N.E. Hansen Plant List Ornamental Trees & Shrubs Hardy Roses N.E. Hansen became the first USDA plant explorer in 1897. 1930 Alika (Gallica grandiflora) C,H 1923 Boughen Sweet Chokecherry 1927 Amdo rose (rugosa)* Travels to Europe, Russia, Siberia, China, Canada and the U.S. 1898 Caragana (Hedge) (Siberian Pea Tree) H 1927 Ekta Rose (hybrid china)* yielded hardy plant material for the benefit of the Great Plains. 1940 Hidatsa (hawthorne) ornamental tree H NA Emmadora R Listed below are 412 plants by date that he introduced 1923 Honeysuckle Hedges NA Erskine 1912 Lake Baikal Siberian Bird Cherry NA Hansen Hedge (Rosa woodsii) (Mini) R (attributions without date are noted NA). Availability Legend: 1924 Littleleaf Pea Shrub 1927 Kitana Rose (rugosa)* C = commercially available; G = germplasm, USDA; R= rose growers; 1926 Manchu Walnut 1927 Koza Rose (rugosa)* 1916 Manitoba Hazelnut 1938 Lillian Gibson C,H H = Hansen garden, SDSU. 1922 May Day Tree 1927 Minisa Rose (rugosa)* Apples and Crabapples 1866 - 1950 1922 Nevis, Minnesota, Hazelnut 1927 Mrs. Mina Lindell Rose R 1916 New Ulm Black Walnut 1927 Okaga Rose* 1916 Adno Apple 1923 Mercer Wild Crabapple G 1898 Niobe Weeping Willow H 1938 Pax Amanda R 1919 Alexis Crabapple C 1919 Missouri Wild Crabapple 1940 Nebo Apple 1905 Russian Artemisia 1938 Pax Apollo Rose R,H 1941 Almata Apple C,H 1910 Russian Mountain Ash 1932 Amsib Crab G 1924 Nertchinsk Siberian Crab 1938 Pax Iola Rose 1930 Nevis Wild Crabapple G 1898 Russian Sage Brush 1940 Pink Mini 1912 Amur Crabapple C,G 1921 Russian Silver-Leaved Willow 1936 Ann Trio Crabapple 1924 New Duchess Apple 1907 Rosa Rugosa, Siberian form 1920 Nocalyx Crabapple 1924 Spearfish Yellow Chokecherry 1920 Anoka Apple C,H NA R. galactica grandiflora 1945 Ata Crabapple 1919 Olga Crabapple G 1916 Siberian Almond NA Rosa Pavot (#1) 1922 Oxbo Apple G 1921 Siberian Basket Willow 1919 Beauty Crabapple 1927 Semi Rose (1913 Rosa laxa Retz.) 1938 Ben Trio Crabapple NA Red and Yellow G 1913 Siberian Buckthorn H 1927 Sioux Beauty Rose* 1927 Bismer Apple 1928 Redflesh Crabapple G 1908 Siberian Sandthorn 1926 Tegala Rose* 1938 Cal Trio Crabapple 1946 Redflesh Winter Crabapple 1913 Simipalatinsk Bush Honeysuckle 1927 Teton Beauty Rose* NA Cappy 1928 Red Silver G 1923 Tartarian Honeysuckle 1912 Tetonkaha Rose (rugosa)* R 1933 Caputa Crabapple 1919 Red Tip Crabapple NA Red Wild 1923 Tartarian Maple 1927 Yanka Rose* 1919 Caramel Apple 1906 Ural Willow 1919 Cathay Crabapple 1924 Russian White Apple 1927 Yatkan Rose* R 1920 Sapinia Crabapple 1897 Willow (Salix viminalis Regelis) 1940 Yawa 1919 Chance Apple 1924 Chinook Wild Crabapple 1919 Sasha Apple G 1927 Yuhla Rose (Setigera)* 1938 Dan Trio Crabapple 1938 SD Ben Crabapple G 1908 Yuteca 1917 Dolgo Crabapple C,G,H 1933 SD Bison Crabapple G 1927 Zani Rose* NA Dwarf Tree G 1938 SD Bona Crabapple G Perennials 1927 Zika Rose 1930 Elk River Wild Crabapple 1940 SD Eda Crabapple G 1942 Zitkala R,H 1927 Elta Apple 1944 SD Golden 1914 Blue Larkspur from Semipalatinsk, Siberia *=In Sangerhausen, Germany 40 yrs ago 1938 Erl Trio Crabapple G 1938 SD Jonsib Crabapple NA Early Peonies 1942 Falstone Crabapple 1938 SD Macata Crabapple G 1914 Gay Mallow (Lavatera thuringiaca) C 1938 Fay Trio Crabapple 1938 SD Waldo Crabapple 1945 N.E. Hansen Monarda 1938 Forest King Crabapple 1938 SD Wendel Crabapple 1936 Shika Iris 1917 Giant Wild Crabapple 