Revegetation strategies after saltcedar (Tamarix spp.) control in headwater, transitional, and depositional watershed areas

Weed Technology

Volumn 18, Issue SPEC. ISSUE 1, 2004, Pages 1278-1282

  Taylor, John P ^a   McDaniel, Kirk C ^b  

^a New Mexico State University ^*  (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acroptilon repens; Baccharis glutinosa; Distichlis spicata (L.) DISSP; Elaeagnus angustifoiia; ELGAN; Imazapyr; Lepidium latifolium; Perennial pepperweed; Populus deltoides; Riparian restoration; Russian olive; Salix exicjua; Salix gooddingii; Saltgrass; Triclopyr

Indexed keywords

ACROPTILON REPENS; BACCHARIS; BACCHARIS SALICIFOLIA; DISTICHLIS SPICATA; ELAEAGNUS; ELAEAGNUS ANGUSTIFOLIA; LEPIDIUM; LEPIDIUM LATIFOLIUM; POPULUS DELTOIDES; SALIX; SALIX GOODDINGII; TAMARIX;

EID: 33645975249     PISSN: 0890037X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1614/0890-037X(2004)018[1278:RSASTS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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