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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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, 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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