Conservation Plant Releases

Updated 10/29/2008

 James E. “Bud” Smith City Plant Materials Center

The  James E. “Bud” Smith City Plant Materials Center has released the following plants to commercial growers to solve specific resource conservation needs. Click on the link to the Release Brochure (if available) to view more information on each plant release. Click on the Scientific Name for more information on the species.

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Release Name	Scientific Name	Common Name	Uses	Release Brochure
Earl	Andropogon gerardii	big bluestem	range seeding; erosion control plantings; wildlife habitat plantings; and plantings for water quality improvement
Chet	Andropogon hallii	sand bluestem	pasture or hay, rangeland forage, and soil stabilization or reclamation of marginal croplands
Cottle County Germplasm	Andropogon hallii	sand bluestem	range and pasture seedings, wildlife habitat, critical area plantings, buffers, and on sandy soils
Haskell	Bouteloua curtipendula	sideoats grama	range seeding, pasture, hay land planting, revegetation mined lands turf, erosion control, waterways, wildlife food cover	Brochure (PDF)
Premier	Bouteloua curtipendula	sideoats grama	range seeding, pasture, revegetation, erosion control, waterways, wildlife cover
Comanche	Chamaecrista fasciculata	partridge pea	critical area stabilization, land reclamation, cover crop, beautification	Brochure (PDF)
Cuero Germplasm	Dalea purpurea var. purpurea	purple prairieclover	range seeding, revegetation, and wildlife habitat
Sabine	Desmanthus illinoensis	Illinois bundleflower	range, pasture seeding, wildlife food, revegetation, critical area planting	Brochure (PDF)
Hondo Germplasm	Desmanthus velutinus	velvet bundleflower	range seeding, wildlife habitat, and erosion control
T-587	Dichanthium	Old World bluestem	range, pasture seeding hay land, stabilization critical area, filter strips	Brochure (PDF)
Angleton	Dichanthium aristatum	bluestem	range seeding
PMT-389	Digitaria californica	Arizona cottontop	range seeding, critical area planting, wildlife
Eldorado	Engelmannia peristenia	Engelmann daisy	high quality, forage wildlife, livestock, range seedings, revegetation landscape, beautification	Brochure (PDF)
Mason	Eragrostis trichodes	sand lovegrass	range seeding, erosion control, wind strips, warm season pasture, wildlife cover
Aztec	Helianthus maximiliani	Maximilian sunflower	wildlife food cover livestock, forage, natural hedge, screen, filter strips, landscape plant, provides color & beautification	Brochure (PDF)
Van Horn	Leptochloa dubia	green sprangletop	range seeding, pasture and hay land planting. filler grass, critical area, revegetation mined land
Yellowpuff	Leucaena retusa	littleleaf lead tree	wildlife food, beautification, critical area plantings
Selection 75	Panicum coloratum	klinegrass	pasture, hay land planting, range seeding, critical area wildlife, food and cover
Verde	Panicum coloratum	klinegrass	range seeding, seeding wildlife food and cover	Brochure (PDF)
Alamo	Panicum virgatum	switchgrass	range seedings, pasture, hay land, erosion control, shoreline stabilization, revegetation wind strips, wildlife habitat	Brochure (PDF)
Kerr Germplasm	Pavonia lasiopetala	Texas swampmallow	range seeding, beautification and low-input native landscaping, wildlife and livestock forage
Llano	Pennisetum ciliare	buffelgrass	range, pasture seeding	Brochure (PDF)
Nueces	Pennisetum ciliare	buffelgrass	range, pasture seeding	Brochure (PDF)
Shoreline	Phragmites australis	common reed	shoreline stabilization, critical area planting wildlife food and cover	Brochure (PDF)
Rainbow	Prunus	wild plum	erosion control, critical area planting, wildlife food, cover landscape, windbreak	Brochure (PDF)
Boomer	Quercus macrocarpa	bur oak	windbreaks, landscape plant for urban and recreation areas, wildlife food and shelter
OK Select Germplasm	Schizachyrium scoparium	little bluestem	range and pasture seedings, wildlife habitat, erosion control, and buffers
Plateau	Simsia calva	awnless bush sunflower	range seeding, wildlife food, landscape	Brochure (PDF)
Lometa	Sorghastrum nutans	indiangrass	range seeding mixtures, pasture hay production, wildlife, filter strips, erosion control revegetation, landscape	Brochure (PDF)
Saltalk	Sporobolus airoides	alkali sacaton	saline, alkaline soil stabilization, critical area revegetation, range seeding
Potter County Germplasm	Sporobolus contractus	spike dropseed	range seedings, conservation reserve plantings, stabilizing sandy soils with high erosion potential, livestock forage, wildlife food and cover
Borden County Germplasm	Sporobolus cryptandrus	sand dropseed	range seeding, conservation reserve plantings, stabilizing sandy soils, wildlife food and ground nesting cover	Brochure (PDF, 368 KB)
Duck Creek Germplasm	Sporobolus texanus	Texas dropseed	range seeding, saline/alkaline soil revegetation, erosion control on moist sites
Overton R18	Trifolium hirtum	rose clover	pasture reseeding, forage
San Marcos Germplasm	Tripsacum dactyloides	eastern gamagrass	pasture and hay plantings, range seeding, wildlife food and cover, conservation buffers, erosion control	Brochure (PDF, 145 KB)

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