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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.
Plains Germplasm Prairie Acacia Release Brochure (PDF; 494 KB) Jun 2009
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
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