Woody Landscape Plant Germplasm Repository
Collection, Maintenance, and Evaluation

Site:
Woody Landscape Plant Germplasm Repository
U.S. National Arboretum
11601 Old Pond Drive
Glenn Dale, Maryland 20769

Phone: (301) 344-3400
FAX: (301) 344-3441

Curator:  Kevin Conrad (Woody Landscape Plants)   Kevin.Conrad@ars.usda.gov

The Woody Landscape Plants Germplasm Repository (WLPGR) is responsible for maintaining 182 genera that range from Abelia to Zelkova.   More than 1,400 accessions of seeds are maintained in a mid-term storage facility, and 2,800 plants are maintained "on the grounds" at Beltsville and Glenn Dale, MD, and Washington, D.C. Not all accessions are available for distribution. Accessions that are available for distribution are for research purposes only to qualified institutions.
 

Breakdown of holdings at site (as of July 22, 2004):
   1,898 accessions;  246 genera;  827 species
 
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