East Texas Plant Materials Center

Updated 02/13/2009

Nacogdoches, Texas

Established 1982

The East Texas Plant Materials Center in Nacogdoches, Texas provides plant solutions for eastern Texas and northwest Louisiana. The Center has developed new technology for mining and timber reclamation, improving saline soils, protecting streambanks and wetlands, enhancing wildlife habitat and improving range and pasture lands. The Center has released improved conservation plants including varieties of "Jackson" eastern gamagrass, "Medina" eastern gamagrass, Pilgrim Germplasm velvet panicum, Crockett herbaceous mimosa select germplasm, and Harrison Florida paspalum select germplasm.

Special Features

Coastal Restoration and Protection Resources

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ETPMC News (PDF; 172 KB) Volume 2, Issue 3, Dec 2008

Common Flora of East Texas Version I. (PDF; 8.6 MB) R. Alan Shadow and Melinda Brakie. 2008. ETPMC, Nacogdoches, Texas. Volume I. 78p. (ID# 8052)

Longspike Tridens Plant Fact Sheet. (PDF; 140 KB) Alan Shadow. 2008. ETPMC, 2p. (ID# 8048)
 
Maidencane Plant Fact Sheet. (PDF; 103 KB) R. Alan Shadow. 2008. ETPMC, 2p. (ID# 8045)
 
Seashore Paspalum Plant Fact Sheet. (PDF; 138 KB) R. Alan Shadow. 2008. ETPMC, 2p. (ID# 8046)

2008 Summer Newsletter. (PDF; 385 KB) J. Stevens, A. Shadow, M. Brakie. 2008. East Texas PMC, Nacogdoches, Texas. July 2008. 4p. (ID# 8056)

2007 PMC Annual Activities Report. (PDF; 238 KB) M. Brakie, J. Stevens, A. Shadow. 2008. East Texas Plant Materials Center, Nacogdoches, TX. February 2008. 4p. (ID# 8054)

Pollinators and Plant Materials. (PDF; 2 MB) R. Alan Shadow. 2008. etpmc, Nacogdoches, texas. 11p. (ID# 8051)

Benefits of Wildlife Plantings. (PDF; 102 KB) M. Brakie. 2008. East Texas PMC, Nacogdoches, Texas. 02/25/2008. 2p. (ID# 7772)

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

6598 FM2782
Nacogdoches, TX 75964

Telephone: 936.564.4873
FAX: 936.552.7924
Email: Jim.Stevens@tx.usda.gov