Commodities: Field Crops: Switchgrass
Related Links
- General Information on Switchgrass
- Growing Switchgrass for Biomass/Bioenergy
- Growing Switchgrass for Forage
- Growing Switchgrass for Wildlife Habitat
Introduction
This Web page provides links to additional information about switchgrass and its uses as a forage crop, bioenergy crop, and wildlife habitat. Though several links are provided to other pages from the University of Georgia, many other links are provided to sites to other universities and government agencies in the Southeast. Some links are also provided to private and corporate entities. (Links marked with a "~" indicate a Web page that is tied to a private/corporate entity or other potentially biased organization.) Mention or reference to any commercial site or product does not imply endorsement by the University of Georgia.*
General Information on Switchgrass
- Georgia Forages: Grass Species (pdf) — See the section entitled "Native Warm Season Grasses"
- Switchgrass's PLANTS Profile in the USDA NRCS Plants Database
From the USDA-NRCS Plant Materials Program: - Fact Sheet on Switchgrass (pdf)
- Native Warm Season Grasses for Georgia, Alabama, and South Carolina (pdf)
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Growing Switchgrass for Biomass/Bioenergy
- UGA Bioenergy: Biofuels, Biopower, and Biomaterials Initiative
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Bioenergy Feedstock Information Network
- Developing Switchgrass as a Bioenergy Crop
- Growing and Harvesting Switchgrass for Ethanol Production in Tennessee (UT)
- Production of Biofuel Crops in Florida: Switchgrass (UF)
- Switchgrass as a Bioenergy Crop (ATTRA)
- ~Planting and Managing Switchgrass as a Dedicated Energy Crop (CERES, Inc.)
| Miscellaneous Biomass/Bioenergy Links: | ||
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ceres: the energy crop company™ | |
| ~ | Ceres Trials Energy Crops at Georgia Biofuel Facility | |
| ~ | Mendel Biotechnology - Biofuel Feedstocks | |
| ~ | Renewable Fuels Association - Ethanol Industry Statistics |
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Growing Switchgrass for Forage
- Using Switchgrass for Forage (pdf)
- Native Warm-Season Perennial Grasses for Forage in Kentucky (pdf)
- Planting and Managing Switchgrass for Forage, Wildlife, and Conservation
- Native Warm-Season Grasses: Identification, Establishment, and Management for Forage Production in the Mid-South
- A Landowners Guide to Native Warm-Season Grasses in the Mid-South (pdf)
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Growing Switchgrass for Wildlife Habitat
- Native Warm-Season Grasses: Identification, Establishment, and Management for Forage Production in the Mid-South
- Planting and Managing Switchgrass for Forage, Wildlife, and Conservation
- A Landowners Guide to Native Warm-Season Grasses in the Mid-South (pdf)
- Potential impacts on wildlife of switchgrass grown for biofuels (pdf)
- A Guide to Successful Wildlife Food Plots (pdf)
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