forage, and soil stabilization or reclamation of marginal croplands	2004		KSPMC, TXPMC
Cottle County Germplasm	Andropogon hallii	sand bluestem	range and pasture seedings, wildlife habitat, critical area plantings, buffers, and on sandy soils	2003		TXPMC
Elida	Andropogon hallii	sand bluestem	reseeding on sandy plains and deep sand range sites	1963		NMPMC
Garden	Andropogon hallii	sand bluestem	range seeding and revegetation of sandy range sites	1960		KSPMC
Arbrook	Arachis glabrata	perennial peanut	forage, cover crop	1985		FLPMC
Brooksville 67 Germplasm	Arachis glabrata	perennial peanut	low growing ground cover in citrus groves, roadway median strips, and xeriscape plantings in urban areas	2002		FLPMC
Brooksville 68 Germplasm	Arachis glabrata	perennial peanut	ground cover in groves, median strips, roadways, and xeriscape plantings	2002		FLPMC
Florigraze	Arachis glabrata	perennial forage peanut	forage	1978		FLPMC
Altura	Arctostaphylos patula	greenleaf manzanita	critical area stabilization for dry, rocky slopes and droughty, well drained soils; 3-4 yr. old plants provide good cover and erosion control	1989		CAPMC
Summit	Artemisia ludoviciana	Louisiana sage	erosion control	1986		COPMC
Hobble Creek	Artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyana	big sagebrush	winter use by deer and sheep, wildlife and range habitat improvement	1987		COPMC
Glacial Lake Albany Germplasm	Asclepias tuberosa	butterfly weed	butterfly habitat restoration or enhancement, landscaping, dry site meadows, and roadside plantings	2001		NYPMC
Lutana	Astragalus cicer	Cicer milkvetch	non-bloat legume for hay and pasture	1971		MTPMC
Wytana	Atriplex aptera	fourwing saltbush	include in native reclamation mixes, fall and winter wildlife use	1976		MTPMC
Marana	Atriplex canescens	fourwing saltbush	upland game cover, environmental enhancement	1979		CAPMC
Rincon	Atriplex canescens	fourwing saltbush	wildlife and range habitat improvement mine land reclamation	1983		COPMC
Santa Rita	Atriplex canescens	fourwing saltbush	wildlife habitat improvement, range improvement	1987		AZPMC
Snake River Plains Germplasm	Atriplex canescens	fourwing saltbush	rangeland restoration, erosion control, and for livestock and big-game browse in arid to semi- arid and alkaline/saline areas	2001		IDPMC
Casa	Atriplex lentiformis	big saltbush	upland wildlife habitat	1979		CAPMC
Blythe Germplasm	Atriplex polycarpa	desert saltbush	erosion control on denuded range sites and critical areas	2002		AZPMC
Pelican Germplasm	Avicennia germinans	black mangrove	shoreline stabilization, intertidal areas, and for wildlife benefits; extremely salt tolerant	1994		LAPMC
Grant Germplasm	Bothriochloa barbinodis	cane bluestem	erosion control, wildlife habitat, restoration of disturbed sites, forage, rangeland seedings, and xeriscaping	2001		NMPMC
Saltillo Origin Germplasm	Bothriochloa barbinodis	cane bluestem	erosion control on degraded rangelands and critical areas	2002		AZPMC
Central Iowa Germplasm	Bouteloua curtipendula	sideoats grama	erosion control, roadside stabilization, for improving wildlife habitat and for general conservation uses	1995		MOPMC
El Reno	Bouteloua curtipendula	sideoats grama	soil conservation and forage production	1944		KSPMC
Haskell	Bouteloua curtipendula	sideoats grama	range seeding, pasture, hay land planting, revegetation mined lands turf, erosion control, waterways, wildlife food cover	1983		TXPMC
Killdeer	Bouteloua curtipendula	sideoats grama	range seeding, wildlife habitat, low maintenance ground cover	1963		NDPMC
Niner	Bouteloua curtipendula	sideoats grama	range reseeding, roadside plantings and mined-land reclamation	1984		NMPMC
Northern Iowa Germplasm	Bouteloua curtipendula	sideoats grama	erosion control, roadside stabilization, for improving wildlife habitat and for general conservation uses	1995		MOPMC
Pierre	Bouteloua curtipendula	sideoats grama	range seeding, critical area plantings, low maintenance ground cover	1961		NDPMC
Premier	Bouteloua curtipendula	sideoats grama	range seeding, pasture, revegetation, erosion control, waterways, wildlife cover	1960		TXPMC
Southern Iowa Germplasm	Bouteloua curtipendula	sideoats grama	erosion control, roadside stabilization, for improving wildlife habitat and for general conservation uses	1995		MOPMC
Vaughn	Bouteloua curtipendula	sideoats grama	range reseeding, roadside plantings and mined land reclamation	1940		NMPMC
Nogal	Bouteloua eriopoda	black grama	range reseeding, roadside plantings and mined land reclamation	1971		NMPMC
Alma	Bouteloua gracilis	blue grama	range improvement, erosion control and low maintenance turf for rec areas	1992		NMPMC
Bad River Ecotype	Bouteloua gracilis	blue grama	rangeland seeding; reduced maintenance plantings; prairie restoration; xeric landscaping	1996		NDPMC
Hachita	Bouteloua gracilis	blue grama	revegetation and rangeland seedings	1980		NMPMC
Lovington	Bouteloua gracilis	blue grama	revegetation of abandoned farm land and depleted ranges	1963		NMPMC
Chaparral Germplasm	Bouteloua hirsuta	hairy grama	critical areas, roadsides and reclamation sites	2007		STPMC
Dilley Germplasm	Bouteloua repens	slender grama	critical area sites, roadsides, reclamation sites, buffers and filter strips	2007		STPMC
Atascosa Germplasm	Bouteloua rigidiseta	Texas grama	critical areas, roadsides, and reclamation sites	2007		STPMC
Regar	Bromus biebersteinii	meadow brome	pasture, hay land, critical area stabilization	1966		IDPMC
Cucamonga	Bromus carinatus	California brome	erosion control, cover crop	1949		CAPMC
Blando	Bromus hordeaceus ssp. hordeaceus	soft chess	erosion control, cover crop, range improvement	1954		CAPMC
Elsberry	Bromus inermis	smooth brome	pasture, hay, cover crop and critical areas	1954		MOPMC
Bromar	Bromus marginatus	mountain brome	quick stabilization of critical areas, short term pasture/hay land	1946		WAPMC
Garnet Germplasm	Bromus marginatus	mountain brome	quick cover and erosion control, in mixes for range seeding, and critical area stabilization	2000		COPMC, MTPMC
Bismarck Ecotype	Buchloe dactyloides	buffalograss	low maintenance cover; erosion control; prairie restoration; xeric landscaping	1996		NDPMC
Texoka	Buchloe dactyloides	buffalograss	soil conservation and forage production	1974		KSPMC
Goshen	Calamovilfa longifolia	prairie sandreed	reclamation and range renovation - sandy soils	1976		MTPMC
Koch Germplasm	Calamovilfa longifolia	prairie sandreed	erosion control, dune stabilization, and water quality improvement	2007		MIPMC
Pronghorn	Calamovilfa longifolia	prairie sandreed	range and pasture plantings in sandy soil conditions	1988		KSPMC
Centennial Selection	Carex nebrascensis	Nebraska sedge	used for constructed wetland plantings and wetland creation and enhancement	1997		IDPMC
Modoc Selection	Carex nebrascensis	Nebraska sedge	used for constructed wetland plantings and wetland creation and enhancement	1997		IDPMC
Ruby Lake Selection	Carex nebrascensis	Nebraska sedge	constructed wetland plantings; wetland creation and enhancement	1997		IDPMC
Sterling Selection	Carex nebrascensis	Nebraska sedge	constructed wetland plantings; wetland creation and enhancement	1997		IDPMC
Copper	Castanea pumila	chinquapin	wildlife food and cover	2005		NYPMC
Golden	Castanea pumila	golden chinquapin	wildlife habitat	1983		WVPMC
Maleza	Ceanothus cordulatus	mountain whitethorn	critical area stabilization for dry, rocky slopes and droughty, well drained soils; preferred deer food; 3-4 yr. old plants provide good ground cover and erosion control	1989		CAPMC
Cuesta	Ceanothus flexilis	ceanothus	erosion control	1991		CAPMC
Oahe	Celtis occidentalis	hackberry	shelterbelts, wildlife plantings, urban plantings	1982		NDPMC
Keystone	Cephalanthus occidentalis	buttonbush	wildlife habitat improvement, wetland restoration or riparian area development	1996		NYPMC
Montane	Cercocarpus montanus	mountain mahogany	used for any purpose where woody plants are desired	1978		COPMC, NMPMC
Comanche	Chamaecrista fasciculata	partridge pea	critical area stabilization, land reclamation, cover crop, beautification	1985		TXPMC
Lark Selection	Chamaecrista fasciculata	partridge pea	temporary soil stabilization and for wildlife food	1997		MSPMC
Riley	Chamaecrista fasciculata	partridge pea	wildlife habitat improvement, critical area erosion control and for beautification of roadsides, parks and recreation areas	2007		KSPMC
Makakupa`ia Germplasm	Chenopodium oahuense	Aweoweo	erosion control, ecosystem restoration, enhancing cultural sites, increasing plant diversity and wildlife cover and food.	2007		HIPMC
Barranco	Chilopsis linearis	desert willow	windbreaks, revegetation of disturbed areas and urban plantings	1977		NMPMC
