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Tucson Plant Materials Center
Updated
01/15/2009
Tucson, Arizona
Established 1935
The Tucson Plant Materials Center has provided plant solutions for the unique
environment of the Sonoran, Chihuahuan, and Mohave deserts for the past 68
years. The Center works on issues ranging from wildfire rehabilitation, mining
reclamation and riparian improvement to low water landscaping and improved range
forage production. The Center has released a variety of conservation shrubs and
grasses including ‘Santa Rita’ fourwing saltbush, ‘Loetta’ Arizona cottontop,
and ‘Stevan’ plains bristlegrass.
Special Features
Camp Creek Restoration: Homeowners, Weeds and
Wildflowers
Arizona's prohibited, regulated and restricted noxious weed list can be found at
http://www.azda.gov/PSD/quarantine5.htm
If you encounter any problems with the files provided on this page, please contact
Leslie Glass at 701-250-4330.
These documents require Adobe Acrobat
Vendor Sources of Native Plant Seed for the Service Area of the Tucson Plant Materials
Center. (PDF; 697 KB)
Hershdorfer, Mary and Heather Dial. 2008. AZ FOTG, (ID# 8030)
Desert Zinnia Fact Sheet. (PDF; 90 KB) Garner, Ramona. 2008. 1p. (ID# 8022)
Desert Zinna Plant Guide. (PDF; 121 KB) Garner, Ramona. 2008. 2p. (ID# 8023)
Bush Muhly. (PDF; 483 KB) Garner, Ramona. 2008. (ID# 8032)
Tucson Plant Materials Center Seed Collections 2008. (PDF; 1.7 MB)
Hershdorfer, Mary,
Heather Dial and Ramona Garner. 2008. (ID# 8034)
Batamote Germplasm: Desert Zinnia. (PDF; 490 KB)
Garner, Ramona and Mary Hershdorfer. 2008. 1p. (ID# 8033)
La Semilla, NRCS Tucson Plant
Materials Center Newsletter, La Semilla, Vol. 4 Issue 2 (PDF;
1188 KB)
Tucson Plant Materials Center 2007 Progress Report of Activities
Progress Report of Activities. (PDF; 548 KB)
Hershdorfer, Mary. 2008. (ID# 8035) Contact
3241 North Romero Rd
Tucson, AZ 85705-9223
Telephone: 520.292.2999
FAX: 520.292.9099
Email: Bruce.Munda@az.usda.gov | |
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