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Future Plant Development Activities in the NRCS Plant Materials - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Future Plant Development Activities in the NRCS Plant Materials Program National Native Seed Conference Washington, D.C. Joel L. Douglas Plant Materials Specialist USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service Central National Technology

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Joel L. Douglas Plant Materials Specialist USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service Central National Technology Support Center Fort Worth, Texas

Future Plant Development Activities in the NRCS Plant Materials Program

National Native Seed Conference

Washington, D.C.

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NRCS Priority Needs

Rangeland health
Air and water quality
Pollinators
Soil stabilization
Forbs for increased

plant diversity in conservation plantings

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Location of Future Plant Releases 1-3 Years

Kingsville, TX Nacogdoches, TX Galliano, LA Tucson, AZ Fallon, NV Aberdeen, ID Bridger, MT Cape May, NJ Booneville, AR Bismarck, ND

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Plant Evaluation and Selection Activities

Kingsville, TX Nacogdoches, TX Galliano, LA Tucson, AZ Fallon, NV Aberdeen, ID Bridger, MT Cape May, NJ Booneville, AR Bismarck, ND

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Kingsville, TX Nacogdoches, TX Galliano, LA Tucson, AZ Fallon, NV Aberdeen, ID Bridger, MT Cape May, NJ Booneville, AR Bismarck, ND

Plant Evaluation and Selection Activities

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Kingsville, TX Nacogdoches, TX Galliano, LA Tucson, AZ Fallon, NV Aberdeen, ID Bridger, MT Cape May, NJ Booneville, AR Bismarck, ND

Plant Evaluation and Selection Activities

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Kingsville, TX Nacogdoches, TX Galliano, LA Tucson, AZ Fallon, NV Aberdeen, ID Bridger, MT Cape May, NJ Booneville, AR Bismarck, ND

Plant Evaluation and Selection Activities

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Kingsville, TX Nacogdoches, TX Galliano, LA Tucson, AZ Fallon, NV Aberdeen, ID Bridger, MT Cape May, NJ Booneville, AR Bismarck, ND

Plant Evaluation and Selection Activities Future Plant Releases

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Cape May, New Jersey

Sea oats (Uniola paniculata)
Selected class release
Dune stabilization
Mid-Atlantic states (MD, NJ, DE)

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Indiangrass (Sorghastrum nutans)
Selected class release
Conservation cover, soil

stabilization, livestock forage

Southern Ozarks (AR, MO, OK)

Booneville, Arkansas

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Galliano, Louisiana

Gulf cordgrass (Spartina spartinae)
Selected class release
Dune stabilization
Gulf coast states (TX, LA, MS)

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Kingsville, Texas

Partridge pea (Chamaecrista

fasciculata); Indian blanket (Gaillardia pulchella)

Selected class release
Rangeland plantings, wildlife

habitat, and pollinators

South Texas Plains

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Tucson, Arizona

Big galleta (Pleuraphis rigida)
Selected class release
Soil stabilization, rangeland

plantings and habitat improvement in parts of the Mojave Desert

Desert Southwest (southern NV

and northern AZ

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Aberdeen, Idaho

Parsnipflower buckwheat

(Eriogonum heracleoides)

Selected class release
Pollinator habitat and rangeland

plantings

Intermountain west (UT, ID, NV)

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Bridger, Montana

Silverleaf phacelia (Phacelia hastata)
Selected class release
Conservation cover on acid and

heavy metal sites

Northern plains (MT and WY)

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Future Conservation Plant Releases

Native, herbaceous, annual and

perennial

Forbs/wildflowers, grasses, legumes
Support NRCS conservation

practices

Support agency initiatives (e.g. sage

grouse, monarch, European honeybee, longleaf pine)

Adaptation area large enough for

sustainable commercial seed and plant production

Gulf Cordgrass

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USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender

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The preceding presentation was delivered at the This and additional presentations available at http://nativeseed.info

2017 National Native Seed Conference

Washington, D.C. February 13-16, 2017