Tucson Plant Materials Center

Updated 04/08/2008

Conservation Plant Releases

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.

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Release Name	Scientific Name	Common Name	Uses	Release Brochure
Santa Rita	Atriplex canescens	fourwing saltbush	wildlife habitat improvement, range improvement
Blythe Germplasm	Atriplex polycarpa	desert saltbush	erosion control on denuded range sites and critical areas
Saltillo Origin Germplasm	Bothriochloa barbinodis	cane bluestem	erosion control on degraded rangelands and critical areas
Loetta	Digitaria californica	Arizona cottontop	forage, rangeland seeding, erosion control, increasing plant community diversity
Seco	Hordeum vulgare	barley	standing mulch crop, cover crop, critical area stabilization nurse crop.
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
Pima Germplasm	Pappophorum vaginatum	whiplash pappusgrass	erosion control, wildlife food and cover, restoration of disturbed areas, and rangeland rehabilitation
Stevan	Setaria leucopila	plains bristlegrass	revegetation of eroded rangelands, retired croplands and critical areas
Vegas Germplasm	Sporobolus airoides	alkali sacaton	restoration and rehabilitation of riparian systems, wildlife habitat improvement, restoration of disturbed areas and for increasing plant diversity
Cochise Germplasm	Sporobolus contractus	spike dropseed	revegetation of denuded range sites, abandoned cropland, and critical areas.

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