1942 SD Milo Crabapple 1942 SD Winter Crabapple G 1907 Siberian Larkspur 1938 Guy Trio Crabapple 1922 Goldo Apple 1940 Semla Apple 1914 Siberian Perennial Sweet Pea (Pink) C 1916 Sereda Apple 1914 Siberian Perennial Sweet Pea (Yellow) 1920 Hansen's #1 Malus baccata G 1920 Hansen's #2 Malus baccata G 1922 Shoko Wild Crabapple 1920 Hansen's #3 Malus baccata G 1919 Sugar Crabapple 1938 Hans Trio Crabapple G 1922 Tipi Wild Crabapple 1916 Hibkee Apple 1933 Tolmo Apple 1920 Hopa Red-Flower Crabapple C,G,H 1917 Toringo Crabapple 1924 Into Crabapple (canceled, Maga) 1933 Volga Apple 1910 Irkutsk Siberian Crab 1938 Wahoya Crabapple 1916 Ivan Crabapple G 1938 Wakaga Crabapple G 1919 Izo Crabapple 1931 Wakonda Crabapple 1936 Joe Trio Crabapple 1928 Walkpala Crabapple G 1938 Jonsib Crab G 1933 Wamblee Crabapple 1945 Kasha Apple 1938 Wamdesa Wild Crabapple 1934 Kazan Apple 1939 Watopa Crabapple 1940 Keo Crabapple G 1933 Waubay Crabapple G 1945 Kensib Crabapple 1938 Waziya Crabapple G 1938 Kit Trio Crabapple G 1929 Wecota Crabapple G 1922 Kola Wild Crabapple C,G,H 1929 Wetonka Crabapple 1942 Lee Trio Crabapple NA Winehist 1922 Lemon Apple 1939 Wiyuta Wild Crabapple G 1933 Lina Apple G 1939 Wotanda Wild Crabapple G 1922 Linda Sweet Crabapple G 1924 Yellow Sweet Apple G 1922 Maga (1933) 1933 Zaza Crabapple List compiled by Jean Pedersen, great grand 1922 Zapta Wild Crabapple G 1944 Mago Crabapple issue No. 2 daughter of N.E. Hansen. Febraury, 2008. 1926 Manchurian Crabapple C,H 1922 Zeleba Apple 1942 Max Trio Crabapple G 1933 Zelma Craba[[;e G 1933 Zita Crabapple Plums, Cherries & Sandcherries Plums, Cherries & Sandcherries, Cont. Grapes Raspberries 1944 Amber Sandcherry 1908 Wastesa Plum 1925 Arikara Grape 1922 Fewthorn Raspberry 1908 Assiniboin Plum C 1937 Watauga Sandcherry 1925 Atkan Grape G 1922 Moonbeam Raspberry 1912 Champa Sandcherry Hybrid 1937 Weta Sandcherry 1925 Azita Grape G 1912 Ohta Raspberry 1939 Checkpa Sandcherry 1937 Wewela Sandcherry 1925 Caddo Grape 1922 Smooth Cane Raspberry 1910 Cheresoto Sandcherry Hybrid 1908 Winnipeg Plum 1925 Chonkee Grape 1922 Spineless Raspberry 1912 Cikana Sandcherry Hybrid 1909 Wohanka Sandcherry Hybrid 1925 Chontay Grape C,G,H 1922 Starlight Raspberry 1909 Cistena Purple-leaf Sandcherry Hybrid C,H 1908 Yuksa Sandcherry Hybrid 1925 Edapta Grape 1906 Sunbeam Raspberry 1908 Yuteca Plum 1925 Emana Grape 1922 Twilight Raspberry 1917 Cree Plum Pears 1909 Enopa Sandcherry Hybrid 1908 Zekanta Plum 1925 Eona Grape G Vegetables 1925 Lachala Grape 1908 Etopa Sandcherry Hybrid 1914 Hansen's Turkestan Radish 1908 Eyami Sandcherry Hybrid Pears 1925 Luza Grape 1925 Mandan Grape G 1916 Muskmelon, Hansen's Siberian No. 1 1911 Ezaptan Sandcherry Hybrid NA Canada PYR14 1916 Muskmelon, Hansen's Siberian No. 2 1908 Hansaka Plum 1926 Chang Pear 1925 Manota Grape 1925 Napka Grape G 1916 Muskmelon, Hansen's Siberian No. 3 1932 Hansen's Bush Pie Cherry C,H 1933 Finland 1926 Manchurian Muskmelon 1944 Honey Dew Cherry-plum 1939 Finsib 1925 Nompah Grape 1925 Oglala Grape 1898 Malakoff Sweet Corn 1908 Huya Plum 1919 Gogol Pear NA Pea (Pisum sativum Lando) 1909 Inkpa Plum 1945 Hansen Seedless Pear 1925 Onaka Grape 1925 Osbu Grape G 1950 Siouxann Hybrid Tomato 1909 Kaga Plum C,H 1926 Harbin Pear C,G,H 1950 State Fair Hybrid Tomato 1912 Kahinta Plum C,H 1940 Ilya 1925 Pontigo Grape 1925 Ree Grape 1902 Watermelon, South Dakota