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dc.contributor.authorEck, H. V.
dc.contributor.authorSims, P. L.
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-24T04:17:24Z
dc.date.available2020-09-24T04:17:24Z
dc.date.issued1984-05-01
dc.identifier.citationEck, H. V., & Sims, P. L. (1984). Grass species adaptability in the Southern High Plains—a 36-year assessment. Journal of Range Management, 37(3), 211-217.
dc.identifier.issn0022-409X
dc.identifier.doi10.2307/3899139
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10150/645658
dc.description.abstractA 36-yr old species adaptation test was evaluated and the relative quality of some persisting native and introduced grass species was determined. The site was Conlen loam on the Rita Blanca National Grassland in Dallam County, Texas. Of the 25 species planted, only yellow bluestem (Bothriochloa ischaemum),1 Caucasian bluestem (Bothriochloa caucasica), and galleta (Hilaria jamesii) tended to dominate the plots on which they were originally planted. Yellow and Caucasian bluestem had spread into plots planted to other grasses but galleta had spread very little. Yellow bluestem was as high or higher in protein, mineral content, and digestibility (IVDMD) than the other grasses analyzed [Caucasian bluestem, galleta, sideoats grama (Bouteloua curtipendula), blue grama (Bouteloua gracilis), and western wheatgrass (Agropyron smithii)]. The contents of Caucasian bluestem and galleta were not significantly different from those of yellow bluestem, except that galleta was lower in IVDMD, especially when mature. These 3 grasses merit consideration in range seeding programs on Conlen and similar soils in the Southern High Plains.
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSociety for Range Management
dc.relation.urlhttps://rangelands.org/
dc.rightsCopyright © Society for Range Management.
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
dc.subjectTexas
dc.titleGrass Species Adaptability in the Southern High Plains—A 36-Year Assessment
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dc.typeArticle
dc.identifier.journalJournal of Range Management
dc.description.noteThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries.
dc.description.collectioninformationThe Journal of Range Management archives are made available by the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. Contact lbry-journals@email.arizona.edu for further information.
dc.eprint.versionFinal published version
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dc.source.volume37
dc.source.issue3
dc.source.beginpage211-217
refterms.dateFOA2020-09-24T04:17:24Z


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