Shrubs
Spring 2010 Seedling Availability and Seed Sources
Updated: August 19, 2009
•Please note new price structure based on quantity ordered per species.
•Prices include all packaging and delivery by state truck for orders received by March 15 to selected counties. Fed Ex shipping is available on a date you select for an additional charge.
•Order bareroot seedlings in multiples of 50 and containerized and evergreen seedlings in multiples of 25. 100 cubic inch containerized seedlings can be ordered in multiples of 8.
•Further seed source info and scientific names are available by contacting the nursery.
| Average Seedling Height By Age: | 1 year old | 10-16" |
| 2 years old | 12-22" | |
| 3 years old | 16-26" |
Many of our species are produced from MITOSIS seed. MITOSIS is the Montana Interagency Tree and Shrub Improvement Study. The study was a cooperative effort to evaluate the performance of various species of plants in established Montana plantings. The selected plantings were evaluated for over ten years and the best performing plants were selected for seed orchard establishment at the nursery.
We use this seed source whenever possible. These selections perform well in many of Eastern Montana's variable and harsh climates. Although these plants have not been tested in every environment, MITOSIS selections are some of the best plant materials available for use in Montana. The selections are proven to survive in Montana because they were evaluated in Montana not other Northern Great Plains states.
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| Growth Rate | Moderate | Cold Hardiness | High | |
| 20-Year Height | 10' | Alkali/Saline Soil Tolerance | Excellent | |
| Elevation Range | Up to 5,500' | Life Span | 30+ years | |
| Windbreak Spacing | 4-8' | Minimum Annual Precip. | 10" | |
| Wildlife Value | Excellent nesting, food and cover for birds and browse for big game. | Pests | None significant. | |
| Comments | Native, commonly found in coulees and sloughs with light soils. Thorny and suckers freely form thickets. Fruit makes excellent jelly. | |||
North Dakota
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| Growth Rate | Fast | Cold Hardiness | High | |
| 20-Year Height | 12' | Alkali/Saline Soil Tolerance | Good | |
| Elevation Range | Up to 7,000' | Life Span | 40+ years | |
| Windbreak Spacing | 4-8' | Minimum Annual Precip. | 10" | |
| Wildlife Value | Excellent nesting cover. Minor food source. Rarely browsed. | Pests | None significant | |
| Comments | Most widely planted windbreak shrub in the northern plains. Adapted to all areas of Montana due to drought and cold hardiness. | |||
| Nursery Windbreaks, Missoula MT, | ||||
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| Growth Rate | Moderate | Cold Hardiness | Moderate | |
| 20-Year Height | 6' | Alkali/Saline Soil Tolerance | Fair | |
| Elevation Range | Up to 5,000' | Life Span | 20+ years | |
| Windbreak Spacing | 3-6' | Minimum Annual Precip. | 11" | |
| Wildlife Value | Fruit consumed by most birds, excellent browse. | Pests | Tent caterpillar, tent spot. | |
| Comments | Small shrub, which performs well as an exteriot row of a shelterbelt. Flowers 2-3 years after planting. Fruit is edible and sweet. | |||
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North Dakota
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| Growth Rate | Moderate | Cold Hardiness | Moderate | |
| 20-Year Height | 3' | Alkali/Saline Soil Tolerance | Fair | |
| Elevation Range | Up to 5,000' | Life Span | 10-15 years | |
| Windbreak Spacing | 2-4' | Minimum Annual Precip. | 11" | |
| Wildlife Value | Good loafing cover, food source, and browse. | Pests | Tent caterpillars, black knot. | |
| Comments | Small, short-lived shrub with large edible fruit. | |||
North Dakota
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| Growth Rate | Moderate | Cold Hardiness | High | |
| 20-Year Height | 12' | Alkali/Saline Soil Tolerance | Fair | |
| Elevation Range | Up to 6,000' | Life Span | 40+ years | |
| Windbreak Spacing | 4-8' | Minimum Annual Precip. | 11" | |
| Wildlife Value | Fruit is prime food source for small mammals and birds. Browsed by deer. | Pests | Black knot, tent caterpillars, X-disease. | |
| Comments | Suckers readily form dense rows. Fruit makes good jam. Common native shrub. | |||
North Dakota
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| Mitosis | ||||
Clark Fork MT, 3,800'
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8-16" |
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100 Cubic Inch Containerized
Seedlings (order in lots of 8), All 2-3 yrs old |
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Seed Source |
Height |