Hope	Chilopsis linearis	desert willow	windbreaks, revegetation of disturbed areas and urban plantings	1980		NMPMC
Regal	Chilopsis linearis	desert willow	windbreaks, revegetation of disturbed areas and urban plantings	1989		NMPMC
Kinney Germplasm	Chloris crinita	false Rhodes grass	early season forage and native range restoration	1999		STPMC
Mariah Germplasm	Chloris cucullata	hooded windmill grass	roadside plantings, range seeding, critical site revegetation	2006		STPMC
Welder Germplasm	Chloris subdolichostachya	shortspike windmill grass	roadside plantings, critical area revegetation	2006		STPMC
Trailar	Clematis ligusticifolia	western clematis	critical area stabilization, Wildlife habitat	1992		WAPMC
Dorado	Cleome isomeris	bladderpod	wildlife habitat	1979		CAPMC
Northern Missouri Germplasm	Coreopsis palmata	prairie coreopsis	roadside plantings and prairie restoration and enhancement	2001		MOPMC
Western Missouri Germplasm	Coreopsis palmata	prairie coreopsis	roadside plantings and prairie restoration and enhancement	2001		MOPMC
Indigo	Cornus amomum	silky dogwood	single row windbreak under center pivot irrigation. Field and farmstead windbreak. Soil bioengineering. Wildlife food.	1982		MIPMC
Redstone	Cornus mas	cornelian cherry dogwood	wildlife food and cover, windbreaks landscape, and beautification	1991		MOPMC
Cheney Selection	Cornus sericea ssp. occidentalis	western dogwood	riparian area restoration, stream bank stabilization, wildlife habitat improvement, native landscaping, shelterbelts, roadside beautification, and food plant for wildlife	1998		WAPMC
Mason	Cornus sericea ssp. occidentalis	western dogwood	stabilizing banks of low velocity streams, improving fish and wildlife habitat, windbreaks and screens, soil bioengineering, wetland enhancement and creation	1992		ORPMC
Harrington Origin	Cornus sericea ssp. sericea	redosier dogwood	bioengineering, riparian rehabilitation, wildlife food and cover, and landscaping	1999		WAPMC
Ruby	Cornus sericea ssp. sericea	redosier dogwood	stream bank protection, windbreaks, fish and wildlife habitat improvement, borders, ornamental, biotechnical slope stabilization	1988		NYPMC
Wallowa Selection	Cornus sericea ssp. sericea	redosier dogwood	riparian area restoration, stream bank stabilization, wildlife habitat improvement, native landscaping, shelterbelts, roadside beautification, and food plant for wildlife	1998		WAPMC
Sun Harvest Germplasm	Corylus americana	hazelnut	windbreaks and wildlife food and habitat	2007		MOPMC
Centennial	Cotoneaster integerrimus	cotoneaster	shelterbelts, wildlife habitat, recreation areas	1987		NDPMC
Homestead	Crataegus anomala	Arnold hawthorn	windbreaks, wildlife habitat, and urban corridors	1993		NDPMC
Tropic Sun	Crotalaria juncea	sun hemp	primarily used as a green manure crop for soil improvement. Also useful as a source of fiber	1982		HIPMC
Quickstand	Cynodon dactylon	bermudagrass	turf and grazing	1992		WVPMC
Tufcote	Cynodon dactylon	bermudagrass	critical area planting, recreational use, and heavy wear situations	1962		MDPMC
Akaroa	Dactylis glomerata	orchardgrass	pasture, hay, silage, range improvement, erosion control, cover crop, wildlife	1953		CAPMC
Berber	Dactylis glomerata	orchardgrass	pasture, hay, silage, range improvement, erosion control, cover crop, wildlife	1981		CAPMC
Latar	Dactylis glomerata	orchardgrass	late summer forage, stabilization of soils subject to water erosion	1957		WAPMC
Paiute	Dactylis glomerata	orchardgrass	range, critical area stabilization	1983		IDPMC
Antelope Germplasm	Dalea candida	white prairie clover	forage, nitrogen source for associated grasses, wildlife, and for use in seed mixes	2000		MTPMC, NDPMC
Bismarck Germplasm	Dalea purpurea	purple prairieclover	range and pasture seed mixtures, wildlife habitat, rangeland restoration, prairie landscaping, livestock and wildlife forage	2000		NDPMC
Central Iowa Germplasm	Dalea purpurea	purple prairieclover	roadside revegetation, wildlife plantings, prairie restoration and landscaping	1998		MOPMC
Kaneb	Dalea purpurea	purple prairieclover	component of warm-season grass planting, forage, roadside revegetation	1975		KSPMC
Northern Iowa Germplasm	Dalea purpurea	purple prairieclover	roadside and wildlife plantings, creating and restoring prairie, landscaping, and to increase plant diversity in prairie communities.	2003		MOPMC
Cuero Germplasm	Dalea purpurea var. purpurea	purple prairieclover	range seeding, revegetation, and wildlife habitat	2003		TXPMC, STPMC
Baskett Slough Germplasm	Danthonia californica	California oatgrass	erosion control, critical area stabilization, grassland and prairie restoration, rangeland and woodland plantings, and wildlife habitat	2001		ORPMC
Peru Creek	Deschampsia caespitosa	tufted hairgrass	revegetation of mine sites at high elevations (9,000-12,000') with acidic soils (pH 3.5-6.0)	1994		COPMC
Tillamook Germplasm	Deschampsia caespitosa	tufted hairgrass	wetland restoration, stream bank and channel stabilization, and pastures	2002		ORPMC
Willamette Germplasm	Deschampsia caespitosa	tufted hairgrass	freshwater wetland restoration, stream bank stabilization, and pasture	2002		ORPMC
Reno Germplasm	Desmanthus illinoensis	Illinois bundleflower	rangeland, critical area, and recreational plantings, and wildlife food and cover	1999		KSPMC
Sabine	Desmanthus illinoensis	Illinois bundleflower	range, pasture seeding, wildlife food, revegetation, critical area planting	1983		TXPMC
Hondo Germplasm	Desmanthus velutinus	velvet bundleflower	range seeding, wildlife habitat, and erosion control	2003		TXPMC, STPMC
Kuiaha	Desmodium aparines	desmodium	pasture improvement, cover crop and erosion control	1969		HIPMC
Alexander Germplasm	Desmodium canadense	showy tick trefoil	wildlife food and cover and prairie restoration	1998		MOPMC
Alcona Germplasm	Desmodium glabellum	Dillenius' ticktrefoil	wildlife habitat	2006		MIPMC
Grant Germplasm	Desmodium paniculatum	panicledleaf ticktrefoil	wildlife food and as a alternative to introduced plant species.	2006		MIPMC
Tioga	Dichanthelium clandestinum	deertongue	critical area planting, forest land erosion control, land reclamation, land reconstruction, revegetating disturbed areas	1975		NYPMC
Pilgrim Germplasm	Dichanthelium scoparium	velvet rosettegrass	wildlife food	2007		ETPMC
T-587	Dichanthium	Old World bluestem	range, pasture seeding hay land, stabilization critical area, filter strips	1981		TXPMC
Angleton	Dichanthium aristatum	bluestem	range seeding	1942		TXPMC
La Salle Germplasm	Digitaria californica	Arizona cottontop	rangeland seeding	2007		STPMC
Loetta	Digitaria californica	Arizona cottontop	forage, rangeland seeding, erosion control, increasing plant community diversity	2000		AZPMC
PMT-389	Digitaria californica	Arizona cottontop	range seeding, critical area planting, wildlife			TXPMC
LK517f Germplasm	Distichlis spicata	inland saltgrass	stream restoration and erosion control	2002		CAPMC
Kamiloloa Germplasm	Dodonaea viscosa	Florida hopbush	ecosystem restoration, revegetation of eroded areas, wildlife food and cover, windbreaks, and for landscaping	2000		HIPMC
Bismarck Germplasm	Echinacea angustifolia	narrow-leaved coneflower	CRP mixes, landscaping, highway right-of-way plantings, medicinal purposes	2000		NDPMC
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.	2006		MOPMC
Northern Iowa Germplasm	Echinacea pallida	pale purple coneflower	roadside plantings, prairie creation and restoration, and landscaping	2002		MOPMC
Southern Iowa Germplasm	Echinacea pallida	pale purple coneflower	roadside plantings, landscaping, and for prairie creation, restoration and diversity	2002		MOPMC
Chiwapa	Echinochloa frumentacea	Japanese millet	food and cover for water fowl, quail, and dove; livestock forage.	1965		MSPMC
Leflore Source	Echinodorus cordifolius	creeping burhead	wetland mitigation plantings, constructed wetlands, and for natural areas which are moist	1996		MSPMC
Dupuyer Streambank Germplasm	Elaeagnus commutata	silverberry	stream bank stabilization, windbreaks, and shelterbelts, wildlife food and cover	2000		MTPMC
Pondera Floodplain Germplasm	Elaeagnus commutata	silverberry	upper stream bank stabilization, windbreaks, and shelterbelts, wildlife food and cover	2000		MTPMC
CJ Strike Selection	Eleocharis palustris	creeping spikerush	constructed wetland plantings; wetland creation and enhancement	1997		IDPMC
Malheur Selection	Eleocharis palustris	creeping spikerush	constructed wetland plantings; wetland creation and enhancement	1997		IDPMC
Mud Lake Selection	Eleocharis palustris	creeping spikerush	constructed wetland plantings; wetland creation and enhancement	1997		IDPMC
Ruby Lake Selection	Eleocharis palustris	creeping spikerush	constructed wetland plantings; wetland creation and enhancement	1997		IDPMC
