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#9 Wild Seed
Responsibility - Opportunity
#9 Outcome
Wild Seed
Why?
Requirements
Resources
Reasonable Landscape
Seed
School
• $30.121 billion spent on lawn and garden activities in 2009.
• Lawn care (48% of households)
• Flower gardening (30% of households)
• Landscaping (27% of households)
Bruce Butterfield, National Gardening Association Research Director
Copyright ©2009 National Gardening Association
• 15% of seed sales are mail order garden seed sales.
• Approximately $50 million in annual sales
• 50% Seeds Trust sales are wild flowers and native
grasses.
• No certified organic wildflower and native seed.
Requirements
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Gilia aggregata
Identify your local flora.
Noxious Weed Lists
Wildcrafting Rules
Germination Requirements
Learn your local landscape.
plant classification
(taxonomy)
Classification:
Prunus virginiana L.
Kingdom
Subkingdom
Superdivision
Division
Class
Subclass
Order
Family
Genus
Species
chokecherry
Plantae – Plants
Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Rosidae
Rosales
Rosaceae – Rose family
Prunus L. – plum
Prunus virginiana L. –
Botany in a Day: The Patterns Method of Plant Identification by Thomas J. Elpel
Flora of North America - http://www.fna.org/
http://www.aznps.com/
3855. Restricted Noxious Weed Seed.
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3855. Restricted Noxious Weed Seed. In accordance with
Section 52332 of the Food and
Agricultural Code, the Secretary hereby designates the seed or
propagule of the following species*
of plants to be restricted noxious weed seed within the meaning
of Section 52258 of the Food and
Agricultural Code:
Allium vineale (wild garlic)
Carduus pycnocephalus (Italian thistle)
Carduus tenuiflorus (slenderflowered thistle)
Carthamus baeticus (smooth distaff thistle)
Carthamus lanatus (woolly distaff thistle)
Cenchrus echinatus (southern sandbur)
Cenchrus incertus (coast sandbur)
Cenchrus longispinus (mat sandbur)
3854. Prohibited Noxious Weed Seed.
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3854. Prohibited Noxious Weed Seed. In accordance with
Section 52332 of the Food and
Agricultural Code, the Secretary hereby designates the seed or
propagule of the following species*
of plants to be prohibited noxious weed seed within the meaning
of Section 52257 of the Food and
Agricultural Code:
Acroptilon repens (Russian knapweed)
Alhagi psuedalhagi (camelthorn)
Cardaria chalepensis (lens-podded hoarycress)
Cardaria draba (heart-podded hoarycress)
Cardaria pubescens (globe-podded hoarycress)
Carduus acanthoides (plumeless thistle)
Helpful Resources
Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center: http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/taxa_p.htm
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Plants Database: http://plants.usda.gov/
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Proposed: US Forest Service Native Plants Policy:
http://www.nativeseednetwork.org/article_view?id=38
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Grassland, Shrubland and Desert Ecosystem Research Program:
http://www.fs.fed.us/rm/boise/research/shrub/index.shtml
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Meetings & Links:
http://www.fs.fed.us/rm/boise/research/shrub/links.shtml
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Great Basin Native Plant Selection & Increase Project: http://www.fs.fed.us/rm/boise/research/shrub/greatbasin.shtml
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Station Native Wildflower Seed Production Trials: http://www.cropinfo.net/crops/WildflowerSeedProd.html
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Revegetation Equipment Catalog
The catalog provides descriptions, applications, pictures, and sources
for equipment used on rangeland: http://reveg-catalog.tamu.edu/
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Nancy Shaw, Research Botanist
email: nshaw [at] fs.fed.us
phone: (208) 373-4360
fax: (208) 373-4391
http://www.fs.fed.us/rm/boise/research/shrub/bio/shaw.shtml
Seed Resources
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Wild West Seeds: http://www.wildwestseed.com/
ESP Seeds: http://www.espseeds.com/index.html
Clyde Robin Seeds: http://www.clyderobin.com/index.html
Wild Seed Farms: http://www.wildseedfarms.com/
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Wind River Seed: http://www.windriverseed.com/
Granite Seed: http://www.graniteseed.com/
S&S Seeds: http://www.ssseeds.com/
Hedgerow Farms
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Larner Seeds: http://www.larnerseeds.com/index.html
Sierra Seed Supply: http://sierraseedsupply.com/index.html
Sun Mountain Natives: http://sunmountainnatives.com/
Inside Passage: http://www.insidepassageseeds.com/
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Native Seed Network: http://www.nativeseednetwork.org/
THE REASONABLE LANDSCAPE
What is it?
Beautiful.
Sustainable.
Minimizes water, maintenance and biocides.
My version combines aspects of Xeriscaping, Native
Landscaping and Permaculture.
“25 years of learning what not to do!”
Penstemons are quickly becoming a favorite.
Penstemon procerus, P. eatonii, P. cyaneus
Penstemon pinifolius
Penstemon albertinus, P. venustus, P. fruiticosus
Papaver nudicale, Penstemon spp., Viola cornuta
Aster occidentalis
Delphinium occidentale
Linum lewisii
Lupinus laxiflorus
Lupinus sericeus
Gilia aggregata
Scutellaria nana
Phacelia sericea
Geranium viscossimum
Lathyrus pauciflorus
Wildflower Mixes
Heart of Idaho
Mix flowers must work quickly, but
not work too well.
Cosmos bipinnatus
Layia platyglossa
Ammi majus
Linum grandiflorum
Centaurea cyanus
Clarkia unguiculata
Clarkia amoena
Linanthus grandiflorus
Mentzellia lindleyi
Eschscholzia californica aur.
Phacelia campanularia
Dimorphotheca sinuata
Native Grass Alternative
Festuca ovina
Festuca ovina
Poa compressa
var. Rubens
Festuca trachyphylla var. Durar
“Durar Hard Fescue”
Festuca ovina glauca
• Great Basin Wildrye
• Idaho Fescue
Mangage For Diversity
#9 Outcome
Wild Seed
Why?
Requirements
Resources
Reasonable Landscape
Seed
School