Plant Materials Publications 

Publications in the National Plant Materials Program On-Line Index

All Plant Materials Publications. List of publications available on the National Plant Materials Program web site. Search by topic or by specific Plant Materials Center.

Publications from the Bridger Plant Materials Program

The following publications are not currently listed in the National On-Line Index.

• Bridger Plant Guides
• Technical Notes
• HortNotes
• Published Abstracts
• Symposia Proceedings
• Journal Articles
• Additional Publications

Also see the Publications from the Bridger Plant Materials Center section of the National On-Line Index for additional Technical Notes, Newsletters, Plant Releases, Plant Guides, and other publications pertinent to Montana and Wyoming.

Bridger Plant Guides

The following links are a partial list of recently released plant guides from the Bridger Plant Materials Center. A complete list of plant releases and additional plant guides are available from the Bridger Plant Materials Center. Use the link above to access this information.

• Antelope Germplasm Selected Class Slender White Prairie Clover
• Copperhead Germplasm Selected Class Slender Wheatgrass
• Foothills Selected Class Germplasm Canada Bluegrass
• Great Northern Germplasm Selected Class Western Yarrow
• High Plains Selected Class Germplasm Sandberg Bluegrass
• Hunter Germplasm Selected Class Ponderosa Pine
• Old Works Germplasm Fuzzytongue Penstemon
• Open Range Tested Class Germplasm Winterfat
• Prospectors Germplasm Common Snowberry
• Rimrock Indian Ricegrass
• Spirit Germplasm Selected Class Sweetgrass
• Stillwater Germplasm Selected Class Prairie Coneflower
• Trapper Germplasm Selected Class Western Snowberry
• Washoe Germplasm Basin Wildrye

The following plant guides from the Aberdeen, Idaho Plant Materials Center also pertain to Montana. The following documents require Adobe Acrobat.

Creeping Foxtail (PDF, 321 KB)
Siberian Wheatgrass (PDF, 203 KB)

Technical Notes

See Plant Materials Technical Notes

HortNotes

HortNote No. 4 (PDF, 65 KB)
HortNote No. 5 (PDF, 72 KB)
HortNote No. 6 (PDF, 82 KB)
HortNote No. 8 (PDF, 57 KB)

Published Abstracts

• Scianna, J.D. 2003. Producing Wildland Ecotypes from Summer Cuttings: Potential Applications for Ecological Restoration. In Symposia Proceedings, Society for Ecological Restoration Annual Meeting, Portland, Oregon.
• Scianna, J.D. 2004. Control and Reclamation of Russian Olive (Elaeagnus angustifolia L.) on Saline-Affected Sites. In Conference Proceedings, Montana Weed Control Association Annual Conference, Billings, Montana.
• Scianna, J.D. 2002. Nursery Cost Estimating at the NRCS Bridger Plant Materials Center. In Symposium Proceedings, Western Forest and Conservation Nursery Association and Forest Nursery Association of British Columbia, Olympia, Washington.

Symposia Proceedings

• Scianna, J.D. 2002. Nursery Cost Estimating at the NRCS Bridger Plant Materials Center. In Symposium Proceedings, Western Forest and Conservation Nursery Association and Forest Nursery Association of British Columbia, Olympia, Washington.
• Scianna, J.D. and M.E. Majerus 2002. Native Plant and Seed Production for High Elevation Restoration: Growing high elevation species in a northern plains desert. In Symposium Proceedings, Native Plants Propagation and Restoration Strategies. Haase D.L. and R. Rose (eds). Nursery Technology Cooperative and Western Forestry and Conservation Association. December 12-13, 2001. Eugene, Oregon
• Scianna, J.D. 1998. Asexual Plant Propagation: Increasing Your Odds of Success. In R. Rose and D.L. Haase (eds). In Symposium Proceedings, Native Plants Propagating and Planting. Oregon State University, Nursery Technology Cooperative. Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon. December 9-10, 1998.

Journal Articles

Blending Dry Seeds Clean (PDF, 516 KB)
Rocky Mountain Juniper Seed Collecting, Processing and Germinating (PDF, 1.5 MB)
Festuca ovina (PDF, 391 KB)
The Secret’s Out. USDA Plant Materials Centers Recommend Hardy and Ornamental Woody Plants for the Arid West (PDF, 1.2 MB)
Acer ginnala (PDF, 390 KB)
Quercus macrocarpa (PDF, 329 KB)

Additional Publications

• Bridger Plant Materials Center Economic Impact Factsheet
• Conserving the Heritage of Native Plants
• Creating Native Landscapes in the Northern Great Plains and Rocky Mountains. A publication developed by Montana Association of Conservation Districts, Lower Musselshell Conservation District, and the Natural Resources Conservation Service.
• Hand-Planting Guidelines for Bareroot Trees and Shrubs
• Improving Sage Grouse Habitat through Revegetation and Rangeland Management
• Montana Native Plants for Pollinator-Friendly Plantings

Planting Guidelines for Containerized and Balled & Burlapped Stock (PDF, 239 KB)
Plants for Conservation Buffers (PDF, 261 KB)