Central Iowa Germplasm	Elymus canadensis	Canada wildrye	erosion control, roadside stabilization, for improving wildlife habitat and for general conservation uses	1995		MOPMC
Icy Blue Germplasm	Elymus canadensis	Canada wildrye	prairie restoration, erosion control and wildlife habitat enhancement	2004		MIPMC
Lavaca Germplasm	Elymus canadensis	Canada wildrye	cool season forage on pastureland and rangeland	2000		STPMC
Mandan	Elymus canadensis	Canada wildrye	range seedlings, pasture and hay land plantings	1946		NDPMC
Northern Iowa Germplasm	Elymus canadensis	Canada wildrye	erosion control, roadside stabilization, for improving wildlife habitat and for general conservation uses	1995		MOPMC
Southern Iowa Germplasm	Elymus canadensis	Canada wildrye	erosion control, roadside stabilization, for improving wildlife habitat and for general conservation uses	1995		MOPMC
Pueblo Germplasm	Elymus elymoides	bottlebrush squirreltail	erosion control, fire restoration, domestic livestock and wildlife forage prodution.	2005		COPMC
Sand Hollow	Elymus elymoides	bottlebrush squirreltail	ecosystem restoration and reclamation	1996		IDPMC
Tusas Germplasm	Elymus elymoides	bottlebrush squirreltail	erosion control, wildlife habitat, restoration of disturbed sites, fire restoration seedings, and rangeland seedings	2001		NMPMC
Wapiti Germplasm	Elymus elymoides	bottlebrush squirreltail	erosion control, domestic livestock, wildlife forage production, and fire restoration.	2005		COPMC
Toe Jam Creek Germplasm	Elymus elymoides ssp. californicus	squirreltail	ecosystem restoration and for resource conservation practices.	2003		IDPMC
Fish Creek Germplasm	Elymus elymoides ssp. elymoides	squirreltail	ecosystem restoration and for resource conservation practices	2003		IDPMC
Mariposa	Elymus glaucus	blue wildrye	erosion control, quick self-perpetuating cover, fair to good forage for cattle, horses, and deer	2002		CAPMC
Arlington	Elymus glaucus ssp. glaucus	blue wildrye	rapid cover as a pioneer plant, erosion control, wildlife habitat, and forage, herbage production, site rehabilitation after fire or logging, cover under trees in open woodlands	1995		ORPMC
Elkton	Elymus glaucus ssp. jepsonii	blue wildrye	rapid cover as a pioneer plant, erosion control, wildlife habitat and forage, herbage production, site rehabilitation after fire or logging, cover under trees in open woodlands.	1997		ORPMC
Bannock	Elymus lanceolatus ssp. lanceolatus	thickspike wheatgrass	erosion control, forage, and cover, mine spoil reclamation, critical area stabilization, and filter strips	1995		IDPMC
Critana	Elymus lanceolatus ssp. lanceolatus	thickspike wheatgrass	reclamation, native species for CRP, xeriscaping, range renovation	1971		MTPMC
Sodar	Elymus lanceolatus ssp. lanceolatus	streambank wheatgrass	erosion control, critical area stabilization	1954		IDPMC
Copperhead Germplasm	Elymus trachycaulus ssp. trachycaulus	slender wheatgrass	reclamation of roadsides, acid-impacted mine land, rangeland, and urban disturbances	2006		MTPMC
Pryor	Elymus trachycaulus ssp. trachycaulus	slender wheatgrass	inclusion as a quick establishing species in seeding mixes, reclamation, highways, CRP, etc.	1988		MTPMC
San Luis	Elymus trachycaulus ssp. trachycaulus	slender wheatgrass	high elevation erosion control recommended for ski slopes range and wildlife habitat improvement	1984		COPMC
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	2002		MOPMC
Kinchafoonee Germplasm	Elymus virginicus	Virginia wildrye	erosion control for field borders, logging roads, critical area treatments, and cool season cover crop	2004		GAPMC
Northern Missouri Germplasm	Elymus virginicus	Virginia wildrye	riparian areas, soil stabilization, forage, wildlife food and cover, and prairie plantings	1999		MOPMC
Secar	Elymus wawawaiensis	Snake River wheatgrass	long term stabilization of semi arid land soils	1980		WAPMC
Eldorado	Engelmannia peristenia	Engelmann daisy	high quality, forage wildlife, livestock, range seedings, revegetation landscape, beautification	1985		TXPMC
Bend	Eragrostis trichodes	sand lovegrass	range seedings	1971		KSPMC
Mason	Eragrostis trichodes	sand lovegrass	range seeding, erosion control, wind strips, warm season pasture, wildlife cover	1971		TXPMC
Kaho'olawe Germplasm	Eragrostis variabilis	kawelu	ecosystem restoration, erosion control, enhancing diversity in riparian areas, and for wildlife cover and food.	2005		HIPMC
Duro	Eriogonum fasciculatum	California buckwheat	erosion control, insect habitat	1983		CAPMC
Umatilla	Eriogonum niveum	snow buckwheat	critical area stabilization, mine land reclamation, restoration of natural areas	1991		WAPMC
Sierra	Eriogonum umbellatum var. polyanthum	sulphur flower buckwheat	erosion control, landscape, wildlife, revegetation	1987		CAPMC
Central Iowa Germplasm	Eryngium yuccifolium	rattlesnake master	roadside revegetation, wildlife plantings, prairie restoration and landscaping, and wildflower gardens	1999		MOPMC
Northern Iowa Germplasm	Eryngium yuccifolium	rattlesnake master	roadside revegetation, wildlife plantings, prairie restoration and landscaping, and wildflower gardens	1998		MOPMC
Southern Iowa Germplasm	Eryngium yuccifolium	rattlesnake master	roadside revegetation, wildlife plantings, prairie restoration and landscaping, and wildflower gardens	1999		MOPMC
Tropic Coral	Erythrina variegata	tall erythrina	primarily developed for windbreak for soil and water conservation	1985		HIPMC
Pink Lady	Euonymus bungeanum	winterberry euonymus	multi-row windbreaks, wildlife habitat, living screens	1973		KSPMC
Redondo	Festuca arizonica	Arizona fescue	range revegetation and slope stabilization on steep infertile sites	1973		COPMC, NMPMC
Covar	Festuca ovina	sheep fescue	stabilization of dry land soils, suppression of weeds	1977		WAPMC
Durar	Festuca trachyphylla	hard fescue	long term stabilization of critical areas, perennial low maintenance cover of recreational areas	1949		WAPMC
Jemez	Forestiera pubescens var. pubescens	New Mexico forestiera	soil stabilization and beautification plantings	1978		NMPMC
Cardan	Fraxinus pennsylvanica	green ash	shelterbelts, wildlife habitat	1979		NDPMC
Bobwhite	Glycine	soybean	wildlife food and cover	1975		MOPMC
Quail Haven	Glycine soja	reseeding soybean	food and cover for upland game birds, soil improvement, and hay crop	1986		MSPMC
Timp	Hedysarum boreale	Utah sweetvetch	rangeland, mined land, critical areas, and to improve upland wildlife habitats; established stands can be used for forage in early spring to midsummer	1994		COPMC
Flora Sun	Helianthus debilis ssp. debilis	beach sunflower	beach dune stabilization and beautification	1991		FLPMC
Aztec	Helianthus maximiliani	Maximilian sunflower	wildlife food cover livestock, forage, natural hedge, screen, filter strips, landscape plant, provides color & beautification	1978		TXPMC
Medicine Creek Germplasm	Helianthus maximiliani	Maximilian sunflower	range and pasture seedings, wildlife habitat, prairie restoration and landscaping, hedge or screen, and has potential for use in filter strips	2000		NDPMC
Prairie Gold	Helianthus maximiliani	Maximilian sunflower	critical area reseeding, wildlife food planting	1978		KSPMC
Bismarck Germplasm	Helianthus pauciflorus ssp. pauciflorus	stiff sunflower	prairie restoration, native landscaping, range improvement	2000		NDPMC
Central Iowa Germplasm	Heliopsis helianthoides	oxeye false sunflower	native plantings along roadsides, conservation plantings, and wildlife habitat	1996		MOPMC
Midas	Heliopsis helianthoides	false sunflower	recreational area planting, roadside revegetation, wildlife food	1984		KSPMC
Northern Iowa Germplasm	Heliopsis helianthoides	false sunflower	roadside revegetation, wildlife plantings, and prairie restoration	1997		MOPMC
Southern Iowa Germplasm	Heliopsis helianthoides	oxeye false sunflower	roadside revegetation, wildlife plantings, and prairie restoration	1997		MOPMC
Bigalta	Hemarthria altissima	Limpograss	forage	1978		FLPMC
Greenalta	Hemarthria altissima	Limpograss	forage	1978		FLPMC
Redalta	Hemarthria altissima	Limpograss	forage	1978		FLPMC
Kaho'olawe Germplasm	Heteropogon contortus	piligrass	ecosystem restoration, erosion control, wildlife habitat, increasing diversity in riparian and other communities, and for enhancing cultural sites	2003		HIPMC
Spirit Germplasm	Hierochloe odorata	sweetgrass	cultural significance in Native American ceremonies, stabilization of riparian and wetland ecosystems	2004		MTPMC
Seco	Hordeum vulgare	barley	standing mulch crop, cover crop, critical area stabilization nurse crop.	1987		AZPMC
Railroad Valley Selection	Juncus balticus	Baltic rush	wetland creation and restoration; Constructed Wetland System applications, wildlife habitat, and erosion control	1998		IDPMC
