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Native plant species field evaluation in salt desert: good materials, bad situation

Nikki Grant-Hoffman, Steve Parr and Teresa Blanke
Native Plants Journal, June 2015, 16 (2) 87-95; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/npj.16.2.87
Nikki Grant-Hoffman
, Ecologist and Science Coordinator Colorado National Landscape Conservation System Bureau of Land Management, Grand Junction Field Office Grand Junction, CO 81506,
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Steve Parr
, Manager, Upper Colorado Environmental Plant Center Meeker, CO 81641
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Teresa Blanke
, Plant Technician, Upper Colorado Environmental Plant Center Meeker, CO 81641
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The Bureau of Land Management’s McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area in partnership with the Upper Colorado Environmental Plant Center tested 30 native species and varieties of grasses and forbs in garden style plots, planted in rows within replicated rectangular plots, in a degraded salt desert setting in western Colorado. Our test site is dominated by the annual weeds cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum L. [Poaceae]), annual wheatgrass (Eremopyrum triticeum (Gaertn.) Nevski [Poaceae]), and Russian thistle (Salsola kali L. [Chenopodiaceae]). While 25 of the 30 seeded plant materials, representing 14 grass and forb species emerged, emergence rates were generally low and individual plants did not persist in the system. Restoration of arid lands with native plant species can be difficult at best, especially when native species must be established in vegetative communities dominated by invasive annual species. In this study, we show that existing native plant materials are capable of emerging from seed and completing a life cycle in a degraded salt desert setting, but also highlight the need for more research on post-emergence pressures on native plant materials.

  • revegetation
  • plant materials
  • native grass
  • native forb
  • Bromus tectorum
  • Eremopyrum triticeum
  • Poaceae
  • Chenopodiaceae
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  • Plants: USDA NRCS (2013)
  • Animals: ITIS (2015)

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Nikki Grant-Hoffman, Steve Parr, Teresa Blanke
Native Plants Journal Jun 2015, 16 (2) 87-95; DOI: 10.3368/npj.16.2.87

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Native plant species field evaluation in salt desert: good materials, bad situation
Nikki Grant-Hoffman, Steve Parr, Teresa Blanke
Native Plants Journal Jun 2015, 16 (2) 87-95; DOI: 10.3368/npj.16.2.87
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Keywords

  • revegetation
  • plant materials
  • native grass
  • native forb
  • Bromus tectorum
  • Eremopyrum triticeum
  • Poaceae
  • Chenopodiaceae
  • Plants: USDA NRCS (2013)
  • Animals: ITIS (2015)
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