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| About the Oregon Seed Bank |
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For many years, the Phipps Nursery produced seedlings from a wide variety of species and seed zones, specifically for sale to family forestland owners. The Phipps Nursery ceased operations as of July 1, 2008. Despite the closure of Phipps, the Department remains committed to ensuring that family forestland owners have access to high quality seedlings appropriate to their planting area. For this reason, seed remaining in the Phipps inventory is being held for family forestland owners (through the spring 2012 shipping season) and is being sold with the stipulations established for the Seed Bank.
Seed Bank Stipulations
Seed Bank stipulations require nurseries to:
- provide family forestland owners with ample opportunity to purchase the seedlings produced from Seed Bank sources;
- reserve seedlings for family forestland owners until December 15 of the year immediately preceding lifting;
- release surplus Seed Bank seedlings to other landowners only after December 15;
- ensure that anyone purchasing seedlings, including forestry contractors and consultants, understands these restrictions; and
- sign an agreement indicating their intention to comply with all the above referenced Seed Bank conditions. (Please Note: Seed orders cannot be released until the Department of Forestry receives a signed copy of the purchase agreement.)
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Surplus Seed
Some of Phipps seed is being sold without these Seed Bank stipulations. These seed lots may be from seed zones with abundant inventories, woodsrun seed in zones where genetically-improved seed is available, or seed zones with low seedling demand from family forestland owners.
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