40 or Less |
>40 |
North Dakota
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16-26" |
$6.00 |
$5.00 |
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| Growth Rate | Moderate | Cold Hardiness | High | |
| 20-Year Height | 12' | Alkali/Saline Soil Tolerance | Fair | |
| Elevation Range | Up to 6,000' | Life Span | 40+ years | |
| Windbreak Spacing | 4-8' | Minimum Annual Precip. | 11" | |
| Wildlife Value | Fruit is prime food source for small mammals and birds. rowsed by deer. | Pests | Black knot, tent caterpillars, X-disease. | |
| Comments | The leaves on 70 to 80% of the plants turn deep purple in summer. Suckers readily form dense rows. | |||
| Shubert Variety | ||||
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| Growth Rate | Moderate | Cold Hardiness | High | |
| 20-Year Height | 10' | Alkali/Saline Soil Tolerance | Good | |
| Elevation Range | UP to 7,000' | Life Span | 30+ years | |
| Windbreak Spacing | 4-6' | Minimum Annual Precip. | 10" | |
| Wildlife Value | Nesting, cover and food source for birds. Poor browse plant. | Pests | Fire blight resistant. | |
| Comments | Bright red fruit remains on plant into winter. A large hardy attractive shrub. | |||
MITOSIS, USDA release
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| Growth Rate | Fast | Cold Hardiness | High | |
| 20-Year Height | 6' | Alkali/Saline Soil Tolerance | Fair | |
| Elevation Range | Up to 6,000' | Life Span | 25+ years | |
| Windbreak Spacing | 3-6' | Minimum Annual Precip. | 11" | |
| Wildlife Value | Good cover for upland game birds. Fruit eaten by most birds. Browsed by big game. | Pests | White pine blister rust alternate host. Currant worm, anthracnose. | |
| Comments | Attractive, cold and drought hardy plant, which has performed well in eastern Montana. Showy fall color, berries make excellent jelly. | |||
Unknown
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Unknown
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8-16" |
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100 Cubic Inch Containerized
Seedlings (order in lots of 8), All 2-3 yrs old |
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Seed Source |
Height |
40 or Less |
>40 |
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Unknown |
18-28" |
$6.00 |
$5.00 |
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| Growth Rate | Fast | Cold Hardiness | High | |
| 20-Year Height | 8' | Alkali/Saline Soil Tolerance | Poor | |
| Elevation Range | Up to 6,000' | Life Span | 40+ years | |
| Windbreak Spacing | 4-6' | Minimum Annual Precip. | 18" | |
| Wildlife Value | Excellent for bird nesting and cover. Good browse. | Pests | Oyster shell scale. | |
| Comments | Will not survive dryland plantings. Use with irrigation or plant along water courses. Excellent for erosion controls. Bark color is deep red. | |||
| Lower Clark Fork River | ||||
| North Dakota | ||||
Lower Clark Fork River
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| North Dakota | ||||
| Kootenai N.F. | ||||
| Silverbow Creek |
6-12" |
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100 Cubic Inch Containerized
Seedlings (order in lots of 8), All 2-3 yrs old |
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Seed Source |
Height |
40 or Less |
>40 |
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Kootenai N.F. |
18-30" |
$6.00 |
$5.00 |
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| Growth Rate | Moderate | Cold Hardiness | High | |
| 20-Year Height | 8' | Alkali/Saline Soil Tolerance | Good | |
| Elevation Range | Up to 6,000' | Life Span | 30+ years | |
| Windbreak Spacing | 4-8' | Minimum Annual Precip. | 11" | |
| Wildlife Value | Excellent nesting cover and food source for all song and ground birds. | Pests | Aphids and witches broom. | |
| Comments | Resistant to honeysuckle witches-broom. Fruit readily consumed by most birds. Pink flowers in the spring. Requires little care once established. | |||
MITOSIS
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| Growth Rate | Moderate-slow | Cold Hardiness | High | |
| 20-Year Height | 8' | Alkali/Saline Soil Tolerance | Moderate | |
| Elevation Range | Up to 7,000' | Life Span | 50+ years | |
| Windbreak Spacing | 4-8' | Minimum Annual Precip. | 11" | |
| Wildlife Value | Cover and nesting for song birds. | Pests | None significant. | |
| Comments | Develops numerous suckers to form dense rows. Very hardy and long-lived. | |||
North Dakota, 6-10" tall
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| North Dakota, >10" tall | ||||
100 Cubic Inch Containerized
Seedlings (order in lots of 8), All 2-3 yrs old |
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Seed Source |
Height |
