Aberdeen Plant Materials
Center - 2008 Activities
Great Basin Native Plant
Selection and Increase
Project
Loren St. John, Dan Ogle, Derek Tilley
Early Generation Certified
Seed Production
Anatone
Maple Grove
Northern Cold Desert
Snake River Plains
Forb Propagation/Evaluation
Grays biscuitroot
Fernleaf biscuitroot
Nineleaf biscuitroot
Lomatium triternatum
(nineleaf biscuitroot)
Hotrock penstemon
Sharpleaf penstemon
Sagebrush penstemon
Sulphur flower
buckwheat
Orchard Display Nursery
Relative Density/ft2
Fish Creek squirreltail
0.67
Bannock thickspike wheatgrass
0.28
Jim Creek bluebunch wheatgrass
1.10
SERDP Snake River wheatgrass
0.80
Hanford Source Sandberg bluegrass 0.56
Eagle Germplasm western yarrow
0.21
Crested Wheatgrass
Diversification Project
Elko, NV
Grandview, ID
South Fork, NV
Broadcast Mix
Species
Mtn. Home Sandberg bluegrass
Appar blue flax
Eagle yarrow
Wyoming big sagebrush
Spiny hopsage
Rice Hulls
South Fork, NV
Drill Mix
Species
Nezpar Indian ricegrass
Toe Jam Cr. squirreltail
Needleandthread
Magnar basin wildrye
Secar Snake River wheatgrass
Munro globemallow
Rice Hulls
12.5 acres
Pounds
PLS/ac
0.75
0.75
0.20
0.20
0.50
Pounds
PLS/ac
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
1.00
0.50
Pounds
Bulk Seed/ac
0.92
0.83
0.45
1.31
1.37
8.88
12.5 acres
Pounds
Bulk Seed/ac
2.03
2.26
3.21
2.10
1.08
0.76
2.32
Grandview, ID
Broadcast Mix
Species
Maple Grove Lewis Flax
Mtn. Home Sandberg bluegrass
Royal Penstemon
Wyoming big sagebrush
Rubber Rabbitbrush
Rice Hulls
Grandview, ID
12.5 acres
Pounds
PLS/ac
0.40
0.20
0.40
0.05
0.15
Drill Mix
Species
Anatone bluebunch wheatgrass
Magnar basin wildrye
Bannock thickspike wheatgrass
Thurber’s needlegrass
Rice Hulls
Pounds
Bulk Seed/ac
0.43
0.24
0.56
0.29
1.01
7.29
12.5 acres
Pounds
PLS/ac
3.20
0.80
0.60
0.60
Pounds
Bulk Seed/ac
3.60
1.04
0.74
0.99
7.29
Joint Fire Sciences
Reestablishment of native
vegetation after wildfire
•FS Rocky Mountain Research Station
•BLM
•USGS
•Utah Division of Wildlife
•Aberdeen PMC
Drill Mix:
#PLS/AC
#BULK/AC
Rimrock Indian ricegrass
1.0
1.02
Munro globemallow
0.5
0.76
Anatone bluebunch wheatgrass
2.0
2.25
Toe Jam squirreltail
1.0
1.06
Sulphurflower buckwheat
0.24
0.48
Rice hulls
1.59
Broadcast Mix
Wyoming big sagebrush
0.45
2.57
rubber rabbitbrush
0.50
3.38
Eagle yarrow
0.15
0.17
Mtn. Home Sandberg bluegrass
0.40
0.49
Royal Penstemon
0.09
0.13
Rice hulls
7.03
Selected Publications
(Available online at
http://plant-materials.nrcs.usda.gov/idpmc/publications.html)
Technical Note 20: Calibrating the Truax Rough Rider Drill for
Restoration Plantings. Aberdeen Plant Materials Center,
Aberdeen, ID. Revised April, 2008. 14p.
Royal Penstemon Plant Guide. Aberdeen Plant Materials Center,
Aberdeen, ID. October 6, 2008. 3p.
Hotrock Penstemon Plant Guide. Aberdeen Plant Materials
Center, Aberdeen, ID. January 8, 2009. 3p.
Sharpleaf Penstemon Plant Guide. Aberdeen Plant Materials
Center, Aberdeen, ID. January 20, 2009. 3p.
Equipment Strategies to Enhance the Post-Wildfire
Establishment and Persistence of Great Basin Native Plants.
Aberdeen Plant Materials Center, Aberdeen, ID. October 2,
2008. 4p.
THANK YOU!
• Great Basin Restoration
Initiative (BLM)
• Rocky Mountain Research
Station (USFS)
Loren St. John
PMC Team Leader
Aberdeen Plant Materials Center
P.O Box 296
Aberdeen, ID 83210
208-397-4133
loren.stjohn@id.usda.gov
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