Roswell Selection	Juncus balticus	Baltic rush	constructed wetland plantings; wetland creation and enhancement	1997		IDPMC
Sterling Selection	Juncus balticus	Baltic rush	constructed wetland plantings; wetland creation and enhancement	1997		IDPMC
Stillwater Selection	Juncus balticus	Baltic rush	constructed wetland plantings; wetland creation and enhancement	1997		IDPMC
Sumter Germplasm	Juncus effusus	common rush	wetland wildlife (cover), residential septic systems, constructed wetlands, wetland restoration and riparian buffers	2008		GAPMC
Emerald Sea	Juniperus conferta	shore juniper	landscape and shore plantings	1971		NJPMC
Bridger-Select	Juniperus scopulorum	Rocky Mountain juniper	windbreaks and shelterbelts as a midsized evergreen in multiple row designs	1998		MTPMC
Immigrant	Kochia prostrata	forage kochia	range, erosion control	1984		NMPMC, IDPMC
Central Iowa Germplasm	Koeleria macrantha	prairie Junegrass	roadside plantings, creating and restoring prairie, landscaping, and to increase plant diversity in prairie communities	2003		MOPMC
Northern Iowa Germplasm	Koeleria macrantha	prairie Junegrass	roadside plantings, creating and restoring prairie, landscaping, and to increase plant diversity in prairie communities.	2003		MOPMC
Hatch	Krascheninnikovia lanata	winterfat	winter forage in sagebrush and pinon-juniper communities	1985		COPMC, NMPMC
Northern Cold Desert Germplasm	Krascheninnikovia lanata	winterfat	rangeland restoration, erosion control, and for livestock and big-game browse in arid to semi- arid and alkaline/saline areas	2001		IDPMC
Open Range Germplasm	Krascheninnikovia lanata	winterfat	reclamation, range renovation, forage, and wildlife habitat in semi-arid grasslands	2002		MTPMC
AU Ground Cover	Lathyrus hirsutus	caley pea	cool season cover crop for conservation tillage systems and as a cattle forage	1994		GAPMC
Lancer	Lathyrus latifolius	perennial pea	erosion control plant, wildlife cover plant, land reclamation, brush management, roadside seeding mixtures, critical area planting where objective includes beautification	1984		MIPMC, NYPMC
Van Horn	Leptochloa dubia	green sprangletop	range seeding, pasture and hay land planting. filler grass, critical area, revegetation mined land	1988		TXPMC
Central Iowa Germplasm	Lespedeza capitata	roundhead lespedeza	native plantings along roadsides, conservation plantings, and wildlife habitat	1996		MOPMC
Kanoka	Lespedeza capitata	roundhead lespedeza	roadside vegetation, park and recreational area plantings, component of warm-season grass plantings, forage, and for wildlife food	1998		KSPMC
Northern Iowa Germplasm	Lespedeza capitata	roundhead lespedeza	roadside plantings, prairie restoration and enhancement, landscaping, and for increasing species diversity	2001		MOPMC
Southern Iowa Germplasm	Lespedeza capitata	roundhead lespedeza	roadside revegetation, wildlife plantings, and prairie restoration	1997		MOPMC
Appalow	Lespedeza cuneata	sericea lespedeza	low maintenance, ground cover to prevent erosion and stabilize soil	1978		WVPMC
VA-70	Lespedeza thunbergii	shrub lespedeza	wildlife habitat, riparian corridors, critical areas	1952		NJPMC
Yellowpuff	Leucaena retusa	littleleaf lead tree	wildlife food, beautification, critical area plantings	1981		TXPMC
Magnar	Leymus cinereus	basin wildrye	range, wildlife, erosion control	1979		IDPMC
Trailhead	Leymus cinereus	basin wildrye	fall/winter livestock grazing, reclamation, wildlife food and cover	1991		MTPMC
Washoe Germplasm	Leymus cinereus	basin wildrye	erosion control, wildlife habitat and mine land reclamation	2002		MTPMC
Volga	Leymus racemosus	mammoth wildrye	critical area stabilization, sand dune stabilization, mine land reclamation, wildlife cover	1949		WAPMC, COPMC
Rio	Leymus triticoides	beardless wildrye	bank and shoreline protection, range improvement, soil stabilization (wet areas), revegetation	1991		CAPMC
Shoshone	Leymus triticoides	beardless wildrye	saline - irrigated and sub irrigated, pasture and hay	1980		MTPMC
Central Iowa Germplasm	Liatris aspera	rough blazing star	roadside plantings, prairie creations and restorations, landscaping, and increase plant diversity in prairie communities	2003		MOPMC
Northern Iowa Germplasm	Liatris aspera	rough blazing star	roadside plantings, creating and restoring prairie, landscaping, and to increase plant diversity in prairie communities.	2003		MOPMC
Southern Iowa Germplasm	Liatris aspera	rough blazing star	roadside plantings, creating and restoring prairie, landscaping, and to increase plant diversity in prairie communities	2003		MOPMC
Floral Passion Germplasm	Liatris elegans	blazing star	roadside plantings, landscaping, mine land restoration, and wildlife food	2003		FLPMC
Central Iowa Germplasm	Liatris pycnostachya	thickspike gayfeather	roadside revegetation, wildlife plantings, prairie restoration and landscaping, and wildflower gardens	1999		MOPMC
Eureka	Liatris pycnostachya	thickspike gayfeather	prairie restoration, roadside revegetation, recreational area planting	1975		KSPMC
Northern Iowa Germplasm	Liatris pycnostachya	thickspike gayfeather	roadside revegetation, wildlife plantings, prairie restoration and landscaping, and wildflower gardens	1999		MOPMC
Northern Missouri Germplasm	Liatris pycnostachya	thickspike gayfeather	roadside plantings and prairie restoration and enhancement	2001		MOPMC
Southern Iowa Germplasm	Liatris pycnostachya	thickspike gayfeather	roadside plantings and prairie restoration and enhancement	2001		MOPMC
Western Missouri Germplasm	Liatris pycnostachya	thickspike gayfeather	roadside planting and prairie restoration and enhancement	2001		MOPMC
Maple Grove Germplasm	Linum lewisii	prairie flax	erosion control, biodiversity, wildlife habitat, and beautification	2004		IDPMC
Appar	Linum perenne	prairie flax	range, critical area stabilization, beautification, diversity	1980		IDPMC
Union Germplasm	Liriodendron tulipifera	tulip poplar	woodland revegetation, timber production, landscaping, riparian areas	1998		MOPMC
Wimmera 62	Lolium rigidum	annual ryegrass	erosion control	1962		CAPMC
Armex	Lupinus elegans	Mexican lupine	winter cover crop	1962		FLPMC
Glacial Lake Albany Germplasm	Lupinus perennis	wild lupine	butterfly habitat restoration or enhancement, landscaping, dry site meadows, and roadside plantings	2001		NYPMC
Hederma	Lupinus rivularis	riverbank lupine	erosion control for critical sites, cover crop for reforestation and wildlife food and cover, green manure, native forb for naturalized landscape uses, sand dune and dredge spoil stabilization. Can be used to over seed existing stands of grass.	1981		ORPMC
Magenta	Malus	hybrid crabapple	small tree for single row windbreaks & beautification	1990		MIPMC
Big-O	Malus coronaria	crabapple	wildlife food and cover, beautification of urban landscapes, windbreaks, screens and hedgerows.	1993		GAPMC
Midwest	Malus mandshurica	Manchurian crabapple	shelterbelts, wildlife habitat, recreation areas	1973		NDPMC
Roselow	Malus sargentii	Sargent crabapple	farm and field windbreaks	1978		MIPMC
Crockett Germplasm	Mimosa strigillosa	herbaceous mimosa	ground cover for surface mine reclamation and disturbed areas	2006		ETPMC
Central Iowa Germplasm	Monarda fistulosa	wild bergamont	prairie restoration programs, roadside and wildlife platings and landscaping.	2007		MOPMC
Northern Iowa Germplasm	Monarda fistulosa	wild bergamont	prairie restoration projects, roadside, wildlife, and landscaping	2007		MOPMC
Southern Iowa Germplasm	Monarda fistulosa	wild bergamont	roadside and wildlife plantings, creating and restoring prairies, landscaping, and to increase plant diversity in prairie communities	2003		MOPMC
Wildwood	Morella pensylvanica	bayberry	back dune stabilization, windbreaks, field borders, wildlife, and vegetative barrier	1993		NJPMC
Moapa Germplasm	Muhlenbergia asperifolia	scratchgrass	riparian restoration and rehabilitation, wildlife habitat improvement, restoration of disturbed areas; increasing plant diversity, and for rehabilitation of areas following salt cedar removal	2007		AZPMC
Westwater Germplasm	Muhlenbergia asperifolia	alkali muhly	erosion control, wildlife food and cover, restoration of disturbed sites and increasing plant diversity of riparian areas.	2006		NMPMC
Morning Mist Germplasm	Muhlenbergia capillaris	hairawn muhly	xeriscaping, and as an ornamental	2006		FLPMC
El Vado	Muhlenbergia wrightii	spike muhly	soil stabilization and range vegetation	1973		NMPMC
LK415f Germplasm	Nassella cernua	foothill needlegrass	restoration, critical area plantings, cover crop, and wildlife habitat	1999		CAPMC
LK115d Germplasm	Nassella pulchra	purple needlegrass	restoration, critical area plantings, cover crop, and wildlife habitat	1998		CAPMC
