Native Prairie Restoration in South Texas - Caesar Kleberg Wildlife ...
Native Prairie Restoration in South Texas - Caesar Kleberg Wildlife ...
Native Prairie Restoration in South Texas - Caesar Kleberg Wildlife ...
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1. Site analysis<br />
A. Land use history and present vegetation<br />
B. Potential/desired plant community<br />
<strong>Native</strong> prairie prior to 1800<br />
Invaded by brush as early as 1900<br />
Cleared for row crop agriculture 1920’s<br />
Leveled, tiled, irrigated 1940’s on<br />
Cotton, sorghum, & vegetable<br />
production 1920’s‐1990’s<br />
Fallow 1990’s‐2000<br />
Disked to promote forb growth biannually<br />
2000‐present<br />
= Exotic grass dom<strong>in</strong>ated site, no<br />
native seed bank
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