The Native Plants Are Here!
The UP CFLRP project seeks to restore ecosystem structure, composition and function. An important component of this restoration goal is the reestablishment of native grasses and forbs, fostering robust understory communities. To this end, the project will benefit from the work of the Uncompahgre Plateau Native Plant Program (UPNPP), a collaborative partnership committed to the development of an adequate supply of seed of a variety of species native to the Colorado Plateau for seeding activities on public and private land. The UPNPP conducts studies to investigate basic plant characteristics and effective methodologies to produce profitable crops of native seed by defining appropriate seeding, harvesting, collection and cleaning techniques. The UPNPP then provides source-identified seed and data on cultivation practices to commercial growers.
2011 Commercial Production
Native plant species collected on the Uncompahgre Plateau in commercial fields
Oregon daisy
Bluestem penstemon
Bluestem penstemon
Species Available and/or Currently in Commercial Production
| Common name | Scientific name |
| Basin wildrye | Leymus cinereus |
| Bottlebrush squirreltail | Elymus elymoides |
| Mountain brome | Bromus marginatus |
| Prairie junegrass | Koeleria macrantha |
| Indian ricegrass | Achnatherum hymenoides |
| Muttongrass | Poa fendleriana |
| Sandberg Bluegrass | Poa secunda |
| Sand Dropseed | Sporobolus cryptandrus |
| Oregon daisy | Erigeron speciosus |
| Bluestem penstemon | Penstemon cyanocaulis |
| Dusty penstemon | Penstemon comarrhenus |
| Sulfur buckwheat | Eriogonum umbellatum |
| Ragwort (Senecio) | Packera multilobatus |
| Utah sweetvetch | Hedysarum boreale germiale |
| Western yarrow | Achillea millefolium lanulosa |
For more information on the UP Native Plant Program, visit: http://www.upartnership.org/cpnativeplant_program/native%20plant_main.htm
