Conservation Plant Releases - James E. "Bud" Smith Plant Materials Center
The James E. "Bud" Smith 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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Plant Releases
Release Name |
Scientific Name |
Common Name |
Uses |
Release Brochure |
Plains Germplasm
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Acacia angustissima
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prairie acacia
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grazing, range seeding, wildlife habitat, cover crops and critical area plantings
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Brochure (PDF; 254 KB)
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Earl
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Andropogon gerardii
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big bluestem
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range seeding; erosion control plantings; wildlife habitat plantings; and plantings for water quality improvement
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Brochure (PDF; 299 KB)
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Centennial
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Andropogon hallii
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sand bluestem
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rangeland-forage production system, soil stabilization, reclamation of marginal croplands.
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Brochure (PDF; 452 KB)
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Chet
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Andropogon hallii
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sand bluestem
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pasture or hay, rangeland forage, and soil stabilization or reclamation of marginal croplands
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Brochure (PDF; 288 kb)
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Cottle County Germplasm
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Andropogon hallii
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sand bluestem
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range and pasture seedings, wildlife habitat, critical area plantings, buffers, and on sandy soils
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Brochure (PDF; 244 KB)
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Haskell
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Bouteloua curtipendula
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sideoats grama
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range seeding, pasture, hay land planting, revegetation mined lands turf, erosion control, waterways, wildlife food cover
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Brochure (PDF; 326 KB)
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Premier
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Bouteloua curtipendula
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sideoats grama
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range seeding, pasture, revegetation, erosion control, waterways, wildlife cover
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Comanche
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Chamaecrista fasciculata
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partridge pea
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critical area stabilization, land reclamation, cover crop, beautification
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Brochure (PDF; 211 KB)
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Cuero Germplasm
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Dalea purpurea var. purpurea
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purple prairieclover
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range seeding, revegetation, and wildlife habitat
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Brochure (PDF; 225 KB)
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Sabine
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Desmanthus illinoensis
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Illinois bundleflower
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range, pasture seeding, wildlife food, revegetation, critical area planting
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Brochure (PDF; 201 KB)
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Hondo Germplasm
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Desmanthus velutinus
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velvet bundleflower
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range seeding, wildlife habitat, and erosion control
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Brochure (PDF; 217 KB)
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Angleton
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Dichanthium aristatum
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bluestem
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range seeding
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T-587
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Dichanthium
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Old World bluestem
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range, pasture seeding hay land, stabilization critical area, filter strips
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PMT-389
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Digitaria californica
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Arizona cottontop
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range seeding, critical area planting, wildlife
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Eldorado
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Engelmannia peristenia
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Engelmann daisy
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high quality, forage wildlife, livestock, range seedings, revegetation landscape, beautification
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Brochure (PDF; 261 KB)
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Mason
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Eragrostis trichodes
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sand lovegrass
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range seeding, erosion control, wind strips, warm season pasture, wildlife cover
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Brochure (PDF; 749 KB)
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Aztec
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Helianthus maximiliani
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Maximilian sunflower
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wildlife food cover livestock, forage, natural hedge, screen, filter strips, landscape plant, provides color & beautification
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Brochure (PDF; 287 KB)
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Van Horn
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Leptochloa dubia
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green sprangletop
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range seeding, pasture and hay land planting. filler grass, critical area, revegetation mined land
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Brochure (PDF; 325 KB)
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Yellowpuff
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Leucaena retusa
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littleleaf lead tree
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wildlife food, beautification, critical area plantings
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Brochure (PDF; 258 KB)
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Selection 75
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Panicum coloratum
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kleingrass
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pasture, hay land planting, range seeding, critical area wildlife, food and cover
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Brochure (PDF; 199 KB)
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Verde
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Panicum coloratum
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kleingrass
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range seeding, seeding wildlife food and cover
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Alamo
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Panicum virgatum
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switchgrass
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range seedings, pasture, hay land, erosion control, shoreline stabilization, revegetation wind strips, wildlife habitat
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Brochure (PDF; 251 KB)
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Kerr Germplasm
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Pavonia lasiopetala
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Texas swampmallow
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range seeding, beautification and low-input native landscaping, wildlife and livestock forage
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Brochure (PDF; 281 KB)
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Llano
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Pennisetum ciliare
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buffelgrass
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range, pasture seeding
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Nueces
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Pennisetum ciliare
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buffelgrass
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range, pasture seeding
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Shoreline
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Phragmites australis
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common reed
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shoreline stabilization, critical area planting wildlife food and cover
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Rainbow
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Prunus
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wild plum
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erosion control, critical area planting, wildlife food, cover landscape, windbreak
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Brochure (PDF; 490 KB)
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Boomer
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Quercus macrocarpa
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bur oak
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windbreaks, landscape plant for urban and recreation areas, wildlife food and shelter
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Brochure (PDF; 364 KB)
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OK Select Germplasm
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Schizachyrium scoparium
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little bluestem
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range and pasture seedings, wildlife habitat, erosion control, and buffers
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Brochure (PDF; 183 KB)
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Plateau
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Simsia calva
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awnless bush sunflower
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range seeding, wildlife food, landscape
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Brochure (PDF; 302 KB)
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Lometa
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Sorghastrum nutans
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indiangrass
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range seeding mixtures, pasture hay production, wildlife, filter strips, erosion control revegetation, landscape
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Brochure (PDF; 262 KB)
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Saltalk
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Sporobolus airoides
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alkali sacaton
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saline, alkaline soil stabilization, critical area revegetation, range seeding
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Brochure (PDF; 400 KB)
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Potter County Germplasm
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Sporobolus contractus
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spike dropseed
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range seedings, conservation reserve plantings, stabilizing sandy soils with high erosion potential, livestock forage, wildlife food and cover
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Brochure (PDF; 209 KB)
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Borden County Germplasm
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Sporobolus cryptandrus
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sand dropseed
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range seeding, conservation reserve plantings, stabilizing sandy soils, wildlife food and ground nesting cover
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Brochure (PDF; 215 KB)
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Duck Creek Germplasm
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Sporobolus texanus
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Texas dropseed
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range seeding, saline/alkaline soil revegetation, erosion control on moist sites
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Brochure (PDF; 268 KB)
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Overton R18
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Trifolium hirtum
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rose clover
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pasture reseeding, forage
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San Marcos Germplasm
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Tripsacum dactyloides
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eastern gamagrass
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pasture and hay plantings, range seeding, wildlife food and cover, conservation buffers, erosion control
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Brochure (PDF; 267 KB)
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