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Natural Resources Conservation Service Vendor Sources Tucson Materials Center of Native Plant Seed

August 2019 from bioregions within the Mojave, Sonoran and Chihuahuan Deserts

Disclaimer: This matrix was developed from a survey of seed vendors and seed company websites. All applicable seed vendors may not be represented, and the information listed may be incomplete. This is not a list of recommended species, but a reference for locating seed vendors within the Mojave, Sonoran and Chihuahuan Deserts. The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) does not endorse any supplier or guarantee reliability or quality of the products listed.

Explanation of use: are listed vertically, in alphabetical order by common name, and organized into three categories: Grasses, Forbs, and /Trees. The row of numbers at the top of each page refers to seed vendors who report selling species checked with an ‘X’. Vendor contact information is found on page 3. Current price lists, availability of plant materials, and origin may be obtained from suppliers upon request.

Forward additions or corrections to this list to: NRCS Tucson Plant Materials Center 3241 N. Romero Rd. Tucson, AZ 85705 Phone: (520) 989-5626 [email protected]

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Seed Companies Contact Information

1. Revegetation & Monitoring Co. 7. Mountain West Seed Company, Inc. 217 Lyle Canyon Rd. 350 North 200 West, PO Box 681 Elgin, AZ 85611 Epraim, UT 84627-0681 Phone: (520) 455-5780 Phone 1: (435)283-4704, (435) 340-0691 Contact: Jim Koweek Fax: (435) 283-4704 [email protected] Contact: Jeremy Andreasen http://www.azreveg.com [email protected]

2. Valley Seed Inc. 8. S & S Seeds Inc. 4300 Monaco St. 6155 Carpinteria Ave. Denver, CO 80216 Carpinteria, CA 93013 Phone: (303) 320-7500 Phone: (805) 684-0436 Fax: (303) 320-7516 Fax: (805) 684-2798 Contact: David Weigand Contact: Jody Miller [email protected] [email protected] http://www.avseeds.com http://www.ssseeds.com

3. Armenta Seed Company, Inc. 9. Southwest Seed, Inc. 700 N Neely St. Ste. 2 13514 Rd. 29 Gilbert, AZ 85233 Dolores, CO 81323 Phone: (480) 855-1917, (480) 570-5353 Phone: (970) 565-8722 Fax: (480) 855-3085 Fax: (970) 565-2576 Contact: Ray Armenta Contact: Robby Henes [email protected] [email protected] http://www.southwestseed.com 4. Bamert Seed Company 1897 CR 1018 10. Stevenson Intermountain Seed, Inc. Muleshoe, TX 79347 PO Box 2, 488 S 100 E Phone: (800) 262-9892 Ephraim, UT 84627 Fax: (888) 378-0419 Phone: (435) 283-6639 [email protected] Fax: (435) 283-4155 http://www.bamertseed.com Contact: Jason Stevenson [email protected] or [email protected] 5. Comstock Seed LLC http://www.siseed.com 917 Hwy 88 Gardnerville, NV 89460 11. Wildlands Restoration/Nighthawk Natives Phone: (775) 265-0090, (775) 720-3681 Nursery Fax: (775) 265-0040 2944 N. Castro Ave. Contact: Ed Kleiner Tucson, AZ 85705 [email protected] Phone: (520) 882-0969, (520) 971-5226 http://www.comstockseed.com Contact: Gary Maskarinec, Bernadette Jilka [email protected] 6. Curtis and Curtis Seed http://nighthawknativesnursery.com 4500 N. Prince St. Clovis, NM 88101 12. Wildseed Farms, Inc. Phone: (575) 762-4759 PO Box 308 1101 Campo Rosa St. Fax: (575) 763-4213 Eagle Lake, TX 77434-0308 Contact: Lane Drake Phone: (800) 222-0156, (979) 234-7353 [email protected] Fax: (979) 234-7407 http://www.curtisseed.com Contact: Tom Kramer [email protected] http://www.wildseedfarms.com

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2019 Native Seed Vendor List for USDA-NRCS Tucson Plant Materials Center’s Service Area

Species 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Grasses Alkali sacaton x x x x x x x x x x (Sporobolus airoides) Arizona cottontop x x x x x (Digitaria californica) Arizona fescue x x x x x x x (Festuca arizonica) Big galleta x x x x x (Pleuraphis rigida) Big sacaton x x x x (Sporobolus wrightii) Bluebunch wheatgrass x x x x x (Agropyron spicatum) Bottlebrush squirreltail x x x x x x x x x x (Elymus elymoides) Buffalograss x x x x x x x x (Buchloe dactyloides) Bullgrass x x (Muhlenbergia emersleyi) Bullrush- Alkali x x (Scirpus paludosus) Bullrush- Giant x (Scirpus californicus) Bullrush- Hardstem x x x x x (Scirpus acutus) Bullrush- Softstem x x x x x (Scirpus validus) Bullrush- other x x x (Scirpus spp.) Bush muhly x x x (Muhlenbergia porteri) Cane beardgrass x x x x x (Bothriochloa barbinodis) Curly mesquite x x x x x () Deergrass x x x (Muhlenbergia rigens)

