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Publications
Restoration Manual for Native Habitats of South Texas
The purpose of this manual is to encourage landowners and land managers to restore native plant communities. Native plants, wildlife, and humans all benefit from restoration and conservation efforts of good land stewards. This restoration manual will instruct you in various methods that can be used to restore south Texas plant communities.
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Current Research Abstracts
- Development of native forb germplasm releases for habitat restoration in south Texas
- Effects of region of seed production on seed quality of south Texas collected native grasses
- Evaluation of south Texas native plants for horticultural use
- Revegetation of coastal prairies dominated by Old World bluestems with native grasses
- Seed increase of South Texas Natives' plant releases
- Seeding trials of selected native plant releases
Oral Presentations
- Development and Seed Release of Three Native Annual Forbs for Restoration in South Texas, by Forrest S. Smith, John Lloyd-Reilley, William R. Ocumpaugh
- Exotic Grasses in South Texas, by Forrest S. Smith
- Horticultural Use of Native Plants in South Texas, by Forrest S. Smith
- Invasive Grass Phenomenon, by Forrest S. Smith
- Native Habitat Restoration, by Tony Falk
- Native Habitat Restoration in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, by Tony Falk
- Native Seeds and Plants: Today's Alternative Crop Production Possibilities from Yesterday's Brush and Weeds, by Forrest S. Smith
- Phenomenon of the Grass Invasion, by Forrest S. Smith
- Restoration in South Texas - Challenges and Expectations, by Forrest S. Smith
- Rio Farms Presentation, by Forrest S. Smith
- Seeds for Conservation, by Forrest S. Smith
- South Texas Natives Update 2008, by Forrest S. Smith
- Tanglehead, by Forrest S. Smith
- Texas Chapter Wildlife Society Presentation, by Tony Falk
TIPPC Invasive Grass Research and Management Session Presentations
- CKWRI's Invasive Grass Research Approach, by Timothy E. Fulbright, Forrest S. Smith, Leonard A. Brennan, Alfonso Ortega-Santos, Andrea R. Litt, and Fred C. Bryant
- Fire and Cattle Grazing to Manage Exotic Grass Stands, by Eric Grahmann
- Invasive Grasses in South Texas: An Ecologist's Perspective, by Andrea R. Litt and Fred C. Bryant
- Native Plant Restoration as an Invasive Grass Management Tool, by Tony Falk
- Tanglehead Research and Management, by Aaron Tjelmeland
Plant Materials Center Reports
Poster Presentations
- Effects of Seeding Rate and Season of Seeding on Establishment of 10 Native Grasses in the Rio Grande Plains of Texas
- Evaluation of Herbicides for Control of Buffelgrass and Kleberg Bluestem
- Native Prairie Restoration in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Eastern Native Grass Symposium
- Native Prairie Restoration in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, SRM 2009
- Treatments to Restore Native Microorganisms and Plant Performance
In the News
South Texas Natives: Caring for One of Texas' Last Great Wildlife Habitats
Texas Sporting Journal
A&M-Kingsville Welcomes Native Grasses Home
Corpus Christi Caller Times
Going Native: First Seed Varieties Release to the Public
Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Discovery and Scholarship
South Texas Natives Releases First Seed Varieties for Pubic Use
Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Campus News and Events
South Texas Natives Releases First Seed Varieties for Public Use
Kingsville Record
South Texas Natives Restoring Habitats
Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Discovery and Scholarship
South Texas Plant Project Aim is Restoring Native Rangeland
Livestock Weekly
Back to Roots: Program Restores State's Native Plants
Corpus Christi Caller Times
Researchers Develop Native Plant Seed for South Texas
Kingsville Record
South Texas Natives: Caring for One of Texas' Last Great Wildlife Habitats
Texas Wildlife Association Commemorative Issue
Overpass Project Dedicated Here
Kingsville Record
Inez Students Help with Native Plant Project
South Texas Farm & Ranch News
South Texas Natives Research on Track
College of Agriculture and Human Sciences Newsletter, TAMUK
South Texas Ranchers Mull Eco-tourism
Laredo Morning Times
Going Native: South Texans Sowing Seeds of Change
Texas Agriculture, Texas Farm Bureau
The Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute: South Texas Natives
South Texas: The Newsletter, Rio Grande Valley
