
Information About Typical South Texas Brush
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| Name |
Family |
Game Uses |
Livestock Uses |
Spring CPV |
Summer CPV | Fall CPV | Winter CPV |
| Blackbrush Acacia rigidula |
Legume | Deer, Birds | Poor | 15%-20% | 14%-18% | 14%-20% | 14%-17% |
| Guayacan Guajacum angustifolium ![]() |
Caltrop | Deer, Limited Birds | Poor | 17%-26% | 15%-23% | 16%-19% | 14%-17% | Whitebrush Aloysia gratissima |
Vervainp | Limited Deer, No birds | Occasional Cattle, Goats, Bees/Honey | 23% | N/A | 19% | 22% | Guajillo Acacia berlandieri |
Legume | leaves by Deer, Seeds by Hogs & Quail | Cattle, Sheep & Goats (low digestability. Can become toxic if excessive amounts are consumed over long periods of time. Bees/Honey | Leaves 27%-28% beans 17% |
Leaves 20%-22% | leaves 19%-22% | leaves 17%-21% | Cenizo Leucophyllum frutescens |
Figwort | Deer especially in winter and drought conditions , birds occasionally | Grazed by Cattle especially when grass is dormant | 15-16% | 12%-13% | 13%-15% | 12%-13% | Agarito Mahonia trifoliata |
Barberryt | Young leaves are eaten by deer. Berries are eaten by birds, raccoon, possum, but the hard spiny lease makes access difficult. | Tender leaves grazed by cattle, goats and sheep, old stiff leaves may injure mouth. Jelly & Wine | 13-20% | N/A | 16% | N/A | Honey Mesquite Prosopis glandulosa |
Legume | Foilage and beans eaten by deer, hogs, squirrels, coyotes, skunds, rodents, jackrabbits, quail, dove and many others eat the mesquite bean. Extremely important to wildlife in south Texas. | Livestock browse on the foliage and legumes. Excessive consumption of the bean may become toxic. Seeds are spread by passing throught the digestive tract. Wood excellent for BBQ, flooring, furniture, post and many other uses. | Leaves 23%-32% beans 11%-13% |
Leaves 16%-24% beans 11% |
leaves 26% | leaves 21% |
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