
NATIVE SEED AND PLANT MATERIAL DEVELOPMENT
There are many steps involved in developing a reliable, stable crop from wild collected species. Native plant materials, like agronomic crops, take an average of 10-20 years to develop as consistent, reliable commercially available species. Starting with native seed collection, the time and length of each step in the development process varies for each grass, forb, and shrub. Our goal is to facilitate this process and to increase capacity within Federal agencies and the private sector for ecologically appropriate native seed.
Steps in the Process
Featured Videos
BLM Partners with Shoshone-Paiute Tribes to Grow Sagebrush and Native Plants.
Native Seeds: Supplying Restoration - Introduction. Watch the full video series here.
Native Forb Manual
Western Forbs: Biology, Ecology, and Use in Restoration is a developing online book containing information about the important ecological functions of forbs and guidelines to support their inclusion in vegetation and restoration. Read the Project Overview and Acknowledgements and current chapters:
- Agastache urticifolia (Nettleleaf giant hyssop)
- Agoseris aurantiaca (Orange agoseris)
- Agoseris heterophylla (Annual agoseris)
- Balsamorhiza sagittata (Arrowleaf balsamroot)
- Chaenactis douglasii (Douglas’ dustymaiden)
- Crepis acuminata (Tapertip hawksbeard)
- Crepis intermedia (Limestone hawksbeard)
- Dalea ornata (Blue Mountain [western] prairie clover)
- Dalea searlsiae (Searls' prairie clover)
- Dieteria (Machaeranthera) canescens (Hoary tansyaster)
- Enceliopsis nudicaulis (Nakedstem sunray)
- Erigeron chrysopsidis (Dwarf yellow fleabane)
- Erigeron linearis (Desert yellow fleabane)
- Erigeron pumilus (Shaggy fleabane)
- Erigeron speciosus (Aspen fleabane)
- Eriogonum heracleoides (Parsnipflower buckwheat)
- Eriogonum umbellatum (Sulphur-flower buckwheat)
- Heliomeris multiflora (Showy goldeneye)
- Lomatium dissectum (Fernleaf biscuitroot)
- Lomatium grayi (Gray's biscuitroot)
- Lomatium nudicaule (Barestem biscuitroot)
- Lomatium triternatum (Nineleaf biscuitroot)
- Nothocalais troximoides (Sagebrush false dandelion)
- Penstemon speciosus (Royal penstemon)
- Peritoma (Cleome) lutea (Yellow bee-plant)
- Peritoma (Cleome) serrulata (Rocky Mountain beeplant)
- Phacelia hastata (Silverleaf phacelia)
- Sphaeralcea coccinea (Scarlet globemallow)
- Sphaeralcea grossulariifolia (Gooseberyleaf globemallow)
- Sphaeralcea munroana (Munro's globemallow)
- Sphaeralcea parvifolia (Small-leaf globemallow)