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Conservation Plant Releases - Tucson Plant Materials Center
Updated
05/20/2013
The 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.
If you encounter any problems with the files provided on this page, please contact
the PM Program Webmaster at 520-292-2999 Ext. 112
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Plant Releases
| Release Name |
Scientific Name |
Common Name |
Uses |
Release Brochure |
| Santa Rita |
Atriplex canescens |
fourwing saltbush |
Critical area stabilization, shelterbelts, erosion control on rangeland, wildlife habitat improvement, range improvement
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| Blythe Germplasm |
Atriplex polycarpa |
desert saltbush |
erosion control on denuded range sites and critical areas |
Brochure (PDF; 190K) |
| 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 |
Brochure (PDF; 828K) |
| Bonita Germplasm |
Eragrostis intermedia |
plains lovegrass |
ecological restoration of disturbed areas and for wildlife habitat |
Brochure (PDF; 194K) |
| 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
rehabilitation of areas following salt cedar removal |
Brochure (PDF; 502K) |
| 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
plant diversity |
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| Cochise Germplasm |
Sporobolus contractus |
spike dropseed |
revegetation of denuded range sites, abandoned cropland, and critical areas. |
Brochure (PDF; 170K) |
| Batamote Germplasm |
Zinnia acerosa |
desert zinnia |
restoration of disturbed areas, wildlife habitat and to improve plant diversity in conservation plantings |
Brochure (PDF; 260K) |
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