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Tucson Plant Materials Center

Tucson, Arizona

Tucson Plant Materials CenterEstablished 1935

The Tucson Plant Materials Center has provided plant solutions for the unique environment of the Sonoran, Chihuahuan, and Mohave deserts for the past 68 years. The Center works on issues ranging from wildfire rehabilitation, mining reclamation and riparian improvement to low water landscaping and improved range forage production. The Center has released a variety of conservation shrubs and grasses including ‘Santa Rita’ fourwing saltbush, ‘Loetta’ Arizona cottontop, and ‘Stevan’ plains bristlegrass.

 

 

 

 

Special Features

Camp Creek Restoration: Homeowners, Weeds and Wildflowers
Arizona's prohibited, regulated and restricted noxious weed list can be found at http://www.azda.gov/PSD/quarantine5.htm

If you encounter any problems with the files provided on this page, please contact Leslie Glass at 701-250-4330.

These documents require Adobe Acrobat

Vendor Sources of Native Plant Seed for the Service Area of the Tucson Plant Materials Center. (PDF; 697 KB) Hershdorfer, Mary and Heather Dial. 2008. AZ FOTG, (ID# 8030)
 
La Semilla, PMC Newsletter. (PDF; 972kb) Hershdorfer, M. 2009. USDA, NRCS Tucson Plant Materials Center, Tucson, AZ. Volume 5, Issue 1. 2p. (ID# 8955)

Tucson Plant Materials Center 2007 Progress Report of Activities Progress Report of Activities. (PDF; 548 KB) Hershdorfer, Mary. 2008. (ID# 8035)

Contact

3241 North Romero Rd
Tucson, AZ 85705-9223

Telephone: 520.292.2999
FAX: 520.292.9099
Email: Manuel.Rosales@az.usda.gov