40 or Less |
>40 |
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10-18" |
$6.00 |
$5.00 |
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| Growth Rate | Moderate | Cold Hardiness | High | |
| 20-Year Height | 10' | Alkali/Saline Soil Toverance | Moderate | |
| Elevation Range | Up to 7,000' | Life Span | 50+ years | |
| Windbreak Spacing | 4-8' | Minimum Annual Precip. | 11" | |
| Wildlife Value | Good nesting and cover for birds. | Pests | None significant | |
| Comments | Does not sucker like common lilac. Not as drought-tolerant as common lilac but still very hardy and long lived. Flowers vary in color from white to pink. | |||
North Dakota
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| Growth Rate | Moderate | Cold Hardiness | High | |
| 20-Year Height | 5' | Alkali/Saline Soil Tolerance | Poor | |
| Elevation Range | Up to 7,000' | Life Span | 30+ years | |
| Windbreak Spacing | 3-6' | Minimum Annual Precip. | 11" | |
| Wildlife Value | Excellent food, and nesting and denning cover plant for all small wildlife. | Pests | Powdery mildew. | |
| Comments | Aggressive spreader on moist sites. Dense, thorny thickets provide protection for all forms of small wildlife. Excellent for erosion control. | |||
Clark Fork, MT, 4300'
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| North Dakota | 1 yr |
$0.76 |
$0.55 |
$0.47 |
| Ravalli County, MT, 3500' | 1 yr |
$0.76 |
$0.55 |
$0.47 |
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| Growth Rate | Slow | Cold Hardiness | High | |
| 20-Year Height | 2' | Alkali/Saline Soil Tolerance | Good | |
| Elevation Range | Up to 5,000' | Life Span | 30+ years | |
| Windbreak Spacing | N/A | Minimum Annual Precip. | 10" | |
| Wildlife Value | Important winter range browse plant. | Pests | None significant. | |
| Comments | Native sagebrush, generally found on benches and valley bottoms. | |||
| Wyoming | 4-6" |
$0.80 |
$0.50 |
$0.43 |
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Wyoming |
4-8" |
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| Growth Rate | Slow | Cold Hardiness | High | |
| 20-Year Height | 3' | Alkali/Saline Soil Tolerance | Good | |
| Elevation Range | UP to 6,000' | Life Span | 30+ years | |
| Windbreak Spacing | N/A | Minimum Annual Precip. | 8" | |
| Wildlife Value | Important winter range browse plant. | Pests | None significant. | |
| Comments | Native sagebrush found on dry range land throughout Montana. | |||
Wyoming
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Wyoming
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| Growth Rate | Moderate | Cold Hardiness | Moderate | |
| 20-Year Height | 5' | Alkali/Saline Soil Tolerance | Excellent | |
| Elevation Range | 2,500-5,000' | Life Span | 25+ years | |
| Windbreak Spacing | N/A | Minimum Annual Precip. | 9" | |
| Wildlife Value | Excellent big game forage due to palatability and nutritive value. | Pests | None significant. | |
| Comments | Native semi-evergreen, dryland shrub adapted to a wide range of soil types including alkaline and saline. Withstands heavy browsing. Use for rehab of dry site range lands. | |||
South Dakota
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| South Dakota | $0.97 |
$0.76 |
$0.65 |
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| Growth Rate | Moderate | Cold Hardiness | High | |
| 20-Year Height | 6' | Alkali/Saline Soil Tolerance | Good | |
| Elevation Range | Up to 5,000' | Life Span | 30+ years | |
| Windbreak Spacing | 4-6' | Minimum Annual Precip. | 12" | |
| Wildlife Value | Provides good cover for game birds and deer. Important deer browse. | Pests | Rabbits, branch cankers. | |
| Comments | Native shrub, which forms dense thickets in coulees and sloughs of eastern Montana. Excellent for erosion control. | |||
Unknown
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| Growth Rate | Moderate | Cold Hardiness | High | |
| 20-Year Height | 4' | Alkali/Saline Soil Tolerance | Moderate | |
| Elevation Range | Up to 7,000' | Life Span | 40+ years | |
| Windbreak Spacing | 4 to 6' | Minimum Annual Precip. | 12" | |
| Wildlife Value | Fruit and stems provide food to game and song birds and deer browse. | Pests | None significant. | |
| Comments | Common native shrub, which persists exceptionally well through drought, fire and heavy grazing. Excellent for erosion control due to suckering. | |||
Blackfoot, Prospect
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| Growth Rate | Moderate | Cold Hardiness | High | |
| 20-Year Height | 4' | Alkali/Saline Soil Tolerance | Moderate | |
| Elevation Range | Up to 7,000' | Life Span | 40+ years | |
| Windbreak Spacing | 4 to 6' | Minimum Annual Precip. | 12" | |
