Skip to main content

Main menu

  • Home
  • Content
    • Current
    • Archive
  • Info for
    • Authors
    • Subscribers
    • Institutions
    • Advertisers
  • About Us
    • About Us
    • Editorial Board
    • Index/Abstracts
  • Connect
    • Feedback
    • Help
  • Alerts
  • Free Issue
  • Call for Papers
  • Other Publications
    • UWP
    • Ecological Restoration
    • Land Economics
    • Landscape Journal

User menu

  • Register
  • Subscribe
  • My alerts
  • Log in
  • My Cart

Search

  • Advanced search
Native Plants Journal
  • Other Publications
    • UWP
    • Ecological Restoration
    • Land Economics
    • Landscape Journal
  • Register
  • Subscribe
  • My alerts
  • Log in
  • My Cart
Native Plants Journal

Advanced Search

  • Home
  • Content
    • Current
    • Archive
  • Info for
    • Authors
    • Subscribers
    • Institutions
    • Advertisers
  • About Us
    • About Us
    • Editorial Board
    • Index/Abstracts
  • Connect
    • Feedback
    • Help
  • Alerts
  • Free Issue
  • Call for Papers
  • Follow uwp on Twitter
  • Visit uwp on Facebook
Research ArticleGermplasm Release

Notice of release of Menard Germplasm purple threeawn: a selected class of natural germplasm

Anthony Falk, Forrest S Smith, Colin S Shackelford, John R Bow, Keith A Pawelek, Brandon Carr and Dustin Wiggans
Native Plants Journal, June 2022, 23 (2) 168-177; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/npj.23.2.168
Anthony Falk
South Texas-Texas Native Seeds (TNS), Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute (CKWRI), Texas A&M University-Kingsville (TAMUK), MSC 218, 700 University Blvd, Kingsville, TX 78363
Roles: Assistant Director
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
  • For correspondence: [email protected]
Forrest S Smith
TNS, CKWRI, TAMUK
Roles: Dan L Duncan Endowed Director
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
  • For correspondence: [email protected]
Colin S Shackelford
West Texas-TNS, CKWRI, TAMUK
Roles: Assistant Director
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
  • For correspondence: [email protected]
John R Bow
Central Texas-TNS, CKWRI, TAMUK
Roles: Assistant Director
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
  • For correspondence: [email protected]
Keith A Pawelek
TNS, CKWRI, TAMUK
Roles: Associate Director
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
  • For correspondence: [email protected]
Brandon Carr
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), James E “Bud” Smith Plant Materials Center, 3950 Farm Rd 1292, Ste 100, Knox City, TX 79529
Roles: Manager
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
  • For correspondence: [email protected]
Dustin Wiggans
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), James E “Bud” Smith Plant Materials Center, 3950 Farm Rd 1292, Ste 100, Knox City, TX 79529
Roles: Agronomist
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
  • For correspondence: [email protected]
  • Article
  • Info & Metrics
  • References
  • PDF
Loading

Abstract

Menard Germplasm purple threeawn (Aristida purpurea Nutt. [Poaceae]) is a Selected Class Germplasm release developed by Texas Native Seeds (TNS), the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) James E “Bud” Smith Plant Materials Center, Borderlands Research Institute at Sul Ross State University, Texas AgriLife Research, and Tarleton State University. Purple threeawn is a perennial caespitose bunchgrass widespread across western North America. This species is a common vegetative component of well-drained, low nutrient soils and is recommended for use in upland wildlife plantings, critical site revegetation, rights-of-way plantings, and inclusion in native range seeding mixes on sand to gravelly ecological sites. Menard Germplasm was selected for release because of excellent comparative growth among other naturally occurring and commercially produced populations of purple threeawn, region-wide adaptation, and to provide vegetative cover on sites with poor soil conditions. This release is justified because no tested or selected seed sources of purple threeawn are adapted for use in south, central, and west Texas.

KEY WORDS
  • Aristida purpurea
  • purple threeawn
  • reclamation
  • Texas Native Seeds
  • USDA
  • NRCS
  • Poaceae
NOMENCLATURE
  • USDA NRCS (2015)

This article requires a subscription to view the full text. If you have a subscription you may use the login form below to view the article. Access to this article can also be purchased.

Log in using your username and password

Forgot your user name or password?

Purchase access

You may purchase access to this article. This will require you to create an account if you don't already have one.
PreviousNext
Back to top

In this issue

Native Plants Journal: 23 (2)
Native Plants Journal
Vol. 23, Issue 2
20 Jun 2022
  • Table of Contents
  • Table of Contents (PDF)
  • Index by author
  • Front Matter (PDF)
Download PDF
Article Alerts
Sign In to Email Alerts with your Email Address
Email Article

Thank you for your interest in spreading the word on Native Plants Journal.

NOTE: We only request your email address so that the person you are recommending the page to knows that you wanted them to see it, and that it is not junk mail. We do not capture any email address.

Enter multiple addresses on separate lines or separate them with commas.
Notice of release of Menard Germplasm purple threeawn: a selected class of natural germplasm
(Your Name) has sent you a message from Native Plants Journal
(Your Name) thought you would like to see the Native Plants Journal web site.
Citation Tools
Notice of release of Menard Germplasm purple threeawn: a selected class of natural germplasm
Anthony Falk, Forrest S Smith, Colin S Shackelford, John R Bow, Keith A Pawelek, Brandon Carr, Dustin Wiggans
Native Plants Journal Jun 2022, 23 (2) 168-177; DOI: 10.3368/npj.23.2.168

Citation Manager Formats

  • BibTeX
  • Bookends
  • EasyBib
  • EndNote (tagged)
  • EndNote 8 (xml)
  • Medlars
  • Mendeley
  • Papers
  • RefWorks Tagged
  • Ref Manager
  • RIS
  • Zotero
Share
Notice of release of Menard Germplasm purple threeawn: a selected class of natural germplasm
Anthony Falk, Forrest S Smith, Colin S Shackelford, John R Bow, Keith A Pawelek, Brandon Carr, Dustin Wiggans
Native Plants Journal Jun 2022, 23 (2) 168-177; DOI: 10.3368/npj.23.2.168
Twitter logo Facebook logo Mendeley logo
  • Tweet Widget
  • Facebook Like
  • Google Plus One
Bookmark this article

Jump to section

  • Article
  • Info & Metrics
  • References
  • PDF

Related Articles

  • No related articles found.
  • Google Scholar

Cited By...

  • No citing articles found.
  • Google Scholar

More in this TOC Section

  • Notice of Release of USDA Gunrange Germplasam Eastern Gamagrass
  • Notice of Release of ‘Basin’ Utah Sweetvetch
  • Notice of Release of Sunrise Germplasm Eastern Gamagrass: Tested Class of Natural Germplasm
Show more Germplasm Release

Similar Articles

Keywords

  • Aristida purpurea
  • purple threeawn
  • reclamation
  • Texas Native Seeds
  • USDA
  • NRCS
  • Poaceae
  • USDA NRCS (2015)
UW Press logo

© 2025 The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System

Powered by HighWire