Texas millet? (Urochloa / Brachiaria texana)

The name might seem to indicate otherwise, but Texas millet aka Texas signalgrass or Texas panicum (Urochloa texana or Brachiaria texana) seems to be mainly treated as a weed, and a highly competitive one with deep roots. I'll mention it here as it is in the same genus as our co-millets of the month in September, browntop and Guinea millets. Also, one webpage "Texas Millet (Urochloa Texana) Growing and Care Guide" https://agric4profits.com/texas-millet-urochloa-texana-growing-care-guide/ gives the impression that it is grown for a crop, perhaps for. forage. Another webpage, at the Alabama Plant Atlas http://atlas.uwa.edu/Plant.aspx?id=5092 , indicates that it is sometimes planted along roadsides for erosion control, or for wildlife. However, I found no indications of its being a source for food for people or even as a forage crop. Again, as noted above, it is generally treated as a weed. * Flora of the Southeastern United States https://fsus.ncbg.unc.edu/main.php?pg=show-taxon.php&plantname=urochloa+texa... * GROW (Getting Rid of Weeds) https://growiwm.org/weeds/texas-panicum/ * Invasive.org https://www.invasive.org/browse/subinfo.cfm?sub=6578 (apparently only Delaware has declared it to be a noxious weed) * Mississippi Crop Situation https://www.mississippi-crops.com/2012/09/06/weed-of-the-week-texas-millet/ If there's more to it than that, of course, please let us know. Don Osborn, PhD (East Lansing, MI, US) North American Millets Alliance - co-founder
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