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Tucson Plant Materials Center
Updated
04/08/2008
Conservation Plant ReleasesThe Tucson Plant Materials Center has released the following
plants to commercial growers to solve specific resource conservation needs. Click on the link to the Release
Brochure (if available) to view more information on each plant release. Click on the Scientific Name for more
information on the species.
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| Release Name |
Scientific Name |
Common Name |
Uses |
Release Brochure |
| Santa Rita |
Atriplex
canescens |
fourwing saltbush |
wildlife habitat improvement, range improvement |
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| Blythe Germplasm |
Atriplex
polycarpa |
desert saltbush |
erosion control on denuded range sites and critical areas |
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| Saltillo Origin Germplasm |
Bothriochloa
barbinodis |
cane bluestem |
erosion control on degraded rangelands and critical areas |
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| Loetta |
Digitaria
californica |
Arizona cottontop |
forage, rangeland seeding, erosion control, increasing plant community diversity |
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| Seco |
Hordeum
vulgare |
barley |
standing mulch crop, cover crop, critical area stabilization nurse crop. |
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| Moapa Germplasm |
Muhlenbergia
asperifolia |
scratchgrass |
riparian restoration and rehabilitation, wildlife habitat improvement, restoration of disturbed
areas; increasing plant diversity, and for rehabilitation of areas following salt cedar removal |
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| Pima Germplasm |
Pappophorum
vaginatum |
whiplash pappusgrass |
erosion control, wildlife food and cover, restoration of disturbed areas, and rangeland
rehabilitation |
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| Stevan |
Setaria
leucopila |
plains bristlegrass |
revegetation of eroded rangelands, retired croplands and critical areas |
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| Vegas Germplasm |
Sporobolus
airoides |
alkali sacaton |
restoration and rehabilitation of riparian systems, wildlife habitat improvement, restoration of
disturbed areas and for increasing plant diversity |
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| Cochise Germplasm |
Sporobolus
contractus |
spike dropseed |
revegetation of denuded range sites, abandoned cropland, and critical areas. |
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