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E. "Kika" de la Garza Plant Materials Center

Kingsville Plant established in 1981
	The Kika de la Garza Plant Materials Center 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.
	3409 N FM 1355 Kingsville, TX 78363-2704 Phone: 361.595.1313 Fax: 361.595.1313	About the Center Research New Conservation Plant Releases from the Kika de la Garza PMC Conservation Plant Releases from the Kika de la Garza PMC Conservation Plant Releases from other PMCs Publications Photo Gallery

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If your county is serviced by multiple plant materials centers please look at the other Center's page for more information about plant collections needed in your area.

The documents on this page require Acrobat Reader.

2008 Progress Report of Activities (PDF; 333 KB)
Evaluation of Construction Techniques in the Establishment of Coastal Sand Dunes, March 2008 (PDF; 578 KB)
Progress Report, Evaluation of Three Endemic Plants of the Refugio-Goliad Prairies, December 2007 (PDF; 284 KB)

Species Collection Guides

The following links are a list of 2008 species description guides from the E. Kika de la Garza Plant Materials Center.

Gayfeather (Liatris spp.)
Frostweed (Verbesina microptera)
Green Sprangletop (Leptochloa dubia)
Virginia wildrye (Elymus virginicus)
Seashore dropseed (Sporobolus virginicus)
Partridge Pea (Chaemaecrista fasciculata)
Plains lovegrass (Eragrostis intermedia)

The following links are a list of 2006-2007 species description guides from the E. Kika de la Garza Plant Materials Center.

White Prairie Clover (Dalea candida)
Roundheaded Prairie Clover (Dalea multiflora)
Low Prairie Clover (Dalea scandens)
Pussyfoot (Dalea obovata)
Maximillian Sunflower (Helianthus maximiliani)
Blackeyed susan (Rudbeckia hirta)
Hall's Panicum (Panicum hallii)
Sideoats grama (Boutelous curtipendula)
Big bluesteam (Andropogon gerardii)
Indiangrass (Sorghastrum nutans)
Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum)
Four wing Saltbush (Atriplex canescens)

For more information on a particular plant species please visit the Plants Database.

2006-2007 Plant Germplasm Release - brochures

Catrina Blend - Bristlegrass (PDF; 1.75 MB)

Mariah Germplasm- Hooded Windmillgrass (PDF; 1.72 MB)

Welder Germplasm - Shortspike Windmillgrass (PDF; 1.72 MB)

La Salle Germplasm Arizona cottontop (PDF; 357 KB)

Chaparral Germplasm hairy grama (PDF; 355 KB)

Dilley Germplasm slender grama (PDF; 354 KB)

Atascosa Germplasm Texas grama (PDF; 358 KB)

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