TxDOT Native Plant Integration Program for South, Central and West Texas
This project will work to collect, evaluate, and release native seed sources for use by TxDOT in Central, West, and South Texas. Project seed collectors will obtain seeds from target native plant species throughout these regions. Evaluation plantings will be made using these seeds at numerous locations throughout the project area, and plant performance of the various species and collections will be assessed. Following evaluation and testing, the most suitable species and collections will be increased in field-scale production fields, and seeds harvested from these fields will be distributed to commercial growers to make well-tested, adapted native plants and seeds readily available for use by TxDOT for right of way vegetation management and restoration.
Language
- English
Project
- Status: Completed
- Funding: $2,900,000.00
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Contract Numbers:
0-6665
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Sponsor Organizations:
Texas Department of Transportation
125 E. 11th Street
Austin, TX United States 78701-2483 -
Project Managers:
Odell, Wade
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Performing Organizations:
Texas A&M University, Kingsville
Kingsville, TX United States 78363 -
Principal Investigators:
Smith, Forrest
- Start Date: 20100901
- Expected Completion Date: 20180831
- Actual Completion Date: 0
- Source Data: RiP Project 27873
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Field studies; Native plants; Right of way (Land); Roadside flora; Vegetation control
- Geographic Terms: Texas
- Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; I15: Environment;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01568413
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: Texas Department of Transportation
- Contract Numbers: 0-6665
- Files: RiP, STATEDOT
- Created Date: Jun 27 2015 1:01AM