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Technical References - Plant Fact Sheets, Plant Guides and Technical Notes
 

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Aberdeen PMC Plant Release Brochures 

Document Type and Size Document Type and Size
Aberdeen Selection of Laurel Willow  (PDF; 88 KB) Maple Grove Germplasm Lewis Flax  (PDF; 89 KB)
Alkali Bulrush  (PDF; 116 KB) Nebraska Sedge  (PDF; 124 KB)
'Anatone' Germplasm Bluebunch Wheatgrass     (PDF; 188 KB) 'Nezpar' Indian Ricegrass  (PDF; 90 KB)
'Appar' Blue Flax  (PDF; 105 KB) Northern Cold Desert Winterfat  (PDF; 133 KB)
Baltic Rush  (PDF; 164 KB) 'P-27' Siberian Wheatgrass  (PDF; 158 KB)
'Bannock' Thickspike Wheatgrass  (PDF; 123 KB) 'Paiute' Orchardgrass  (PDF; 195 KB)
Clearwater Selection Venus Penstemon  (PDF; 113 KB) 'Recovery' Western Wheatgrass  (PDF; 73 KB)
Common Threesquare  (PDF; 149 KB) 'Regar' Meadow Brome  (PDF; 179 KB)
Creeping Spikerush  (PDF; 104 KB) Richfield Selection Firecracker Penstemon  (PDF; 111 KB)
'Delar' Small Burnet  (PDF; 57 KB) 'Rush' Intermediate Wheatgrass  (PDF; 100 KB)
'Ephraim' Crested Wheatgrass  (PDF; 134 KB) Snake River Plains Fourwing Saltbush  (PDF; 89 KB)
'Goldar' Bluebunch Wheatgrass  (PDF; 124 KB) 'Sodar' Streambank Wheatgrass  (PDF; 161 KB)
Hardstem Bulrush  (PDF; 119 KB) 'Tegmar' Dwarf Intermediate Wheatgrass  (PDF; 219 KB)
'Magnar' Basin Wildrye  (PDF; 131 KB) 'Vavilov II' Siberian Wheatgrass  (PDF; 132 KB)


Plant Guides for Intermountain West Plant Releases

Document Type and Size Document Type and Size
Alsike Clover  (PDF; 128 KB) Perennial Ryegrass  (PDF; 120 KB)
Basin Wildrye  (PDF; 93 KB) Prairie Junegrass  (PDF; 108 KB)
Big Sagebrush  (PDF; 543 KB) Red Clover (PDF; 99 KB)
Black Greasewood   (PDF; 339 KB) Rocky Mountain Juniper  (PDF; 121 KB)
Bluebunch Wheatgrass (PDF; 172 KB) Royal Penstemon  (PDF; 308 KB)
Blue and Lewis Flax  (PDF; 109 KB) Russian Wildrye (PDF; 406 KB)
Bottlebrush Squirreltail & Big Squirreltail  (PDF; 311 KB) Sainfoin  (PDF; 147 KB)
Bulbous Bluegrass  (PDF; 109 KB) Sandberg Bluegrass   (PDF; 339 KB)
Cheatgrass   (PDF; 147 KB) Scarlet Globemallow  (PDF; 160 KB)
Chokecherry (PDF; 289 KB) Sharpleaf Penstemon (PDF; 230 KB)
Cicer Milkvetch  (PDF; 288 KB) Siberian Wheatgrass  (PDF; 206 KB)
Common Camas  (PDF; 168 KB) Slender Wheatgrass  (PDF; 407 KB)
Creeping Foxtail (PDF; 321 KB) Small Burnet (PDF; 61 KB)
Crested Wheatgrass (PDF; 192 KB) Snake River Wheatgrass  (PDF; 200 KB)
Desert Needlegrass   (PDF; 205 KB) Snow Buckwheat (PDF; 83 KB)
Eaton's or Firecracker Penstemon (PDF; 174 KB) Sweetgrass  (PDF; 101 KB)
Forage Kochia  (PDF; 433 KB) Tall Wheatgrass  (PDF; 185 KB)
Fourwing Saltbush (PDF; 494 KB) Tansy Ragwort  (PDF; 221 KB)
Halogeton  (PDF; 294 KB) Thickspike and Streambank Wheatgrass (PDF; 127 KB)
Hotrock Penstemon  (PDF; 272 KB) Thurber's Needlegrass  (PDF; 212 KB)
Idaho Fescue (PDF; 266 KB) Timothy  (PDF; 171 KB)
Indian Ricegrass (PDF; 179 KB) Ute Ladies'-Tresses  (PDF; 126 KB)
Intermediate Wheatgrass (PDF; 149 KB) Ventenata  (PDF; 138 KB)
Lewis' Mockorange (PDF; 302 KB) Venus Penstemon (PDF; 136 KB)
Meadow Brome (PDF; 81 KB) Yellow Sweetclover & White Sweetclover     (PDF; 279 KB)
Mountain Brome  (PDF; 606 KB) Western Clematis (PDF; 68 KB)
Muttongrass  (PDF; 311 KB) Western Wheatgrass  (PDF; 112 KB)
Needle-and-Thread  (PDF; 232 KB) Western Yarrow   (PDF; 338 KB)
Orchardgrass (PDF; 56 KB) White Clover   (PDF; 105 KB)
Parsnipflower Buckwheat  (PDF; 335 KB) Winterfat (PDF; 152 KB)


