Insects & Pollinators Publications
The Plant Materials Program has an extensive listing of publications relating to insects and pollinators. Plant Materials Centers are working to select plants and provide recommendations on plants which will enhance pollinator populations throughout the growing season. These wildflowers, trees, shrubs, and grasses are an integral part of the conservation practices that landowners, farmers, and ranchers install as part of their conservation plan.
Pollinator Value of NRCS Plant Releases used in Conservation Plantings
A resource guide on the characteristics of 80 conservation forbs/wildflowers and legumes useful for improving pollinator habitat.
Great Basin Pollinator Plants Native Milkweeds. (PDF; 860K) Borders, B., E. Eldredge, E. Mader, and C. Burns. 2012. Joint publication NRCS and Xerces, Portland, OR. TN 56. 12p. (ID# 11525)
Native Wildflower Seeding Rate Calculator for Conservation Plantings V3. (PDF; 431K) Shawnna Clark. 2013. Big Flats, New York. volume 3. (ID# 11532)
Pollinator Friendly Plants for the Northeast US. (PDF; 3,389K) Shawnna Clark. 2012. 60p. (ID# 11164)
Preliminary Pollinator Plant Recommendations for New Mexico. (PDF; 766K) David R. Dreesen and Tess R. Grasswitz. 2012. Plant Materials Technical Note No. 71, Albuquerque, NM. February 2012. 11p. (ID# 10939)
TN - Plant Materials - 12-1-Arizona, Plants for Enhancing Pollinator Habitat in Arizona. (PDF; 227K) Tucson Plant Materials Center and The Xerces Society. 2012. Tucson Plant Materials Center and The Xerces Society, Tucson, Arizona. September 2012. 15p. (ID# 11406)
Seeding Pollinator Plots. (PDF; 1,053K) Plant Materials Center. 2011. USDA, NRCS Plant Materials Center, Bismarck, North Dakota. March 2011. 5p. (ID# 10293)
Habitat Creation and Management for Native Pollinating Insects at the Manhattan Plant Materials Center, Kansas. (PDF; 12K) Allen Casey, Richard L. Wynia, and John M. Row. 2010. Snowbird, UT. May 2010. 1p. (ID# 9775)
Using Farm Bill Programs for Pollinator Conservation (PDF; 278KB) Technical Note TN.190.B.78 - Using Farm Bill Programs for Pollinator Conservation is now available. Learn about Farm Bill programs and associated conservation practices that can increase pollinator populations for healthier and more profitable agro-ecosystems.
Pollinator Plants for Texas Conservation Practices. (PDF; 231 KB) Robert Ziehr. 2008. North American Range Plants, Southern Forages, Wildflowers in Bloom, AggieClover Website, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, The Xerces Society, and Pollinator Patnership., Temple, Texas. 9/11/2008. 6p. (ID# 8222)
Role of the Plant Materials Program in Creating and Improving Pollinator Habitat. (PDF; 2 MB) R. Alan Shadow. 2008. etpmc, Nacogdoches, texas. 11p. (ID# 8051)
Native Pollinator Habitat Plants Matrix. (PDF; 4 MB) Alan Shadow. 2008. ETPMC, Nacogdoches, Texas. 2p. (ID# 8049)
Pollinator Plants of the East Texas Plant Materials Center. (PDF; 335 KB) R. Alan Shadow. 2008. ETPMC, Nacogdoches, Texas. 1p. (ID# 8050)
Plants for Pollinators in the Intermountain West. (PDF; 2,121K) Ogle, Dan, Derek Tilley, Jim Cane, Loren St John, Karen Fullen, Mark Stannard, Pamela Pavek. 2011. USDA NRCS, Boise, Idaho. October 2011. 40p. (ID# 10798)
Plants For Pollinators In Oregon. (PDF; 401 KB) Pendergrass, K., Vaughan, M., and Williams, J. USDA-NRCS, Corvallis, OR. March 2008. 26p.
Introduction to Insect Pollinators. (PDF; 238 KB) Rees, J., Vaughn, M., Williams J. 2007. NRCS, Portland, Oregon. June 2007. 2p. (ID# 7561)
Montana Native Plants for Pollinator-Friendly Plantings. (PDF; 1.9 MB) Montana Plant Materials Staffs. USDA-NRCS, Bozeman, MT. April 2005. 8p.
TN-82 Seedling Identification Guide for Pollinator Hedgerow Forbs of California's Central Valley. (PDF; 2,051K) Young-Mathews, A. 2011. Davis, CA. 82. 14p. (ID# 10340)
Plants for Pollinators in the Intermountain West. (PDF; 2,121K) Ogle, Dan, Derek Tilley, Jim Cane, Loren St John, Karen Fullen, Mark Stannard, Pamela Pavek. 2011. USDA NRCS, Boise, Idaho. October 2011. 40p. (ID# 10798)
Plants for Pollinators in the Inland Northwest. (PDF; 3,223K) Ogle, Dan, Pamela Pavek, Richard Fleenor, Mark Stannard, Tim Dring, Jim Cane, Loren St John, Derek Tilley. 2011. USDA NRCS, Boise, Idaho. October 2011. 65p. (ID# 10799)
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