Mongolian Scots pine, (Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica) seed sources being evaluated at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Bismarck Plant Materials Center (NDPMC) in Bismarck, ND, on March 15, 2015.
NDPMC has provided plant solutions for the diverse landscapes and for more than 50 years in North Dakota, South Dakota, and Minnesota. The Center offers technical assistance for native landscaping, windbreaks, revegetating saline-alkaline soils, improving the productivity of range and pasture lands, enhancing wildlife habitat and wetlands, and enhancing native prairie ecosystems. NDPMC has released over 40 improved conservation plants. A partnership with the North Dakota Association of Soil Conservation Districts (NDASCD) has provided the 60-acre site for NDPMC operations since 1954. The NDASCD Lincoln-Oakes Nurseries provides the nursery operations. For more information see nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/main/plantmaterials/pmc/central/ndpmc/ USDA Photo by Lance Cheung. Original public domain image from Flickr