Idaho-Utah Plant Materials Technical Notes

Document Type and Size
Tech. Note 1 Plant Materials Collection Guide  (PDF; 1.24 MB)
Tech. Note 2 Plants for Pollinators in the Intermountain West  (PDF; 1.25 MB)
Tech. Note 2 Supplement Gardening for Native Bees  NEW!  (PDF; 2.52 MB)
Tech. Note 3 Estimating Initial Stocking Rates  (PDF; 1.52 MB)
Tech. Note 4 Reading Seed Packaging Labels (PDF; 595 KB)
Tech. Note 5 Riparian Buffer Design and Species Considerations   (PDF; 387 KB)
Tech. Note 6 The Stinger - A Tool to Plant Unrooted Hardwood Cuttings  (PDF; 808 KB)
Tech. Note 7 Mixing Seed With Rice Hulls 

          Rice Hull Calculator 
(PDF; 480 KB)

(XLS; 20 KB)
Tech. Note 8 Alfalfa Management Guide Section 1  (PDF; 1.4 MB)
Tech. Note 8 Alfalfa Management Guide Section 2  (PDF; 2.6 MB)
Tech. Note 8 Alfalfa Management Guide Section 3   (PDF; 640 KB)
Tech. Note 9A Plants for Saline to Sodic Soil Conditions  (PDF; 121 KB)
Tech. Note 9B Plant Materials Salinity Trials  (PDF; 569 KB)
Tech. Note 10 Pasture and Range Seedings, Planning-Installation-Evaluation  (PDF; 519 KB)
Tech. Note 11 Species Selection and Grazing Management Guidelines  DRAFT PDF; 235 KB)
Tech. Note 12 Guidelines for Determining Stand Establishment on Pasture, Range and Conservation Seedings  (PDF; 328 KB)
Tech. Note 13 Harvesting, Propagating and Planting Wetland Plants (PDF; 885 KB)
Tech. Note 14 Seed Production Standards for Conservation Plants (PDF; 190 KB)
Tech. Note 15 Managing Black Greasewood Sites   (PDF; 490 KB)
Tech. Note 16 Green Strips or Vegetative Fuel Breaks  (PDF; 547 KB)
Tech. Note 17 Field and Demonstration Plantings  (PDF; 709 KB)
Tech. Note 18 Basic Biology, Distribution and Vegetative Suppression of Four Knapweed Species (PDF; 180 KB)
Tech. Note 19 Calibrating a Seed Drill for Conservation Plantings  (PDF; 202 KB)
Tech. Note 20 Calibrating the Truax Rough Rider Seed Drill for Restoration Plantings  (PDF; 713 KB)
Tech. Note 21 Planting Willow and Cottonwood Poles under Rock Riprap  (PDF; 637 KB)
Tech. Note 22 Wetland Sodmats  (PDF; 277 KB)
Tech. Note 23 How to Plant Willows and Cottonwoods for Riparian Rehabilitation  (PDF; 1.7 MB)
Tech. Note 24 Grass, Grass-Like, Forb, Legume and Wood Species for the Intermountain West  (PDF; 260 KB)
          Tech. Note 24 Supplement - Intermountain Planting Guide  (PDF; 7.87 MB)
Tech. Note 25 Function and Operation of a Machine to Lay Weed Barrier Material  (PDF; 990 KB)
Tech. Note 27 Plant Germplasm Development: Traditional and Alternative Approaches  (PDF; 1.1 MB)
Tech. Note 28 Glossary of Terms For Use in Plant Materials  (PDF; 265 KB)
Tech. Note 29A Revegetation Effectiveness - Evaluation of Four Selected Wildfire Disturbed Rangeland and Forestland Sites in Idaho and Oregon  (PDF; 426 KB)
Tech. Note 29B Revegetation Effectiveness - Long Term Evaluation of Nine Selected Wildfire and Logging Disturbed Forestland Sites in Montana  (PDF; 286 KB)
Tech. Note 30 Perennial Ryegrass for Irrigated Pasture in the Intermountain West  (PDF; 129 KB)
