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SUMMARY:Sourcing & Distributing Native Seed: Wild & Commercial 
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URL:http://ccesuffolk.org/events/2026/02/20/sourcing-distributing-native-seed-wild-commercial
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 Registration:
 
 	Online: Online
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 	By phone:
 	Contact Mina Vescera, 631-603-9613 (call or text) or 
 	mv365@cornell.edu
 About
 this webinar:
 
 	This webinar will review the
 use of ecotypic seed in native plant production and is intended for commercial
 producers.
 
 
 
 	
 		
 			Seed
 Biology and the Importance of Ecotypic Native Plant 
 			Jessica Lubell-Brand, PhD., University of
 Connecticut
 			
 			
 		
 		
 			
 			Learning
 Objectives
 		
 		
 			Define
 ecotypic native plant seed as they pertain to the Northeast eco-regions
 			
 			Discuss
 important role of genetic diversity of ecotypic native plant seed
 			
 			Discuss
 the importance of using ecotypic seed in native plant production
 			
 		
 	
 
 
 	
 		
 			Wild
 Native Plant Seed Collection Strategies
 			
 			Steve
 Knezick, Pinelands Nursery, and Maggie Muzante, LINPI
 			
 			
 		
 		
 			
 			Learning
 Objectives
 		
 		
 			Define
 wild native plant seed collection and how it differs from commercial native
 plant seed production
 			
 			Discuss
 ethical and responsible collection
 			
 			Discuss
 need to conserve genetic diversity
 			
 			How to source populations and obtain permits
 			
 		
 	
 
 
 	
 		
 			Seed
 Increase Plots: What are They and How to Incorporate Them into Your Nursery Operation?
 			
 			Michaels
 Butts, Outreach Coordinator, Mid-Atlantic Regional Seedbank
 			
 			
 		
 		
 			
 			Learning
 Objectives
 		
 		
 			Define
 native plant seed increase plots
 			
 			Discuss
 different types of seed increase plots
 			
 			Discuss how to start incorporating seed increase
 plots to your nursery production
 			
 		
 	
 
 
 	
 		
 			Introduction
 to Commercial Harvesting/Processing/Storing Seed
 			
 			Steve
 Knezick, Pinelands Nursery, New Jersey
 			
 			
 		
 		
 			
 			Learning
 Objectives
 		
 		
 			
 			
 			Discuss
 the Pinelands method of commercial harvesting of native plant seed from seed
 increase plots
 			
 			Discuss
 machinery that helps with processing all the material collected
 			
 			Discuss
 best practices to store seed
 			
 			Discuss viability of seed and germination tests
 			
 			
 		
 	
 
 
 	
 		
 			Case
 Study: NRCS Cape May Plant Materials Center from Seed to Plant
 			
 			Scott Snell, Study Leader, USDA NRCS Plant Materials Program
 			
 		
 		
 			Learning
 Objectives
 		
 		
 			
 			Discuss
 the Plant Materials Program conservation plant releases
 			
 			Development
 of start-up materials – evaluation procedure prior to release (seed to plant process)
 			
 			Discuss coordination with commercial seed producers
 and growers
 			
 			
 		
 	
 
 
 	Creating a Sustainable Native Plant Material (NPM) Supply Chain for the Mid AtlanticEdward
 Toth, Mid-Atlantic Regional Seed Bank (MARSB), NYC
 			
 			
 		
 		
 			
 			Learning
 Objectives
 		
 		
 			Discuss
 commercial sources of wild native seed across the Northeast U.S.
 			
 			Discuss recent NYS policies regarding ecotypic plant
 seed
 			
 		
 	
 
 
 	
 	
 
 
 
 
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