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Spring 2007 Field Planting Seed Availability from Bridger PMC

Advanced Testing
Genus/Species Common Name Accession Site
Type 		Pounds/
Request
Atriplex falcata Gardner saltbush 9016134 1, 2 2
Elymus elymoides bottlebrush squirreltail 9019219 2 1
Oxytropis riparia Ruby Valley pointvetch 9063520 1 1
Panicum virgatum switchgrass 9004538 2, 3, 5 5
Trifolium fragiferum strawberry clover 9005617 1 1
Phacelia hastata silverleaf phacelia 9081632 2,8 0.5
Elymus trachycaulus slender wheatgrass 9081620 2,8 1


New Releases
Genus/Species Common Name Accession Site
Type 		Pounds/
Request
Achillea millefolium western yarrow Great Northern (S) 2 0.5
Dalea candida slender white prairieclover Antelope (T) 2 2
Krascheninnikovia lanata winterfat Open Range (T) 2,3 0.5
Leymus cinereus basin wildrye Washoe (S) 2,8 2
Penstemon erianthus fuzzy-tongue penstemon Old Works (SI) 2,8 0.25
Poa compressa Canada bluegrass Foothills (S) 2,3 2
Poa secunda Sandberg bluegrass High Plains (S) 2 2
Ratibida columnifera upright prairie coneflower Stillwater (S) 2,6 1
Hierochloa odorata sweetgrass Spirit (S) 7 20 sprigs
Symphoricarpos albus common snowberry Prospectors (S) 2,8 0.25
Symphoricarpos occidentalis western snowberry Trapper 2,6 0.25


Released Cultivars/Pre-Varietal
Genus/Species Common Name Accession Site
Type 		Pounds/
Request
Achnatherum hymenoides Indian ricegrass Rimrock (C) 2,3 5
Alopecurus arundinaceus creeping foxtail Garrison (C) 4 1
Astragalus cicer cicer milkvetch Lutana (C) 4 5
Atriplex X aptera 4-wing saltbush Wytana (C) 2,3 2
Elymus lanceolatus thickspike wheatgrass Critana (C) 2 5
Elymus trachycaulus slender wheatgrass Pryor (C) 2 5
Calamovilfa longifolia prairie sandreed Goshen (C) 2 3
Juniperus scopulorum Rocky Mountain juniper Bridger-Select (S) 6 25 grams
Leymus cinereus basin wildrye Trailhead (C) 2,3 10
Leymus triticoides beardless wildrye Shoshone (C) 1,4 not available
Pascopyrum smithii western wheatgrass Rosana (C) 2 5
Pinus ponderosa ponderosa pine Hunter (S) 6 25 grams
Psathyrostachys juncea Russian wildrye Bozoisky-Select (C) 5 5

Sites and Conditions for Testing

  1. saline/alkaline soils
  2. reclamation and range renovation on semi-arid sites
  3. late summer grazing or wildlife food and cover
  4. irrigated pasture
  5. dryland pasture
  6. shelterbelt/windbreak/wildlife cover
  7. culturally significant/wetland/riparian
  8. acid/heavy metal impacted sites

Accession Release Method

(C) Cultivar
(T) Tested class germplasm
(S) Selected class germplasm
(SI) Source Identified germplasm

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Last Modified: 08/21/2008