Tech. Note 31 Switchgrass for the Intermountain West  (PDF; 135 KB)
Tech. Note 32 Users Guide to Description, Propagation and Establishment of Native Shrubs and Trees for Riparian Areas (PDF; 573 KB)
Tech. Note 32 Table 1 Description of Native Shrubs and Trees for Riparian Areas (PDF; 131 KB)
Tech. Note 32 Table 2 Description of Native Shrubs and Trees for Riparian Areas (PDF; 99 KB)
Tech. Note 33 Plant and Seed Vendors for Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Eastern Washington, Wyoming  (PDF; 269 KB)
Tech. Note 34 Guidelines to Reduce Rodent Damage While Establishing Windbreaks (PDF; 68 KB)
Tech. Note 35 A Quick Method to Estimate Germination Percentages for Seed Species (PDF; 12 KB)
Tech. Note 36 Optimize Forage Quality by Afternoon Harvesting (PDF; 139 KB)
Tech. Note 37 Hybrid Poplar - An Alternative Crop for the Intermountain West (PDF; 35 KB)
Tech. Note 38 Users Guide to Description, Propagation and Establishment of Wetland Plant Species and Grasses for Riparian Areas  (PDF; 1.1 MB)
Tech. Note 39 Waterjet Stinger: A Tool to Plant Dormant Unrooted Cuttings of Willows, Cottonwoods, Dogwoods and Other Species  (PDF; 669 KB)
Tech. Note 40 Biology, History and Suppression of Reed Canarygrass (PDF; 247 KB)
Tech. Note 41 Restoration and Diversification of Plant Communities with Woody Plants (PDF; 226 KB)
Tech. Note 42 Willow Clump Plantings (PDF; 463 KB)
Tech. Note 43 Tree Planting Care and Management  (PDF; 832 KB)
          Tech. Note 43 Table 2 Tree and Shrub Characteristics  (XLS; 81 KB)
          Tech. Note 43 Table 3 Tree and Shrub Tolerance to Salinity  (XLS; 44 KB)
Tech. Note 44 Using Windbreaks to Reduce Odors Associated with Livestock Production Facilities  (PDF; 1 MB)
Tech. Note 45 Temporary Storage and Handling of Container, Bareroot and Cutting Stock   (PDF; 275 KB)
Tech. Note 46 Proper Installation, Maintenance and Removal of Rigid Seedling Protector Tubes (PDF; 895 KB)
Tech. Note 47 History, Biology, Ecology, Suppression and Revegetation of Russian-Olive Sites (PDF; 219 KB)
Tech. Note 48 Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) Agrilus planipennis  (PDF; 218 KB)
Tech. Note 49 Weed Control in Woody Plantings:  Herbicides and Application Techniques  (PDF; 754 KB)
Tech. Note 50 Conservation Shrubs and Trees for the Intermountain West  (PDF; 1.88 MB)
Tech. Note 51 Threatened, Endangered, Candidate & Proposed Plant Species of Idaho  (PDF; 311 KB)

 

Windbreaks

Document Type and Size
       North Dakota Tree Handbook   
Small Trees for Small Places - 100 trees for an urban environment  (PDF; 501 KB)
Water Needs of Windbreaks for Trickle Irrigation System Design  (PDF; 151 KB)
Trees Against The Wind  (PDF; 843 KB)
Hand-Planting Guidelines for Bareroot Trees and Shrubs  (PDF; 820 KB)
Planting Guidelines for Containerized and Balled & Burlapped Stock  (PDF; 240 KB)
Living Snow Fence Brochure  (PDF; 1.14 MB)
Weed Barrier Fabric Maintenance for Conservation Tree Plantings (PDF; 128 KB)


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