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Hooker's Plantain


(Plantago hookeriana)

Hooker's Plantain is an annual forb found frequent on sandy soils in prairies, openings, and waste sites in the Rio Grande Plains and Coastal Prairies.  The leaves provide forage for white-tailed deer, Rio Grande turkey, and cattle.  The seeds are consumed by bobwhite quail and mourning doves.  STN is currently in production of a release containing hooker's and redseed plantains.

 

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