LK215e Germplasm	Nassella pulchra	purple needlegrass	restoration, critical area plantings, cover crop, and wildlife habitat	1998		CAPMC
LK315d Germplasm	Nassella pulchra	purple needlegrass	restoration, critical area plantings, cover crop, and wildlife habitat	1998		CAPMC
Lodorm	Nassella viridula	green needlegrass	range seeding and pasture plantings	1970		NDPMC
Tropic Verde	Neonotonia wightii	perennial soybean	pasture improvement, cover crop and erosion control	1992		HIPMC
Central Iowa Germplasm	Oligoneuron rigidum var. rigidum	stiff goldenrod	roadside plantings, prairie creation and restoration, and landscaping	2002		MOPMC
Northern Iowa Germplasm	Oligoneuron rigidum var. rigidum	stiff goldenrod	roadside revegetation, wildlife plantings, prairie restoration and landscaping	1998		MOPMC
Southern Iowa Germplasm	Oligoneuron rigidum var. rigidum	stiff goldenrod	roadside plantings, landscaping, prairie creation and restoration, and for increasing plant diversity in prairie communities	2002		MOPMC
Atlantic	Panicum amarum	coastal panicgrass	coastal dune stabilization, CRP, EQIP, WHIP, mined land	1981		NJPMC
Fourchon Germplasm	Panicum amarum	bitter panicum	coastal beach and barrier island dune stabilization and enhancement	1998		LAPMC
Northpa	Panicum amarum	bitter panicum	wind erosion, beach and sand dune stabilization, and wildlife cover	1992		FLPMC
Southpa	Panicum amarum	bitter panicum	wind erosion, beach and sand dune stabilization, and wildlife cover	1992		FLPMC
Selection 75	Panicum coloratum	klinegrass	pasture, hay land planting, range seeding, critical area wildlife, food and cover	1969		TXPMC
Verde	Panicum coloratum	klinegrass	range seeding, seeding wildlife food and cover	1981		TXPMC
Citrus Germplasm	Panicum hemitomon	maidencane	erosion control along streams, channels and pond banks, and for forage in moist pastures	1999		FLPMC
Halifax	Panicum hemitomon	maidencane	controlling erosion on toe slopes of stream channels and preventing erosion long shorelines of ponds and reservoirs caused by wave action (shoreline erosion control)	1974		MSPMC
Dove	Panicum miliaceum	Proso millet	wildlife food	1972		GAPMC
Alamo	Panicum virgatum	switchgrass	range seedings, pasture, hay land, erosion control, shoreline stabilization, revegetation wind strips, wildlife habitat	1978		TXPMC
Blackwell	Panicum virgatum	switchgrass	range seeding - revegetation of disturbed areas	1944		KSPMC
Carthage	Panicum virgatum	switchgrass	wildlife habitat, buffers, pastures, and as a component of native plant mixes	2006		NJPMC
Cave-In-Rock	Panicum virgatum	switchgrass	summer pasture, wildlife food and habitat	1974		MOPMC
Central Iowa Germplasm	Panicum virgatum	switchgrass	roadside plantings, creating and restoring prairies, landscaping, and to increase plant diversity in prairie communities	2003		MOPMC
Dacotah	Panicum virgatum	switchgrass	range seeding, pasture and hay land planting, wildlife habitat, waterways	1989		NDPMC
Forestburg	Panicum virgatum	switchgrass	pasture or hay land, range seeding, wildlife habitat, waterways	1987		NDPMC
Grenville	Panicum virgatum	switchgrass	soil stabilization and range revegetation	1940		NMPMC
High Tide Germplasm	Panicum virgatum	switchgrass	freshwater stabilization of streambanks and shoreline and for herbaceous riparian buffers	2007		NJPMC
Kanlow	Panicum virgatum	switchgrass	wet soil lowland areas, biofuel	1963		KSPMC
KY 1625	Panicum virgatum	switchgrass	cover & forage plant on marginal low fertility, hillside pasture	1977		WVPMC
Miami	Panicum virgatum	switchgrass	dune stabilization, hay production, range site improvement, wildlife habitat improvement, cut green forage, waterway vegetation, mine reclamation, and windbreaks	1996		FLPMC
Shawnee	Panicum virgatum	switchgrass	pasture and hay	1995		MOPMC
Shelter	Panicum virgatum	switchgrass	forage, wind barriers, critical area treatment, spring nesting habitat, wildlife cover plant	1987		NYPMC
Southlow Michigan Germplasm	Panicum virgatum	switchgrass	wildlife food and cover, erosion control, restoring native plant environments, and increasing species diversity	2001		MIPMC
Stuart	Panicum virgatum	switchgrass	hay production, range site improvement, wildlife habitat improvement, cut green forage, waterway vegetation, coastal area stabilization, mine reclamation, and windbreaks	1996		FLPMC
Wabasso	Panicum virgatum	switchgrass	hay production, range site improvement, wildlife habitat improvement, cut green forage, waterway vegetation, coastal area stabilization, and mine reclamation	1996		FLPMC
Pima Germplasm	Pappophorum vaginatum	whiplash pappusgrass	erosion control, wildlife food and cover, restoration of disturbed areas, and rangeland rehabilitation	2006		AZPMC
Arriba	Pascopyrum smithii	western wheatgrass	revegetation of rangeland	1973		NMPMC
Barton	Pascopyrum smithii	western wheatgrass	range seedlings, stabilization of earth structures	1970		KSPMC
Rodan	Pascopyrum smithii	western wheatgrass	range seedings, cool season pastures, mine land reclamation	1983		NDPMC
Rosana	Pascopyrum smithii	western wheatgrass	mined-land reclamation, native grass for CRP, range renovation	1972		MTPMC
Harrison Germplasm	Paspalum floridanum	Florida paspalum	wildlife food and cover, forage, mine reclamation, prairie restoration, and highway and utility right of way uses	2004		ETPMC
Tropic Lalo	Paspalum hieronymi	paspalum	ground cover for orchards, waterways, roadsides	1984		HIPMC
Pensacola	Paspalum notatum	Bahiagrass	critical stabilization and cattle forage	1944		GAPMC
Brazoria Germplasm	Paspalum vaginatum	seashore paspalum	coastal wetland restoration as a pioneer species, especially on bare soils in fresh or brackish areas, and provides wildlife food	1999		LAPMC
Tropic Shore	Paspalum vaginatum	seashore paspalum	primarily for stabilizing the shorelines and banks of aquaculture ponds, canals, and streams with brackish or salty water	1988		HIPMC
Kerr Germplasm	Pavonia lasiopetala	Texas swampmallow	range seeding, beautification and low-input native landscaping, wildlife and livestock forage	2000		TXPMC
Llano	Pennisetum ciliare	buffelgrass	range, pasture seeding	1977		TXPMC
Nueces	Pennisetum ciliare	buffelgrass	range, pasture seeding	1977		TXPMC
San Juan Germplasm	Penstemon angustifolius	narrow leaf penstemon	erosion control, wildlife food and cover, restoration of disturbed sites, increasing plant diversity, and xeriscaping	2000		NMPMC
Richfield Selection	Penstemon eatonii	firecracker penstemon	erosion control, diversity, and beautification	1994		IDPMC
Old Works Germplasm	Penstemon eriantherus var. eriantherus	fuzzytongue penstemon	reclamation of mine lands, adding species diversity to restoration mixtures on acidic, heavy metal-affected sites, restoration of dry open landscapes	2002		MTPMC
Cedar	Penstemon palmeri var. palmeri	Palmer's penstemon	wildlife forage	1985		NMPMC
Bandera	Penstemon strictus	Rocky Mountain penstemon	stabilization, roadside plantings	1973		NMPMC
Clearwater Selection	Penstemon venustus	Venus penstemon	erosion control, diversity, and beautification	1994		IDPMC
Perla	Phalaris aquatica	koleagrass	range improvement	1970		CAPMC
Colfax Germplasm	Philadelphus lewisii	Lewis' mock orange	riparian area restoration, wildlife forage, shelterbelts, stream bank erosion control and native landscaping	2002		WAPMC
St. Maries Germplasm	Philadelphus lewisii	Lewis' mock orange	riparian area restoration, wildlife habitat, and native landscaping	2002		WAPMC
Shoreline	Phragmites australis	common reed	shoreline stabilization, critical area planting wildlife food and cover	1978		TXPMC
Southwind	Phragmites australis	common reed	soil stabilization on wet sites, rehabilitation of polluted water, filter strips, and artificial wetlands	1998		KSPMC
Hunter Germplasm	Pinus ponderosa	ponderosa pine	windbreaks and shelterbelts, and for native landscaping	2002		MTPMC
Viva	Pleuraphis jamesii	Galleta grass	stabilization, range revegetation and revegetation of surface mined land	1979		NMPMC
Foothills Germplasm	Poa compressa	Canada bluegrass	erosion control, critical area plantings, recreation areas, low-maintenance landscapes, and for forage and grazing	2001		MTPMC
Cougar	Poa pratensis	Kentucky bluegrass	stabilization of soils subject to water erosion, and as a cool season turf	1965		WAPMC
Canbar	Poa secunda	Canby bluegrass	stabilization of soils subject to wind erosion, restoration of natural areas	1979		WAPMC
High Plains Germplasm	Poa secunda	Sandberg bluegrass	a component of native seed mixes, wildlife habitat plantings, and native plant community restoration	2000		MTPMC
Opportunity Germplasm	Poa secunda	Nevada bluegrass	heavy-metal contaminated mine land reclamation, post-fire reclamation, native range restoration, wildlife habitat and logging road revegetation	2007		MTPMC
