An assessment of the need for native seeds and the capacity for their supply: Interim report

Susan P. Harrison; Delane Atcitty; Rob Fiegener; Rachael Goodhue; Kayri Havens; Carol C. House; Richard C. Johnson; Elizabeth Leger; Virginia Lesser; Jean Opsomer; Nancy L. Shaw; Douglas E. Soltis; Scott Swinton; Edward Toth; Stanford A. Young

doi:10.17226/25859

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An assessment of the need for native seeds and the capacity for their supply: Interim report

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Authors:

Susan P. Harrison, Delane Atcitty, Rob Fiegener, Rachael Goodhue, Kayri Havens, Carol C. House, Richard C. Johnson, Elizabeth Leger, Virginia Lesser, Jean Opsomer, Nancy L. Shaw, Douglas E. Soltis, Scott Swinton, Edward Toth, Stanford A. Young

Year:

2020

Type:

Miscellaneous

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17226/25859

Source:

Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. 60 p.

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Abstract

This interim report represents the culmination of 9 months of exploration into the complex system by which seeds of native plants are produced and used in the United States. This system plays an essential but under-recognized role in the maintenance and restoration of the nation’s natural and semi-natural areas, including national parks and forests, rangelands, roadsides, lands recovered after energy development, and many, many others. Our assessment committee - a group of diverse professionals from the public and private sector - is now at the end of this initial phase in its assessment of the demand for native seeds and the capacity of the supply chain to meet those demands. The goal remains deceptively simple: to understand who and what are parts of this system and how the system works.

Keywords

seeds, native plants, restoration

Citation

Harrison, Susan P.; Atcitty, Delane; Fiegener, Rob; Goodhue, Rachael; Havens, Kayri; House, Carol C.; Johnson, Richard C.; Leger, Elizabeth; Lesser, Virginia; Opsomer, Jean; Shaw, Nancy; Soltis, Douglas E.; Swinton, Scott; Toth, Edward; Young, Stanford A. 2020. An assessment of the need for native seeds and the capacity for their supply: Interim report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. 60 p.