Details for: PI 645601, Chloris subdolichostachya Müll. Berol., 'Welder Germplasm'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Chloris subdolichostachya Müll. Berol.
Cultivar:
'Welder Germplasm'
Origin:
Collected – Texas, United States
Received by NPGS:
25 Jan 2007
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Chloris subdolichostachya Müll. Berol.
Cultivar:
'Welder Germplasm'
Origin:
Collected – Texas, United States
Received by NPGS:
25 Jan 2007
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
Source History
Collected
1999.
Texas, United States
Locality: Near the Welder Wildlife Refuge, Sinton, Texas.
Coordinates: 26.1000, -97.4167 (Map it)
Elevation: 21m.
Environment description: Growing on an Orelia sandy clay loam soil type with a 1% slope. Annual precipitation is 76 centimeters (30 inches)

Developed
September 2006.
Texas, United States

Developer(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
'Welder Germplasm'
Type: Cultivar name

9085260
Type: Developer identifier

Kika260 Shortspike Windmillgrass
Type: Other or unclassified name

Narrative
Welder Germplasm is recommended for roadside plantings, critical site revegetation and in range seedling mixes. It can be used in many types of conservation plantings, such as grassed waterways, streamside buffers, and pond embankments. It will provide a new native species for rangeland planting, erosion control, wildlife habitat, and water quality improvement. It has quick germination, typically within the first 3 days, while still retaining some dormant seed to deal with unpredictable weather conditions. Average annual seed yields at Kingsville have been 245 pounds per acre. Unlike hooded windmillgrass, shortspike produces seed only one time a year in late September or early October. Its growth habit and strongly stoloniferous nature make it particularly suitable for competing with non-native species such as King Ranch bluestem (Bothriochloa ischaemum) and bermudagrass (Cynodon dactylon). It is well adapted for use in the southern portions of Texas, coinciding with MLRA 83 (Rio Grande Plain) and MLRA 150 (Gulf Coast Prairies).
Chloris subdolichostachya Müll. Berol.
Genus:
Chloris
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Chloridoideae
Tribe:
Cynodonteae
Subtribe:
Eleusininae
Nomen number:

317145
Place of publication:

Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 19:341. 1861
Verified:
05/06/1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Chloris latisquamea Nash

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishshort-spike windmill grass  1Gould, F. W. 1975. The grasses of Texas
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Description:
Selected plant material of shortspike windmillgrass from native plants. Welder Germplasm was initially evaluated at the USDA-NRCS E. "Kika" de la Garza Plant Materials Center, Kingsville, Texas, from 2000 through 2001. A total of 43 accessions of windmillgrass were collected from throughout the state of Texas and were included in the study. From these initial evaluations, accessions 9085260 and 9085283 were determined to be the best accessions of shortspike windmillgrass for vigor, growth form and development.