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Tucson Plant Materials Center

Updated 01/15/2009

Tucson, Arizona

Tucson Plant Materials CenterEstablished 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

1/27/2009 Natural Resource Specialist (Asst Plant Materials Center Manager)
 		 Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service US-AZ-Tucson 38,117.00+
1/30/2009 Agronomist (Plant Materials Center Manager)
 		 Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service US-AZ-Tucson 56,411.00+
1/30/2009 Agronomist (Plant Materials Center Manager)
 		 Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service US-AZ-Tucson

Camp Creek Restoration: Homeowners, Weeds and Wildflowers
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If you encounter any problems with the files provided on this page, please contact Leslie Glass at 701-250-4330.

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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