| Wildlife Value | Fruit and stems provide food to game and song birds and deer browse. | Pests | None significant. | |
| Comments | Common native shrub, which persists exceptionally well through drought, fire and heavy grazing. Excellent for erosion control due to suckering. | |||
Bridger PMC
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| Growth Rate | Slow | Cold Hardiness | High | |
| 20-Year Height | 8' | Alkali/Saline Soil Tolerance | Good | |
| Elevation Range | Up to 6,000' | Life Span | 30+ years | |
| Windbreak Spacing | 4-6' | Minimum Annual Precip. | 10" | |
| Wildlife Value | Food and cover for birds and small animals especially sharp-tailed grouse. | Pests | None significant. | |
| Comments | Prefers sandy, well-drained soils and is very drought tolerant once established. | |||
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Bighorn County MT, |
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| Growth Rate | Fast | Cold Hardiness | High | |
| 20-Year Height | 15' | Alkali/Saline Soil Tolerance | Poor | |
| Elevation Range | 4,000-7,500' | Life Span | 30+ years | |
| Windbreak Spacing | N/A | Minimum Annual Precip. | Riparian | |
| Wildlife Value | Good for shading streams, browsed by big game. | Pests | Aphids, leaf miners, stem rot. | |
| Comments | Common native willow often associated with Drummond and Geyser willow. Plant only in riparian sites. | |||
Warm Springs, MT, 6,000'
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| Growth Rate | Fast | Cold Hardiness | High | |
| 20-Year Height | 15' | Alkali/Saline Soil Toverance | Poor | |
| Elevation Range | 4,000-7,500' | Life Span | 30+ years | |
| Windbreak Spacing | N/A | Minimum Annual Precip. | Riparian | |
| Wildlife Value | Fish habitat and browse. | Pests | Aphids, stem rots. | |
| Comments | Common native willow found on stream banks and flood plains. Does poorly in bogs. Use for stream restoration and erosion control. | |||
| Warm Springs, MT, 6,000' | 1 yr |
$0.80 |
$0.59 |
$0.50 |
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| Growth Rate | Fast | Cold Hardiness | Moderate | |
| 20-Year Height | 25' | Alkali/Saline Soil Tolerance | Poor | |
| Elevation Range | 2,000-5,000' | Life Span | 30+ years | |
| Windbreak Spacing | N/A | Minimum Annual Precip. | Riparian | |
| Wildlife Value | Good for shading streams, browsed by big game. | Pests | Aphids, leaf miners, stem rot | |
| Comments | Native large shrub or tree willow. Found in moist bottomlands at low to mid elevations of western Montana. Plant only in reparian sites. | |||
Clark Fork River, MT, 2,600'
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| Growth Rate | Fast | Cold Hardiness | High | |
| 20-Year Height | 10' | Alkali/Saline Soil Tolerance | Good | |
| Elevation Range | Up to 6,000' | Life Span | 30+ years | |
| Windbreak Spacing | N/A | Minimum Annual Precip. | Riparian | |
| Wildlife Value | Excellent for streambank stabilization and bird cover. | Pests | None significant | |
| Comments | Most widespread native shrub willow. Found throughout the entire state. Suckers from roots to form colonies, not clumps. Excellent for erosion control and revegetation of wet sites. | |||
Bitterroot River, MT, 3,200'
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| Clark Fork River, MT, 2,600' | ||||
| Clark Fork River, MT, 3,800' | ||||
| Clark Fork River, MT, 4,400' | ||||
| Livingston, MT, | 1 yr |
$0.80 |
$0.59 |
$0.50 |
| Mill Creek, MT, 4,900' | 1 yr |
$0.80 |
$0.59 |
$0.50 |
| Mission Valley, MT, 3,300' | ||||
| Teton River, MT, | ||||
| Three Forks, MT, | ||||
| Warm Springs, MT, 6,000' | ||||
| Yellowstone County, MT, 4,000' Dry Willow Site | ||||
| Yellowstone River, MT, 3,000' Riparian Site | ||||
Mill Creek MT, 4,900'
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| Yellowstone County MT, 4,000' | ||||
100 Cubic Inch Containerized
Seedlings (order in lots of 8), All 2-3 yrs old |
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Seed Source |
Height |
40 or Less |
>40 |
Mill Creek MT, 4,900'
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18-28" |
$6.00 |
$5.00 |
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| Growth Rate | Fast | Cold Hardiness | High | |
| 20-Year Height | 12' | Alkali/Saline Soil Tolerance | Low | |
| Elevation Range | Up to 5,500' | Life Span | 30+ years | |
| Windbreak Spacing | N/A | Minimum Annual Precip. | Riparian | |
| Wildlife Value | High for riparian habitat restoration. | Pests | Aphids, stem rot. | |
| Comments | Usually found at low to mid-elevations directly adjacent to streams. Use for stream stabilization and fisheries habitat. | |||
Mission & Swan Valleys, MT,
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