Kika de la Garza Plant Materials Center

Updated 04/08/2008

Conservation Plant Releases

The Kika de la Garza 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
Chaparral Germplasm	Bouteloua hirsuta	hairy grama	critical areas, roadsides and reclamation sites
Dilley Germplasm	Bouteloua repens	slender grama	critical area sites, roadsides, reclamation sites, buffers and filter strips
Atascosa Germplasm	Bouteloua rigidiseta	Texas grama	critical areas, roadsides, and reclamation sites
Kinney Germplasm	Chloris crinita	false Rhodes grass	early season forage and native range restoration
Mariah Germplasm	Chloris cucullata	hooded windmill grass	roadside plantings, range seeding, critical site revegetation
Welder Germplasm	Chloris subdolichostachya	shortspike windmill grass	roadside plantings, critical area revegetation
Cuero Germplasm	Dalea purpurea var. purpurea	purple prairieclover	range seeding, revegetation, and wildlife habitat
Hondo Germplasm	Desmanthus velutinus	velvet bundleflower	range seeding, wildlife habitat, and erosion control
La Salle Germplasm	Digitaria californica	Arizona cottontop	rangeland seeding
Lavaca Germplasm	Elymus canadensis	Canada wildrye	cool season forage on pastureland and rangeland
Kika 677 Germplasm	Setaria leucopila	streambed bristlegrass	rangeland planting, erosion control, wildlife habitat and water quality improvement
Kika 819 Germplasm	Setaria leucopila	streambed bristlegrass	rangeland planting, erosion control, wildlife habitat, and water quality improvement
Kika 820 Germplasm	Setaria leucopila	streambed bristlegrass	rangeland planting,erosion control, wildlife habitat, and water quality improvement
Kika 648 Germplasm	Setaria vulpiseta	plains bristlegrass	range seeding, wildlife habitat
Falfurrias Germplasm	Sporobolus wrightii	big sacaton	livestock forage, restoration of native vegetation, revegetating alkaline and saline sites, grass hedge terrace, wind strips for erosion control, and stabilization of watershed structures, stream banks and floodplain areas

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