Sherman	Poa secunda	big bluegrass	stabilization of dry land soils, dry land pasture, restoration of natural areas	1945		WAPMC
Canam	Populus	hybrid popular	field and farmstead windbreaks, wildlife habitat, and fuel wood plantings	1995		NDPMC
Imperial	Populus canadensis	Carolina poplar	windbreaks (especially around orchards) and pulpwood	1979		MIPMC
Spike	Populus deltoides × P. niga	hybrid poplar	biomass fuel wood production; screening and windbreaks	2005		NYPMC
Prairie Red	Prunus	hybrid plum	windbreaks and wildlife	2006		NDPMC
Rainbow	Prunus	wild plum	erosion control, critical area planting, wildlife food, cover landscape, windbreak	1981		TXPMC
Midwest Premium Germplasm	Prunus americana	American plum	wildlife habitat, erosion control, and for windbreaks.	2006		MOPMC
Scarlet	Prunus fruticosa	Mongolian cherry	farmstead windbreaks, wildlife plantings	1984		NDPMC
Ocean View	Prunus maritima	beach plum	back dune stabilization, landscaping, and wildlife	1993		NJPMC
Catskill	Prunus pumila var. depressa	dwarf sand cherry	stream bank and shoreline protection, in sandy and gravelly areas where short vegetation is needed, and in low maintenance landscapes	1996		NYPMC
Regal	Prunus tenella	Russian almond	windbreaks, wildlife habitat, and recreation and urban development plantings	1997		NDPMC
Bozoisky-Select	Psathyrostachys juncea	Russian wildrye	dry land and irrigated pasture, often in alternate rows with legumes	1984		MTPMC
Mankota	Psathyrostachys juncea	Russian wildrye	pasture and hay land planting	1991		NDPMC
Whitmar	Pseudoroegneria spicata ssp. inermis	bluebunch wheatgrass	long term stabilization of soils subject to wind and water erosion	1946		WAPMC
Anatone Germplasm	Pseudoroegneria spicata ssp. spicata	bluebunch wheatgrass	erosion control and rangeland restoration	2004		IDPMC
Goldar	Pseudoroegneria spicata ssp. spicata	bluebunch wheatgrass	range, critical area stabilization	1989		IDPMC
Lassen	Purshia tridentata	bitterbrush	wildlife habitat, erosion control	1984		CAPMC
Maybell Source	Purshia tridentata	antelope bitterbrush	rangeland and reclamation seedings; spring and winter browse for livestock and wildlife; for erosion control on light textured soils; as a low maintenance xeriscape landscape species	1997		COPMC
McDermand	Pyrus ussuriensis	Ussurian pear	shelterbelts, wildlife habitat, urban plantings	1990		NDPMC
Gobbler	Quercus acutissima	sawtooth oak	wildlife food and cover	1986		WVPMC
Boomer	Quercus macrocarpa	bur oak	windbreaks, landscape plant for urban and recreation areas, wildlife food and shelter	1994		TXPMC
Lippert	Quercus macrocarpa	bur oak	multi row windbreaks, reforestation for watershed protection, and wildlife habitat plantings	1994		KSPMC
Stillwater Germplasm	Ratibida columnifera	prairie coneflower	species diversity for rangelands, mine lands, roadsides, park and recreation areas, prairie restoration projects and conservation plantings	2004		MTPMC
Northern Missouri Germplasm	Ratibida pinnata	grayhead coneflower	range and pasture seeding, prairie restoration, prairie landscaping, wildlife cover, and roadside restoration.	2004		MOPMC
Sunglow	Ratibida pinnata	grayhead prairie coneflower	prairie restoration, recreation area beautification	1978		KSPMC
Konza	Rhus aromatica var. serotina	aromatic sumac	multi-row windbreak, wildlife habitat, recreation areas	1980		KSPMC
Autumn Amber	Rhus trilobata	skunkbush sumac	ground cover for erosion control and beautification	1983		NMPMC
Bighorn	Rhus trilobata	skunkbush sumac	windbreaks, revegetation of minded or disturbed areas, roadside plantings and landscape plantings	1979		NMPMC
Algonquin	Robinia pseudoacacia	black locust	reforestation of surface mined land and other sites; post and pole production	1987		MDPMC
Allegheny	Robinia pseudoacacia	black locust	reforestation of surface mined lands and other sites; post and pole production	1987		MDPMC
Appalachia	Robinia pseudoacacia	black locust	reforestation of surface-mined lands and other sites; post and pole production	1987		MDPMC
Sandy	Rosa rugosa	rugosa rose	dune stabilization and landscape plantings	1993		NJPMC
Golden Jubilee	Rudbeckia hirta	black-eyed Susan	critical areas, land reclamation, land reconstruction, recreation area improvement, wetland, wildlife upland habitat	1985		NYPMC
Bankers	Salix cottetii	dwarf willow	stream bank stabilization, erosion control	1983		WVPMC
Curlew	Salix drummondiana	Drummond willow	stream bank stabilization, riparian site restoration, landscaping, wildlife habitat, and shelterbelts	1993		WAPMC
Silvar	Salix exigua	coyote willow	stream bank stabilization, riparian site restoration, bioengineering projects, wildlife habitat, and shelterbelts	1993		WAPMC
Clatsop	Salix hookeriana	dune willow	stabilizing banks of low velocity streams and older sand dunes near the coast, natural area landscaping, screens and windbreaks on moist sites, soil bioengineering, and fish and wildlife food and cover.	1988		ORPMC
Silver Sands Germplasm	Salix interior	sandbar willow	in combination with other native riparian species for stream bank erosion control, lake shore stabilization, wildlife habitat, and in windbreaks on moist sites with good weed control.	2005		NDPMC
Morton Germplasm	Salix koriyanagi	kori-yanagi willow	stream bank control, riparian buffers, urban conservation, basket making, and wildlife habitat	2001		MSPMC
Rogue	Salix lasiolepis	arroyo willow	stream bank stabilization, rehabilitation of riparian zones, improvement of freshwater fisheries, field windbreak and natural area landscaping on moist sites, wetland creation or enhancement, soil bioengineering	1990		ORPMC
Palouse	Salix lemmonii	Lemmon's willow	riparian zone conservation plantings, erosion control, water quality, and wildlife habitat enhancement	1993		WAPMC
Placer	Salix ligulifolia	erect willow	stabilizing the banks of low velocity streams, renovating riparian areas, and improving shoreline and aquatic habitat for fish and wildlife. Other uses include soil bioengineering, natural area landscaping and windbreaks on moist sites	1988		ORPMC
Nehalem	Salix lucida ssp. lasiandra	Pacific willow	stabilizing banks of low velocity streams, restoring riparian areas, improving shoreline and aquatic habitat for fish and wildlife, shoreline and slope erosion control in reservoir drawdown zones and soil bioengineering	1988		ORPMC
Aberdeen Selection	Salix pentandra	laurel willow	wind erosion control, soil stabilization, wildlife habitat, plant diversity, beautification	1997		IDPMC
Rivar	Salix prolixa	Mackenzie willow	stream bank stabilization, riparian site restoration, landscaping, wildlife habitat, and shelterbelts	1993		WAPMC
Streamco	Salix purpurea	purpleosier willow	channel vegetation, critical area, farmstead & feedlot windbreak, hedgerows, stream bank protection, wetland restoration, biotechnical slope stabilization	1975		NYPMC
Riverbend Germplasm	Salix sericea	silky willow	stream bank and shoreline restoration and riparian corridors	2003		MIPMC
Multnomah	Salix sessilifolia	Columbia river willow	stabilization of stream banks, sandbars, dredge spoils and shorelines; wildlife food and cover, windbreaks and natural area landscaping on moist sites, wetland enhancement, soil bioengineering	1988		ORPMC
Plumas	Salix sitchensis	Sitka willow	stabilizing banks of low velocity streams, renovating riparian areas and improving shoreline and aquatic habitat for wish and wildlife. Also used for soil bioengineering, windbreaks, natural area, landscaping and screens in moist environments	1988		ORPMC
Nekan	Salvia azurea var. grandiflora	pitcher sage	prairie reclamation	1977		KSPMC
Blanchard Origin	Sambucus nigra ssp. cerulea	blue elderberry	riparian zone revegetation; erosion control; wildlife upland habitat and food; native revegetation of disturbed areas	1996		WAPMC
Delar	Sanguisorba minor	small burnet	range, critical area stabilization, diversity	1981		IDPMC
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	2007		NJPMC
Timbalier Germplasm	Schizachyrium maritimum	seacoast bluestem	back dune stabilization, and to increase species diversity for plants used to stabilize coastal beaches and barrier islands.	2006		LAPMC
Aldous	Schizachyrium scoparium	little bluestem	range, pasture seedlings	1966		KSPMC
Badlands Ecotype	Schizachyrium scoparium	little bluestem	rangeland seeding; prairie restoration; and xeric landscaping	1996		NDPMC
Central Iowa Germplasm	Schizachyrium scoparium	little bluestem	roadside revegetation, wildlife plantings, prairie restoration, and pasture	1997		MOPMC
Cimarron	Schizachyrium scoparium	little bluestem	range seeding	1979		KSPMC
Itasca Germplasm	Schizachyrium scoparium	little bluestem	component in native range seedings, wildlife plantings, and prairie landscaping	2001		NDPMC
