The importance of protecting and restoring native habitats within the Willamette Valley has become apparent to many public agencies, nonprofits, and private landowners. Unfortunately, there has been a lack of native seed available for restoration projects. Heritage Seedlings, hoping to fill this void, has begun the propagation of native Willamette Valley grasses and forbs for seed production. Currently, there are 9 acres in production with 67 different taxa. The taxa range from upland and wet prairieto mixed woodland. Since there has been new urgency placed on upland prairie habitat, the emphasis will be to produce seed from these taxa in large quantities. Table 1 lists the taxa in propagation. Some of the seed will be used for restorations occurring on farm property. Excess seed will be listed for sale on the Native Seed Network.
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