Volume 31, Number 2 Desert February 2016 Published by The University of Arizona for Plants the Boyce Thompson Arboretum Survival and Performance of Cultivated Woody Legume Species in Yuma, Arizona Matthew B. Johnson Haematoxylum brasiletto Desert Plants Volume 31, Number 2 A journal devoted to broadening knowledge of plants Published by The University of Arizona for the indigenous or adapted to arid and sub-arid regions and Boyce Thompson Arboretum to encouraging the appreciation of these plants. 37615 E US Highway 60 Superior, AZ 85173 Kim Stone, editor Copyright 2016. The Arizona Board of Regents on
[email protected] behalf of The University of Arizona. The Boyce Thompson Arboretum at Superior, Arizona, is cooperatively managed by the Boyce Thompson Southwestern Arboretum, Inc., The University of Arizona, and Arizona State Parks. Boyce Thompson Arboretum From the editor This issue of Desert Plants marks the end of nearly a quarter Arizona and California, but none were willing to make the sub- century of woody plant evaluation in Yuma, Arizona. It’s a mel- stantial commitment that would be required to salvage any of ancholy end, to be sure, but for financial, logistical, and practical the plants. Mark also felt that the wood, itself, might be useful reasons, it was time. The planting site, a three and half hour for milling, but because it had no track record for commercial drive from Tucson, was chosen for its winter warmth, not for workability, he was unable to generate any takers from this angle, its convenient location. The distance made work trips to prune, either.