Northern Iowa Germplasm	Schizachyrium scoparium	little bluestem	roadside revegetation, forage, prairie restoration and landscaping, and wildlife plantings	1999		MOPMC
Northern Missouri Germplasm	Schizachyrium scoparium	little bluestem	roadside revegetation, forage, prairie restoration and landscaping, and wildlife plantings	1999		MOPMC
OK Select Germplasm	Schizachyrium scoparium	little bluestem	range and pasture seedings, wildlife habitat, erosion control, and buffers	2003		TXPMC
Pastura	Schizachyrium scoparium	little bluestem	soil stabilization and range revegetation	1963		NMPMC
Prairie View Indiana Germplasm	Schizachyrium scoparium	little bluestem	provide food/cover for wildlife, increase species diversity, erosion control, and to restore native plant environments.	2005		MIPMC
Southern Iowa Germplasm	Schizachyrium scoparium	little bluestem	roadside revegetation, forage, prairie restoration and landscaping, and wildlife plantings	1999		MOPMC
Southern Missouri Germplasm	Schizachyrium scoparium	little bluestem	range and pasture seeding, prairie restoration, prairie landscaping, wildlife cover and roadside restoration	2004		MOPMC
Southlow Michigan Germplasm	Schizachyrium scoparium	little bluestem	wildlife food and cover, erosion control, restoring native plant environments, and increasing species diversity	2001		MIPMC
Suther Germplasm	Schizachyrium scoparium	little bluestem	roadside revegetation, critical areas, wildlife habitat, forage, prairie restoration, parks and recreational areas	2002		NJPMC
Camas Selection	Schoenoplectus acutus var. acutus	hardstem bulrush	constructed wetland plantings; wetland creation and enhancement	1997		IDPMC
Hagerman Selection	Schoenoplectus acutus var. acutus	hardstem bulrush	constructed wetland plantings; wetland creation and enhancement	1997		IDPMC
Ogden Bay Selection	Schoenoplectus acutus var. acutus	hardstem bulrush	constructed wetland plantings; wetland creation and enhancement	1997		IDPMC
Stillwater Selection	Schoenoplectus acutus var. acutus	hardstem bulrush	constructed wetland plantings; wetland creation and enhancement	1997		IDPMC
Bayou Lafourche Germplasm	Schoenoplectus californicus	California bulrush	erosion control along shorelines, canal banks, levee banks, and other areas of soil-water interface	2007		LAPMC
Restorer	Schoenoplectus californicus	giant bulrush	constructed wetlands and to treat non point source pollution; also for use in wetland restoration and creation	1993		GAPMC
Bear Lake Selection	Schoenoplectus maritimus	alkali bulrush	constructed wetland plantings; wetland creation and enhancement	1997		IDPMC
Bear River Selection	Schoenoplectus maritimus	alkali bulrush	constructed wetland plantings; wetland creation and enhancement	1997		IDPMC
Fort Boise Selection	Schoenoplectus maritimus	alkali bulrush	constructed wetland plantings; wetland creation and enhancement	1997		IDPMC
Stillwater Selection	Schoenoplectus maritimus	alkali bulrush	constructed wetland plantings; wetland creation and enhancement	1997		IDPMC
Fort Boise Selection	Schoenoplectus pungens var. pungens	common threesquare	constructed wetland plantings; wetland creation and enhancement	1997		IDPMC
Malheur Selection	Schoenoplectus pungens var. pungens	common threesquare	constructed wetland plantings; wetland creation and enhancement	1997		IDPMC
Market Lake Selection	Schoenoplectus pungens var. pungens	common threesquare	constructed wetland plantings; wetland creation and enhancement	1997		IDPMC
Wayne Kirch Selection	Schoenoplectus pungens var. pungens	common threesquare	wetland creation and restoration; Constructed Wetland System applications, wildlife habitat, and erosion control	1998		IDPMC
Leaf River Selection	Scirpus cyperinus	woolgrass	wetland mitigation plantings, constructed wetlands, and for natural areas which are moist	1996		MSPMC
Muckalee Germplasm	Scirpus cyperinus	woolgrass	residential septic systems, constructed wetlands for waste treatment, wildlife cover in riparian areas, and to restore wetlands where obligate plants dominate	2008		GAPMC
Aroostook	Secale cereale	cereal rye	winter cover crop in the Northeast. Also spring forage production and fed as pasture, green chop or haylage	1981		NYPMC
Kika 677 Germplasm	Setaria leucopila	streambed bristlegrass	rangeland planting, erosion control, wildlife habitat and water quality improvement	2006		STPMC
Kika 819 Germplasm	Setaria leucopila	streambed bristlegrass	rangeland planting, erosion control, wildlife habitat, and water quality improvement	2006		STPMC
Kika 820 Germplasm	Setaria leucopila	streambed bristlegrass	rangeland planting,erosion control, wildlife habitat, and water quality improvement	2006		STPMC
Stevan	Setaria leucopila	plains bristlegrass	revegetation of eroded rangelands, retired croplands and critical areas	1994		AZPMC
Kika 648 Germplasm	Setaria vulpiseta	plains bristlegrass	range seeding, wildlife habitat	2006		STPMC
Sakakawea	Shepherdia argentea	silver buffaloberry	mine land restoration, farmstead windbreaks, wildlife habitat	1984		NDPMC
Plateau	Simsia calva	awnless bush sunflower	range seeding, wildlife food, landscape	1987		TXPMC
Americus	Sorghastrum nutans	yellow indiangrass	forage, erosion control, buffers, and wildlife habitat	2002		GAPMC
Central Iowa Germplasm	Sorghastrum nutans	indiangrass	roadside revegetation, wildlife plantings, prairie restoration	1996		MOPMC
Cheyenne	Sorghastrum nutans	indiangrass	range seedlings	1945		KSPMC
Coastal Germplasm	Sorghastrum nutans	indiangrass	enhance native warm season grass habitat	2007		NJPMC
Llano	Sorghastrum nutans	indiangrass	soil stabilization and range revegetation	1963		NMPMC
Lometa	Sorghastrum nutans	indiangrass	range seeding mixtures, pasture hay production, wildlife, filter strips, erosion control revegetation, landscape	1981		TXPMC
Newberry Germplasm	Sorghastrum nutans	Indiangrass	erosion control, wildlife habitat improvement, natural plant restoration.	2005		GAPMC
Northern Iowa Germplasm	Sorghastrum nutans	indiangrass	roadside revegetation, wildlife plantings, and prairie restoration	1997		MOPMC
Northern Missouri Germplasm	Sorghastrum nutans	indiangrass	roadside revegetation, forage, prairie restoration and landscaping, and wildlife plantings	1999		MOPMC
Osage	Sorghastrum nutans	indiangrass	range, pasture seedlings	1966		KSPMC
Prairie View Indiana Germplasm	Sorghastrum nutans	Indiangrass	provide food/cover for wildlife, increase species diversity, erosion control, and restore native plant environments.	2005		MIPMC
Rumsey	Sorghastrum nutans	indiangrass	pasture, wildlife food and habitat	1983		MOPMC
Southern Iowa Germplasm	Sorghastrum nutans	indiangrass	roadside revegetation, forage, wildlife plantings, and prairie restoration	1998		MOPMC
Southlow Michigan Germplasm	Sorghastrum nutans	indiangrass	wildlife food and cover, erosion control, restoring native plant environments, and increasing species diversity	2001		MIPMC
Suther Germplasm	Sorghastrum nutans	yellow indiangrass	roadside revegetation, critical areas, wildlife habitat, parks, recreational areas, landscapes and prairie restoration	2002		NJPMC
Tomahawk	Sorghastrum nutans	indiangrass	range seeding, pasture and hay land planting	1988		NDPMC
Western Missouri Germplasm	Sorghastrum nutans	indiangrass	roadside revegetation, forage, prairie restoration and landscaping, and wildlife plantings	1999		MOPMC
Bayshore	Spartina alterniflora	smooth cordgrass	revegetating and stabilizing tidal stream banks and restoring wetlands	1992		NJPMC
Vermilion	Spartina alterniflora	smooth cordgrass	saline marsh restoration and shoreline stabilization	1989		LAPMC
Avalon	Spartina patens	saltmeadow cordgrass	tidal shoreline stabilization, mitigation-restoration, revegetation and stabilizing tidal stream banks and restoring wetlands	1986		NJPMC
Flageo	Spartina patens	marshhay cordgrass	coastal stabilization	1990		GAPMC, FLPMC
Gulf Coast	Spartina patens	marshhay cordgrass	marsh restoration and shoreline stabilization	2003		LAPMC
Sharp	Spartina patens	marshhay cordgrass	vegetating and stabilizing coastal back dunes, inland waterways, road banks, mine spoils, shoreline stabilization, and saline oil seep areas, and for nutrient reclamation in filter strips	1994		FLPMC
Atkins Germplasm	Spartina pectinata	prairie cordgrass	soil stabilization on wet sites, wetland restoration, erosion control on watershed structures, and wave action dissipation	1998		KSPMC
Red River Natural Germplasm	Spartina pectinata	prairie cordgrass	wetland restoration, enhancement, stream bank stabilization, wind strip barriers, filter strips, riparian buffers, prairie landscaping	1998		NDPMC
