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Raising Native Plants in Nurseries: Basic Concepts
Authors: Dumroese, Landis, Luna (US Forest Service) Date: July 2021 Growing native plants can be fun, challenging, and rewarding. This...

Kathryn Prive
Dec 16, 20211 min read


Managing Milkweed Crop Pests: A Native Seed Industry Guide
Author: Project Milkweed Date: 2017 Project Milkweed is a collaboration with the Xerces Society, the native seed industry, and the USDA...

Kathryn Prive
Nov 13, 20191 min read


Native Thistles: A Conservation Practitioner’s Guide
Author: The Xerces Society Date: 2016 Native thistles are a largely misunderstood and wrongly maligned group of wildflowers. These...

Kathryn Prive
Nov 12, 20191 min read


Cover Cropping for Pollinators and Beneficial Insects
Author: The Xerces Society Date: unknown This bulletin will help you use cover crops to encourage populations of pollinators and...

Kathryn Prive
Nov 12, 20191 min read


Collecting and Using Your Own Wildflower Seed to Expand Pollinator Habitat on Farms
Author: The Xerces Society Date: 2016 Native wildflowers are the backbone of pollinator habitat on the farm. Field borders, filter...

Kathryn Prive
Nov 12, 20191 min read


Establishing Pollinator Meadows From Seed
Author: The Xerces Society Date: 2015 To boost healthy populations of both wild resident bees and managed pollinators, the single most...

Kathryn Prive
Nov 7, 20191 min read


Why Grow And Sell Native Milkweed?
Author: Monarch Joint Venture Date: unknown Milkweed plants (family Asclepiadaceae) are the only food source for monarch butterfly...

Kathryn Prive
Nov 7, 20191 min read


A Guide to the Native Milkweeds of Oregon
Author: The Xerces Society Date: 2012 Five species of milkweed are native to Oregon. This guide includes profiles of the four most common...

Kathryn Prive
Nov 7, 20191 min read


Reducing Phytophthora
Authors: Parke, Jennifer (OSU) Date: 2010 Phytophthora species are some of the most problematic plant pathogens in nursery production...

Kathryn Prive
Oct 1, 20191 min read


The Woody Plant Seed Manual
Authors: Bonner, F.T. and Karrfalt R.P. (eds.) Date: 2008 The major audience for this book, as for its two predecessors, is those who are...

Kathryn Prive
Feb 7, 20191 min read


Techniques to Determine Total Viability in Native Seed
Author: Vivrette, N. The deep dormancy exhibited by seeds of many native plants can lead to the underestimation of total viability in...

Kathryn Prive
Feb 7, 20191 min read


Seed Germination and Storability Studies of 69 Plant Taxa Native to the Willamette Valley Wet Prairies
Authors: Guerrant Jr., E.O. and Raven, A. Seeds of 69 taxa native to the Willamette Valley, Oregon were subjected to four germination...

Kathryn Prive
Feb 7, 20191 min read


Salvaging Plants for Propagation and Revegetation
Author: Buis, S. Salvaging native plants is the act of rescuing plants from a construction or disturbance site before they are destroyed....

Kathryn Prive
Feb 7, 20191 min read


Ruminations and Ramblings About Native Plant Propagation
Author: Landis, T.D. Native plant nurseries face different challenges than traditional forest and conservation nurseries. They must...

Kathryn Prive
Feb 7, 20191 min read


Propagation of Interior British Columbia Native Plants from Seed
Authors: Hudson, S. & Carlson, M. Date: 1998 Abstract: British Columbia’s considerable diversity of soils, topographies, and climates has...

Kathryn Prive
Dec 27, 20181 min read


Native Plant Propagation and Restoration Strategies
Author: Haase, D. and Rose, R. (OSU) Date: 2001 Abstract: Propagation and planting of native plants for habitat restoration is a...

Kathryn Prive
Dec 27, 20181 min read


Native Seed Production
Author: Tucson Plant Materials Center Date: 2004 Details information on seed certification, site selection and preparation, weed control,...

Kathryn Prive
Dec 27, 20181 min read


Milkweeds: a Conservation Practitioner’s Guide
Author: The Xerces Society Date: 2014 The information in Milkweeds: A Conservation Practitioner’s Guide is gathered from interviews with...

Kathryn Prive
Dec 27, 20181 min read


Nursery Manual for Native Plants: a Guide for Tribal Nurseries
Authors: Dumeroese, Luna & Landis (eds.) Date: 2009 This handbook covers all aspects of managing a native plant nursery, from initial...

Kathryn Prive
Dec 22, 20181 min read


Native Seed Production Manual for the Pacific Northwest
Author: Corvallis PMC & Amy Bartow Date: 2015 The Native Seed Production Manual for the Pacific Northwest contains detailed,...

Kathryn Prive
Dec 20, 20181 min read


Native Seeds in Restoration: Garlic Mustard Part 3 - Monitoring Results & Discussion
This is the third in a series of blog posts describing an RNPP research project that took place 2022-2024. To recap, the goal of this...


Native Seeds in Restoration: Garlic Mustard Treatment Part 2 – Seed Mix & Site Prep
In fall of 2022 RNPP measured out a couple of vegetable-garden sized squares of bare earth along the Rogue River and initiated the trial...


Local Sources for Native Plants – 2023 edition
Author: Rogue Native Plant Partnership Date: April 2023 This document is intended as a guide for landowners, gardeners, and anyone...
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