Growth factors for woody perennials at western Sonoran Desert wash revegetation
Anderson BW, Atkins JA, Harris RD. 1995. Growth factors for woody perennials at western Sonoran Desert wash revegetation. Pages 151-156. In Roundy BA, McArthur ED, Haley JS, Mann DK (ed): Proceedings: Wildland Shrub and Arid Land Restoration Symposium. Las Vegas, NV. October 19-21, 1993. U.S. Department of Agriculture: Forest Service--Intermountain Research Station. Ogden, UT. General Technical Report INT-GTR-315
Growth factors of five plants planted in 11 desert washes in the western Sonoran Desert of Riverside County, California were investigated on an experimental, 3.9 acre revegetation site. A correlation of soil electroconductivity (salts and nutrients) and soil density (clay versus sand), as wells as higher irrigation rates, was positively associated with plant growth of burro-weed (Ambrosia dumosa), creosote bush (Larrea tridentata), honey mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa), ironwood (Olneya tesota), and palo verde (Cercidium floridum). The retaining capacity of clay is greater when water is being regularly applied.
- Type
- Conference Proceeding Paper
- Authors
- Anderson, Bertin; Atkins, Joseph; Harris, Roger
- Units
- JOTR
- Keywords
- burro-weed (Ambrosia dumosa), Clay, creosote bush (Larrea tridentata), denser soil, desert wash, growth factors, honey mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa), Ironwood (Olneya tesota), irrigation rates, palo verde (Cercidium floridum), Plant Studies, Restoration, Revegetation, Riverside County CA, soil electroconductivity, Vascular Plants (Plantae), water retaining capacity, Western Sonoran Desert, woody perennials