Bashaw	Spiraea douglasii	Douglas spirea	stream bank stabilization, rehabilitation of riparian areas, wetland creation and enhancement, natural area landscaping, soil bioengineering	1990		ORPMC
Salado	Sporobolus airoides	alkali sacaton	forage and ground cover, range improvement, mined land reclamation, highway revegetation	1983		NMPMC
Saltalk	Sporobolus airoides	alkali sacaton	saline, alkaline soil stabilization, critical area revegetation, range seeding	1981		TXPMC
Vegas Germplasm	Sporobolus airoides	alkali sacaton	restoration and rehabilitation of riparian systems, wildlife habitat improvement, restoration of disturbed areas and for increasing plant diversity	2006		AZPMC
Central Iowa Germplasm	Sporobolus compositus	tall dropseed	native plantings along roadsides, conservation plantings, and wildlife habitat	1996		MOPMC
Northern Iowa Germplasm	Sporobolus compositus	tall dropseed	roadside plantings and prairie restoration and enhancement	2001		MOPMC
Northern Missouri Germplasm	Sporobolus compositus	tall dropseed	roadside plantings and prairie restoration and enhancement	2001		MOPMC
Southern Iowa Germplasm	Sporobolus compositus	tall dropseed	roadside revegetation, wildlife plantings, and prairie restoration	2002		MOPMC
Cochise Germplasm	Sporobolus contractus	spike dropseed	revegetation of denuded range sites, abandoned cropland, and critical areas.	2005		AZPMC
Potter County Germplasm	Sporobolus contractus	spike dropseed	range seedings, conservation reserve plantings, stabilizing sandy soils with high erosion potential, livestock forage, wildlife food and cover	2000		TXPMC
Borden County Germplasm	Sporobolus cryptandrus	sand dropseed	range seeding, conservation reserve plantings, stabilizing sandy soils, wildlife food and ground nesting cover	2000		TXPMC
Duck Creek Germplasm	Sporobolus texanus	Texas dropseed	range seeding, saline/alkaline soil revegetation, erosion control on moist sites	2000		TXPMC
Falfurrias Germplasm	Sporobolus wrightii	big sacaton	livestock forage, restoration of native vegetation, revegetating alkaline and saline sites, grass hedge terrace, wind strips for erosion control, and stabilization of watershed structures, stream banks and floodplain areas	1999		STPMC
Hopefield Selection	Strophostyles helvula	trailing wildbean	wildlife food source, food source for upland game birds, and temporary soil stabilization	1997		MSPMC
Okanogan Selection	Symphoricarpos albus	common snowberry	wildlife habitat, erosion control along roadways, hillside plantings and riparian areas, hilltop snow fences, and for plant diversity in natural landscapes	1997		WAPMC
Prospectors Germplasm	Symphoricarpos albus	common snowberry	restoration of acid and heavy metal contaminated soils, erosion control, wildlife food and habitat.	2002		MTPMC
Trapper Germplasm	Symphoricarpos occidentalis	western snowberry	site stabilization, land reclamation, living snow fences, and wildlife habitat applications	2004		MTPMC
Central Iowa Germplasm	Symphyotrichum novae-angliae	New England aster	roadside plantings, prairie creation and restoration, and landscaping	2002		MOPMC
Northern Iowa Germplasm	Symphyotrichum novae-angliae	New England aster	roadside plantings, prairie creation and restoration, and landscaping	2002		MOPMC
Southern Iowa Germplasm	Symphyotrichum novae-angliae	New England aster	roadside plantings, prairie creation and restoration, wildlife habitat, and landscaping	2002		MOPMC
Legacy	Syringa villosa	late lilac	farmstead/field windbreaks, wildlife habitat, and recreational development plantings	1999		NDPMC
Indian Bayou Source	Thalia dealbata	powdery thalia	wetland mitigation plantings; constructed wetlands; for natural areas which are moist	1996		MSPMC
Haymaker	Thinopyrum intermedium	intermediate wheatgrass	hay production and pasture plantings	2003		NDPMC
Luna	Thinopyrum intermedium	pubescent wheatgrass	hay and pasture grass	1963		NMPMC
Manifest	Thinopyrum intermedium	intermediate wheatgrass	grazing and hay production	2007		NDPMC
Manska	Thinopyrum intermedium	pubescent intermediate wheatgrass	pasture and hay land planting	1992		NDPMC
Reliant	Thinopyrum intermedium	intermediate wheatgrass	pasture and hay land planting	1991		NDPMC
Rush	Thinopyrum intermedium	intermediate wheatgrass	erosion control, forage, wildlife cover, mine spoil rehabilitation, filter strips, critical area stabilization, irrigated pastures	1994		IDPMC
Tegmar	Thinopyrum intermedium	dwarf intermediate wheatgrass	erosion control, critical area stabilization	1968		IDPMC
Alkar	Thinopyrum ponticum	tall wheatgrass	reclamation of saline soils, summer pasture, wildlife cover	1951		WAPMC
Jose	Thinopyrum ponticum	tall wheatgrass	hay and pasture grass	1965		NMPMC
Largo	Thinopyrum ponticum	tall wheatgrass	hay and pasture grass	1961		NMPMC
Affinity	Thuja occidentalis	northern white cedar	field and farmstead windbreaks and as screen or border planting in urban situations; important source of winter browse	1993		MIPMC
Union Germplasm	Tridens flavus	purpletop	erosion control, wildlife habitat improvement and native plant restoration	2005		GAPMC
ARS 2678	Trifolium ambiguum	Kura clover	dry land forage and pasture; soil fertility and cover cropping	1988		COPMC
Rhizo	Trifolium ambiguum	Kura clover	soil erosion control and pasture legume	1989		WVPMC
Monte Frio	Trifolium hirtum	rose clover	erosion control, range improvement, dry land pasture, cover crops, wildlife, revegetation	1991		CAPMC
Overton R18	Trifolium hirtum	rose clover	pasture reseeding, forage	1991		TXPMC
Wilton	Trifolium hirtum	rose clover	erosion control, range improvement	1967		CAPMC
AU Sunrise	Trifolium incarnatum	crimson clover	early legume cover in conservation tillage systems	1997		GAPMC
Amclo	Trifolium vesiculosum	arrowleaf clover	cover crop, cattle forage	1963		GAPMC
Meechee	Trifolium vesiculosum	arrowleaf clover	cover crop, hay, grazing, and wildlife food for game birds.	1966		MSPMC
Bumpers	Tripsacum dactyloides	eastern gamagrass	primarily for livestock forage and hay production. Also has potential use as a perennial silage crop, as a silt/nutrient buffer and in vegetative barriers.	2005		ARPMC
Highlander	Tripsacum dactyloides	eastern gamagrass	hay production and pasture plantings, buffers, conservation cover, and wildlife habitat	2003		MSPMC, GAPMC
Jackson	Tripsacum dactyloides	eastern gamagrass	forage for livestock	1999		ETPMC
Martin Germplasm	Tripsacum dactyloides	eastern gamagrass	buffers and xeriscape landscaping	2000		FLPMC
Meadowcrest	Tripsacum dactyloides	eastern gramagrass	wildlife and vegetative filter strips in conjunction with other plants, and for forage production.	2006		NYPMC
Medina	Tripsacum dactyloides	eastern gamagrass	forage, hay, silage, animal waste management systems, conservation buffers	2000		ETPMC
Pete	Tripsacum dactyloides	eastern gamagrass	warm-season pasture, hay production	1988		KSPMC
San Marcos Germplasm	Tripsacum dactyloides	eastern gamagrass	pasture and hay plantings, range seeding, wildlife food and cover, conservation buffers, erosion control	2006		TXPMC
SG4X-1	Tripsacum dactyloides	eastern gamagrass	plant breeding and further cultivar development	1995		NYPMC
St. Lucie Germplasm	Tripsacum dactyloides	eastern gamagrass	xeriscape plantings and buffer strips	2000		FLPMC
Verl	Tripsacum dactyloides	eastern gamagrass	hay or pasture	2005		KSPMC, MSPMC
Elsmo	Ulmus parvifolia	lace bark elm	landscape and beautification, farmstead and field windbreaks, urban and forestry recreation area development.	1990		MOPMC
Caminada Germplasm	Uniola paniculata	seaoats	coastal restoration for beach dune and barrier island stabilization	2001		LAPMC
Fort Polk	Vetiveria zizanioides	vetivergrass	grass hedges, erosion control, conservation plantings	1995		LAPMC
Leelanau Germplasm	Viburnum opulus var. americanum	highbush cranberry	windbreaks (especially on wet or organic soils} and wildlife habitat	1999		MIPMC
Americus	Vicia villosa	hairy vetch	winter cover crop in conservation tillage systems	1993		GAPMC
AU Early Cover	Vicia villosa	hairy vetch	cover crop for conservation tillage systems and as an early green manure crop	1994		GAPMC
Lana	Vicia villosa ssp. varia	woollypod vetch	range improvement, cover and green manure crop, erosion control, wildlife	1956		CAPMC
Zorro	Vulpia myuros	annual fescue	erosion control, cover crop, revegetation	1977		CAPMC
Bonita	Yucca elata	soaptree yucca	beautification, soil stabilization and ornamental landscaping	1978		NMPMC
Chapingo	Zea mexicana	Mexican teosinte	wildlife (including deer, turkey, quail, and dove) benefits in conservation programs	1995		FLPMC
Wetlander	Zizaniopsis miliacea	giant cutgrass	constructed wetlands to treat non point source pollution and wetland restoration	1993		GAPMC

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