Des

crip

tion

The

Cat

arin

a bl

end

of b

ristle

gras

s is a

co

mm

erci

al b

lend

of f

our b

ristle

gras

s co

llect

ions

from

Sou

th T

exas

. O

ne

com

pone

nt is

a p

lain

s bris

tlegr

ass

[Set

aria

vul

pise

ta (L

am.)

Roe

mer

& J.

A.

Schu

ltes]

col

lect

ed in

Web

b C

ount

y,

Texa

s. T

he o

ther

thre

e co

mpo

nent

s are

st

ream

bed

bris

tlegr

ass [

Seta

ria

leuc

opila

(S

crib

n.&

Mer

r.) K

. Sch

um.]

colle

cted

in

Kar

nes,

Bex

ar, a

nd W

illac

y C

ount

ies,

Texa

s.

The

rele

ases

form

ing

Cat

arin

a bl

end

of

bris

tlegr

ass w

ere

a co

oper

ativ

e re

leas

e be

twee

n th

e U

SDA

-NR

CS

Plan

t M

ater

ials

Pro

gram

, Sou

th T

exas

Nat

ives

, an

d th

e Te

xas A

gric

ultu

ral E

xper

imen

t St

atio

n at

Bee

ville

. B

oth

of th

ese

spec

ies o

f bris

tlegr

ass a

re n

ativ

e,

pere

nnia

l bun

chgr

asse

s. T

hey

prod

uce

seed

from

May

to N

ovem

ber.

The

ir m

atur

e fo

liage

hei

ght r

ange

s fro

m 1

to 4

fe

et ta

ll.

Use

s and

Ada

ptat

ion

The

Cat

arin

a bl

end

of b

ristle

gras

s is

reco

mm

ende

d fo

r use

in u

plan

d w

ildlif

e

plan

tings

and

in 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 ri

paria

n bu

ffer

s and

filte

r stri

ps.

It ha

s per

form

ed w

ell a

t loc

atio

ns in

the

Rio

Gra

nde

Plai

n, G

ulf C

oast

Pra

iries

an

d M

arsh

es, a

nd R

ollin

g Pl

ains

regi

ons

of T

exas

. Pl

ains

and

stre

ambe

d br

istle

gras

s als

o oc

cur n

atur

ally

in th

e H

igh

Plai

ns, E

dwar

ds P

late

au, a

nd T

rans

Pe

cos r

egio

ns.

The

Cat

arin

a bl

end

of

bris

tlegr

ass 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.

Pl

antin

g M

etho

ds

Seed

bed

prep

arat

ion

shou

ld b

egin

wel

l in

adv

ance

of p

lant

ing.

Est

ablis

h a

clea

n, w

eed-

free

seed

bed

by e

ither

til

lage

or n

on-r

esid

ual h

erbi

cide

s. P

rior

to p

lant

ing,

the

site

shou

ld b

e fir

m a

nd

have

acc

umul

ated

soil

moi

stur

e.

Seed

ing

shou

ld o

ccur

in e

arly

sprin

g, o

r

whe

re th

ere

are

few

coo

l-sea

son

wee

ds,

bris

tlegr

ass c

an b

e se

eded

in th

e fa

ll.

Bris

tlegr

ass c

an b

e se

eded

usi

ng a

gra

ss

drill

with

a sm

all s

eed

box.

Bro

adca

st

seed

ing

may

be

used

in a

reas

not

eas

ily

plan

ted

with

a d

rill,

but a

dditi

onal

pr

actic

es to

enc

oura

ge g

ood

seed

to so

il co

ntac

t, su

ch a

s cul

tipac

king

, har

row

ing,

et

c., m

ay b

e ne

cess

ary.

The

re a

re

appr

oxim

atel

y 36

8,10

0 to

567

,500

seed

s pe

r pou

nd o

f bris

tlegr

ass.

Se

ed sh

ould

be

plan

ted

1/8

to 1

/4 in

ch

deep

. A

seed

ing

rate

of 2

pou

nds o

f pur

e liv

e se

ed (P

LS) p

er a

cre

is

reco

mm

ende

d. T

his c

orre

spon

ds to

pl

antin

g 20

live

seed

s per

squa

re fo

ot.

Whe

n pl

antin

g a

mix

ture

, the

rate

of

bris

tlegr

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.

It sh

ould

be

note

d th

at so

me

of

the

colle

ctio

ns th

at m

ake

up th

e C

atar

ina

blen

d ha

ve h

igh

seed

dor

man

cy.

Man

agem

ent

Cat

arin

a bl

end

bris

tlegr

ass s

houl

d no

t be

graz

ed th

e fir

st y

ear.

Onc

e th

e st

and

is

esta

blis

hed,

rota

tiona

l gra

zing

can

be

used

. It

is re

com

men

ded

that

a 4

-10

inch

stub

ble

heig

ht b

e m

aint

aine

d.

Ava

ilabi

lity

The

four

ger

mpl

asm

s tha

t mak

e up

the

Cat

arin

a bl

end

(Kik

a648

Ger

mpl

asm

, K

ika6

77 G

erm

plas

m, K

ika8

19

Ger

mpl

asm

and

Kik

a820

Ger

mpl

asm

) w

ere

rele

ased

in 2

006.

Bre

eder

and

fo

unda

tion

seed

will

be

mai

ntai

ned

by

the

E. K

ika

de la

Gar

za P

lant

Mat

eria

ls

Cen

ter i

n co

njun

ctio

n w

ith T

exas

Fo

unda

tion

Seed

Ser

vice

. B

reed

er se

ed

may

be

obta

ined

by

cont

actin

g th

e PM

C.

For

Mor

e In

form

atio

n

Kik

a de

la G

arza

Pla

nt M

ater

ials

Cen

ter

3409

Nor

th F

M 1

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lle, T

exas

783

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taria

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