James E. “Bud” Smith Plant Materials Center

Knox City, Texas

Established 1965

Since 1965, the James E. "Bud" Smith Plant Materials Center in Knox City, Texas has provided plant solutions for central Texas and southern Oklahoma. The Center has released over 30 improved conservation plants including varieties of sideoats grama, Engelmann daisy, Texas swampmallow, bur oak, spike dropseed, Texas dropseed and eastern gamagrass. The Center develops technology for controlling wind and water erosion, restoring saline areas, improving wildlife habitat, stabilization of critically eroding areas, and improving range and pasture land.

Special Features

Plant Collections and Field Plantings - 2009

If you encounter any problems with the files provided on this page, please contact Leslie Glass at 701-250-4330.

The following documents require Acrobat Reader.

2008 Progress Report Of Activities. (PDF; 671kb) Gary L. Rea. 2009. USDA-NRCS James E. "Bud" Smith Plant Materials Center, Knox City, TX. 2008. 5p. (ID# 9138)
KCPMC 2008 Annual Tech Report. (PDF; 757kb) Gary L Rea. 2009. USDA-NRCS James E. "Bud" smith Plant Materials Center, Knox City, Texas. 2009. 42p. (ID# 9141)
Knox City Knowledge Summer 2009. (PDF; 389kb) Brandon Carr. 2009. USDA/NRCS James E. "Bud" Smith PMC, Knox City, TX. Volume 1, Issue 1. 3p. (ID# 9143)

All About Plants: For detailed instructions on plant collection, documentation forms, and detailed information on how to collect plants we can use in our research, please visit http://www.tx.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/pmc.

Contact

3776 FM 1292
Knox City, TX 79529-2514

Telephone: 940-658-3922
Fax: 940-658-3047
Email: Gary Rea