Des

crip

tion

Wel

der G

erm

plas

m sh

orts

pike

w

indm

illgr

ass (

Chl

oris

×

subd

olic

host

achy

a M

uell.

(pro

sp.)

[cuc

ulla

ta ×

ver

ticill

ata]

) was

col

lect

ed

in S

an P

atric

io C

ount

y, T

exas

. Sh

orts

pike

win

dmill

gras

s is a

nat

ural

ly

occu

rrin

g hy

brid

bet

wee

n th

e na

tive

gras

ses C

hlor

is c

ucul

lata

and

Chl

oris

ve

rtic

illat

a. W

elde

r Ger

mpl

asm

is a

co

oper

ativ

e re

leas

e be

twee

n th

e U

SDA

-N

RC

S Pl

ant M

ater

ials

Pro

gram

, Sou

th

Texa

s Nat

ives

, and

the

Texa

s A

gric

ultu

ral E

xper

imen

t Sta

tion

at

Bee

ville

. It

is a

per

enni

al g

rass

whi

ch

prod

uces

seed

and

als

o sp

read

s ve

geta

tivel

y by

stol

ons.

The

mat

ure

folia

ge h

eigh

t ran

ges f

rom

1 to

3 fe

et

tall.

It m

ay p

rodu

ce se

ed h

eads

from

M

ay to

Oct

ober

, but

mos

t of t

he se

ed is

pr

oduc

ed in

Sep

tem

ber a

nd O

ctob

er.

U

ses a

nd A

dapt

atio

n W

elde

r Ger

mpl

asm

is re

com

men

ded

for

use

in ro

adsi

de p

lant

ings

, crit

ical

site

re

vege

tatio

n, a

nd ra

ngel

and

seed

mix

es.

It ca

n be

use

d in

man

y ty

pes o

f co

nser

vatio

n pl

antin

gs, s

uch

as g

rass

ed

wat

erw

ays,

ripar

ian

buff

ers,

filte

r stri

ps,

and

pond

em

bank

men

ts.

W

elde

r Ger

mpl

asm

has

per

form

ed w

ell

at lo

catio

ns in

the

Rio

Gra

nde

Plai

n,

Gul

f Coa

st P

rairi

es a

nd M

arsh

es, R

ollin

g Pl

ains

, and

Pin

eyw

oods

regi

ons o

f Te

xas.

Sho

rtspi

ke w

indm

illgr

ass a

lso

occu

rs n

atur

ally

in th

e B

lack

land

Pra

irie,

Ed

war

ds P

late

au, a

nd O

ak W

oods

and

Pr

airie

s reg

ions

. W

elde

r Ger

mpl

asm

m

ay b

e ad

apte

d to

thes

e re

gion

s as w

ell,

but t

his h

as n

ot b

een

verif

ied

thro

ugh

field

test

ing.

Plan

ting

Met

hods

Se

edbe

d pr

epar

atio

n sh

ould

beg

in w

ell

in a

dvan

ce o

f pla

ntin

g. E

stab

lish

a cl

ean,

wee

d-fr

ee se

edbe

d by

eith

er

tilla

ge o

r non

-res

idua

l her

bici

des.

Prio

r to

pla

ntin

g, th

e si

te sh

ould

be

firm

and

ha

ve a

ccum

ulat

ed so

il m

oist

ure.

Se

edin

g sh

ould

occ

ur in

ear

ly sp

ring,

or

whe

re th

ere

are

few

coo

l-sea

son

wee

ds,

win

dmill

gras

s can

be

seed

ed in

the

fall.

W

elde

r Ger

mpl

asm

can

be

seed

ed u

sing

a

gras

s dril

l with

a sm

all s

eed

box.

B

road

cast

seed

ing

may

be

used

in a

reas

no

t eas

ily p

lant

ed w

ith a

dril

l, bu

t ad

ditio

nal p

ract

ices

to e

ncou

rage

goo

d

seed

to so

il co

ntac

t, su

ch a

s cul

tipac

king

, ha

rrow

ing,

etc

., m

ay b

e ne

cess

ary.

San

d ca

n be

mix

ed w

ith se

ed to

aid

in

dist

ribut

ion.

The

re a

re a

ppro

xim

atel

y 3,

000,

000

seed

s per

pou

nd o

f sho

rtspi

ke

win

dmill

gras

s.

Seed

shou

ld b

e pl

ante

d 1/

8 to

1/4

inch

de

ep.

It is

bet

ter t

o pl

ant t

oo sh

allo

w

than

too

deep

. A

seed

ing

rate

of 1

/4to

1/

2 p

ound

of p

ure

live

seed

(PLS

) per

ac

re is

reco

mm

ende

d. T

his c

orre

spon

ds

to p

lant

ing

20 to

40

live

seed

s per

squa

re

foot

. W

hen

plan

ting

a m

ixtu

re, t

he ra

te

of w

indm

illgr

ass s

houl

d be

redu

ced

acco

rdin

g to

the

tota

l per

cent

age

desi

red

in th

e m

ixtu

re.

Man

agem

ent

Wel

der G

erm

plas

m sh

orts

pike

w

indm

illgr

ass c

an b

e gr

azed

the

first

ye

ar o

nce

the

stan

d is

est

ablis

hed.

C

onta

ct y

ou lo

cal N

RC

S of

fice

to

deve

lop

a gr

azin

g m

anag

emen

t pla

n. I

t is

reco

mm

ende

d th

at it

be

mow

ed o

r gr

azed

to a

2 to

3 in

ch st

ubbl

e he

ight

at

leas

t onc

e pe

r yea

r. W

elde

r Ger

mpl

asm

sh

ould

not

be

burn

ed.

A

vaila

bilit

y W

elde

r Ger

mpl

asm

was

rele

ased

in

2006

. B

reed

er a

nd fo

unda

tion

seed

will

be

mai

ntai

ned

by th

e E.

Kik

a de

la G

arza

Pl

ant M

ater

ials

Cen

ter i

n co

njun

ctio

n w

ith T

exas

Fou

ndat

ion

Seed

Ser

vice

. B

reed

er se

ed m

ay b

e ob

tain

ed b

y co

ntac

ting

the

PMC

.

For

Mor

e In

form

atio

n

Kik

a de

la G

arza

Pla

nt M

ater

ials

Cen

ter

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