South Texas Natives
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La Salle Arizona cottontop is a warm season perennial bunchgrass native to southern Texas. The seed heads measure 2 to 5 inches and bears a number of fluffy white seeds. Plants are 3 to 5 feet in height and can produce the cotton-like seedheads throughout ...
Big sacaton is a native, warm-season grass that forms dense clumps. It is a coarse, upright bunchgrass that can grow from 3 to 8 feet tall. Leaves width can range from 1 to 2 1/2 inches wide and can grow up to 1 foot long. The pale flowers of big sacaton ...
The Catarina blend of bristlegrass is a commercial blend of four bristlegrass collections from South Texas. One component is a plains bristlegrass, the other three components are streambed bristlegrass. These species of bristlegrass are native, perennial ...
False Rhodesgrass is a native, warm-season perennial bunchgrass. It is also commonly known as Two-flower Trichloris. It grows 1 to 2 feet tall, with leaves 3 to 8 inches long. False Rhodesgrass grows best on sand to sandy loam soils. It will tolerate soi ...
Hairy Grama is a warm season perennial grass native to southern Texas. The low-growing dense bunchgrass grows 1-2 1/2 feet tall. Hairy Grama will persist on sand, sandy loam, clay, and clay loam soil types. It is compatible in plantings with other native ...
Hooded Windmillgrass is a native, perennial bunchgrass with a mature foliage height ranging from 0.5 to 1 foot and total height of about 2 feet. Hooded Windmillgrass is recommended for use in roadside plantings, critical site re-vegetation, and rangeland ...
Multiflower False Rhodesgrass is a native, warm-season perennial bunchgrass. It is also commonly known as Four-flower Trichloris. It grows 3 to 4 feet tall and can produce large amounts of quality forage. Multiflower False Rhodesgrass grows best on clay ...
Maverick Germplasm is a blend of 7 populations of pink pappusgrass (Pappophorum bicolor E. Fourn.) from the South Texas Plains. Pink pappusgrass is a co-dominant bunchgrass found on a variety of soils in the region. Plant in early spring or late summer i ...
Welder Germplasm shortspike windmillgrass is naturally occurring hybrid between the native grasses Chloris cucullata and Chloris verticillata. It is a perennial grass which produces seed and also spreads vegetatively by stolons. The mature foliage height ...
Dilley slender grama is a warm season perennial grass native to southern Texas. It is low growing, 1-2 1/2 feet in height. The grass produces multiple heads that bear 5-9 seed spikes, each bearing 5-8 seeds. It will flower and produce seed throughout the ...
Atascosa Germplasm Texas grama is a warm season perennial grass native to southern Texas. The low-growing, dense bunchgrass grow 1-2 1/2 feet in height and produces multiple heads, each bearing a spike containing 5-14 seed spikes with 3-5 seeds per spike. ...
Webb Germplasm is a blend of 3 populations of whiplash pappusgrass (Pappophorum vaginatum Buckley) from the South Texas Plains. Whiplash pappusgrass grows on coastal, saline, and alkaline sites in low areas, and on calcareous soils. Plant in early spring ...