Kika de la Garza Plant Materials Center

Updated 01/15/2009

Kingsville, Texas

Established 1981

The Kika de la Garza Plant Materials Center in Kingsville, Texas selects conservation plants and develops new vegetative technology for the 27 million acres that make up South Texas. To date, the Center’s releases include Falfurrias Germplasm big sacaton and Lavaca Germplasm Canada wildrye. The Center provides technical assistance to restore Gulf Coast prairie and the associated salt marshes, enhance waterbird habitat, revegetate areas disturbed by mining and oil field exploration, and improve range and pasture lands.  Of the 27 plant materials centers in the country, three are located in Texas at Kingsville, Knox City, and Nacogdoches. With more than 550 active studies on real-world conservation issues nationwide, the plant materials program offers immediate practical application.

Special Features

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2007 Progress Report of Activities (PDF; 584 KB)

• 2007 Outstanding Team Award
• Coastal Restoration and Protection Resources
• South Texas Natives Project
• 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

3409 N FM 1355
Kingsville, TX 78363-2704

Telephone: 361.595.1313
FAX: 361.595.1313
Email: John.Reilley@tx.usda.gov