No. 1 1908 Kamdesa Sandcherry Hybrid 1933 Krylov G 1916 Watermelon, Hansen's Siberian No. 1 1939 Kasota Sandcherry 1927 Ming 1925 Santee Grape 1926 Sungari Grape 1916 Watermelon, Hansen's Siberian No. 2 1917 Kaw Plum 1926 Mugden Pear 1918 Watermelon, Hansen's Siberian No. 3 1937 Keyapaha Sandcherry 1925 Shakoka Grape G 1942 Nekto Alfalfa 1917 Kiowa Plum 1940 Okolo G 1925 Siposka Grape G 1938 Kota Plum 1919 Pushkin Pear 1925 Sonona Grape G 1910 Cossack Alfalfa C 1933 Mana Cherry-plum 1922 Pyrus ovoidea Pear 1925 Tahama Grape 1910 Cherno Alfalfa 1917 Moscow Cherry 1917 Pyrus ussuriensis C 1925 Teopa Grape 1910 Gobi Desert Alfalfa 1938 Oacoma Plum 1922 Russian Sand Pear 1925 Toscha Grape G 1917 Hansen's Hybrid Alfalfa No. 1 1937 Oahe Sandcherry 1933 Sadko 1925 Wachepa Grape G 1917 Hansen's Hybrid Alfalfa No. 2 1917 Ojibwa Plum 1924 Saponsky Pear 1925 Wakpala Grape 1912 Hansen's Select Turkestan Alfalfa 1924 Oka Sandcherry Hybrid C 1939 Selenga 1925 Wecota Grape G 1917 Hansen's White-Flowered Alfalfa 1908 Okiya Sandcherry Hybrid 1942 Selo 1925 Wetonka Grape G 1926 Hansen Whiteseed Alfalfa 1937 Okreek Sandcherry 1919 SD Usuri Pear 1925 Yasota Grape 1910 North Sweden Alfalfa 1908 Opata Sandcherry Hybrid C 1938 SD Valya NA Vitis riparia HP-1 G 1910 Obb Siberia Alfalfa 1908 Owanka Sandcherry Hybrid 1926 Simola Pear NA Vitis riparia HP-2 1910 Omsk Aiberia Alfalfa 1912 Oziya Sandcherry Hybrid 1933 Sladky G 1912 Orenburg Alfalfa 1917 Pembina Plum C,H 1945 Sodak G Currants 1910 Samara Alfalfa 1946 Ruby, Red-fleshed 1933 Sodko 1925 Atta Wild Black Currant 1898 Turkestan 1929 Sanoba Cherry-plum NA South Dakota F15 G 1925 Mato Wild Black Currant Sweet Clover 1910 Sansoto Sandcherry Hybrid NA South Dakota E 31 G 1938 Pawnee Golden Currant 1917 Daghestan Yellow Sweet Clover 1908 Sapa Sandcherry Hybrid C 1940 Sungari 1910 Siberian Black Currant 1914 Hansen Siberian White Sweet Clover 1902 Sioux Sandcherry 1939 Tanya 1925 Tonah Wild Black Currant 1912 Samara Perennial Clover 1908 Skuya Sandcherry Hybrid 1938 Wakakpa Golden Currant 1919 Tolstoy Pear 1914 Siberian Red Clover 1907 South Dakota No. 5 Sandcherry C 1939 Yermak 1925 Wanka Wild Black Currant 1914 Yellow sweet Clover C 1949 South Dakota Plum (No. 27) C,H Apricots 1938 Wapago Golden Currant 1924 Yellow sweet (Siberia-Semipalatinsk) 1909 Stanapa Purple-leaf Sandcherry Hybrid 1938 Wato Golden Currant 1924 Tawena Plum 1934 Anda 1938 Woga Golden Currant Table Cereal 1918 Tecumseh Plum C,H 1934 Chow 1914 Hansen White Siberian Proso 1937 Teepee Sandcherry 1944 Harbin Gooseberries 1917 Hulling Proso 1912 Teton Plum 1934 Hulan 1911 Toka Plum C,H 1934 Lalin 1925 Kabu Gooseberry Other Agricultural Seeds 1912 Tokata Plum 1934 Manchu 1925 Kaduza Gooseberry 1898 Smooth Bromegrass C 1907 Tokeya Sandcherry Hybrid 1934 Mandarin 1925 Kana Gooseberry 1914 Chee Grass (Lasiogrostis splendens) 1902 Tomahawk Sandcherry 1934 Ninguta 1925 Kanega Gooseberry 1898 Crested Wheat Grass C 1916 Tom Thumb Sandcherry Hybrid 1934 Sansin 1925 Kapoza Gooseberry 1898 Russian Sage Grass 1908 Topa Plum 1934 Sing 1925 Kataga Gooseberry 1914 Siberian Esparsette 1924 Tawena Plum 1934 Sino 1925 Kawanka Gooseberry 1914 Hansen's Mongolian Wheat 1938 Ural Mountain Cherry 1944 Sunshine 1925 Kazonta Gooseberry 1924 Siberian Timothy (Phleum Boehmeri) 1910 Wachampa Sandcherry Hybrid 1934 Tola 1925 Keza Gooseberry 1914 Siberian Vetch, Vicia sp.