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Species 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Desert needlegrass x x x (Achnatherum speciosum) Desert saltgrass x x x x x x (Distichlis spicata) Feather fingergrass x (Chloris virgata) Fluffgrass x (Erioneuron pulchellum) Galleta x x x x x x x x x x (Pleuraphis jamesii) Giant sacaton x x x (Sporobolus gigantea) Grama- Black x x x ( eriopoda) Grama- Blue x x x x x x x x x x (Bouteloua gracilis) Grama- Hairy x () Grama- Needle x x x x (Bouteloua aristidoides) Grama- Rothrock x x x (Bouteloua rothrockii) Grama- Sideoats x x x x x x x x x x (Bouteloua curtipendula) Grama- Sprucetop x (Bouteloua chondrosioides) Green sprangletop x x x x x x (Leptochloa dubia) fescue x x x x x (Festuca idahoensis) Indian ricegrass x x x x x x x x x (Achnatherum hymenoides) Indiangrass x x (Sorghastrum nutans) Needle and thread x x x x x x x (Hesperostipa comata) feathergrass x (Hesperostipa neomexicana) Pine dropseed x x x (Blepharoneuron tricholepsis)

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Species 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Plains bristlegrass x x x x x x (Setaria leucopila) Plains lovegrass x x x (Eragrostis intermedia) Poverty threeawn x (Aristida divaricata) Prairie junegrass x x x x x x x ( macrantha) Purple threeawn x x x x x x x x (Aristida purpurea) Rush- Baltic x x x x x (Juncus balticus) Rush- Common x x (Juncus effusus) Rush- other x x x (Juncus spp.) Sand dropseed x x x x x x x x x x (Sporobolus cryptandrus) Sandberg bluegrass x x x x (Poa secunda) Sedge - nebrasscensis x (Carex nebrascensis) Sedge- Water x x (Carex aquatilis) Sedge- other x x (Carex spp.) Slim x (Tridens mutica) Spidergrass x (Aristida ternipes) Spike muhly x x x (Muhlenbergia wrightii) Spike pappusgrass x (Enneapogon desvauxii) Spike dropseed x x x (Sporobolus contractus) Tanglehead x x (Heteropogon contortus) Tobosa x x (Pleuraphis mutica)

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Species 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Vine mesquite x x x (Panicum obtusum) Western wheatgrass x x x x x x x x (Agropyron smithii) Forbs Arizona poppy x x (Kallstroemia grandiflora) Aster- Biglow's tansyaster x (Machaeranthera bigelovii) Aster- Hoary tansyaster

(Machaeranthera canescens) Aster- Prairie x (Machaeranthera tanacetefolia) Blanket - Indian x x x x x x x () Broom snakeweed x x (Gutierrezia sarothrae) Burroweed x (Happlopappus tenuisectus) Chia x (Salvia columbarie) Chicory x x (Cichorium spp.) Columbine- Golden x ( chrysantha) Columbine – Formosa (Western) x (Aquilegra Formosa) Columbine- other x (Aquilegia spp.) Coneflower- Clasping x x x (Ratibida amplexicaulis) Coneflower- Yellow x x x x x (Ratibida pinnata) Coreoposis (Golden tick seed) x x x x x ( tinctoria) Desertbells x x x x x (Phacelia campanularia) Desert marigold x x x x x x x x (Baileya multiradiata)

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Species 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Desert senna x x x (Cassia covesii) Globemallow- Desert x x x x x x x x x (Sphaeralcea ambigua) Globemallow- Scarlet x x x x x x x (Sphaeralcea coccinea) Golden poppy- Californian x x x x x x x x () Golden poppy- Mexican x x x x x (Eschscholzia californica spp. Mexicana) Greasewood x x x x x (Sarcobatus vermiculatus) Indian wheat x x x x (Plantago insularis) Indian paintbrush- miniata x ( miniata) Indian paintbrush- x (Castilleja linariifolia) Indian paintbrush- other x x x x (Castilleja spp.) Lupine- Anderson’s x (Lupinus andersonii) Lupine- Arizona x (Lupinus arizonicus) Lupine- Broadleaf x (Lupinus latifolius) Lupine- Desert x x x x x x (Lupinus sparsiflorus) Lupine- Mountain x x x x x (Lupinus alpestris) Lupine- Sand x (Lupinus polyphyllus) Lupine- Silvery x (Lupinus argenteus) Lupine- other x x x x x (Lupinus spp.) Nuttal's sunflower x (Helianthus nutallii) Owl's clover x x x (Orthocarpus purpurascens)

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Species 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Paper flower x x (Psilostrophe cooperii) Penstemon- Firecracker x x x x x x x (Penstemon eatonii) Penstemon- Palmer x x x x x x x x x (Penstemon palmerii) Penstemon- Parry's x x x x x (Penstemon parryi) Penstemon- Rocky Mtn. x x x x x x x x x (Penstemon strictus) Phacelia- Arizona x (Phacelia arizonica) Phacelia – Crenulata x (Phacelia crenulate) Phacelia- other x x x (Phacelia spp.) Prickly leaf dogweed x x (Dyssodia acerosa) Prickly poppy x x x (Argemone platyceras) Primrose- Evening x x (Oenothera pallida) Primrose- Hooker x x (Oenothera hookeri) Six Weeks Fescue x (Vulpia octoflora) Spiderflower- Yellow (Jones spiderflower) x x x (Cleome lutea) sweetvetch x x x x (Hedysarum boreale) Verbena- Desert x (Verbena goodingii) Verbena- Desert sand x x x (Abronia villosa) Verbena- other x x (Abronia spp.) Yarrow x x x x x x (Achillea millefolium) Zinnia- Desert x x x (Zinnia acerosa)

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Species 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Zinnia- Rocky mountain x (Zinnia grandiflora) Trees and Shrubs Acacia- catclaw x x x (Acacia greggii) Acacia- whitethorn x x x (Acacia constricta) Acacia- Sweet x (Acacia farnesiana) Antelope bitterbrush x x x x x x x ( tridentata) Apache plume x x (Fallugia paradoxa) Arizona ash x x (Fraxinus velutina) Arizona cyprus x (Cupressus arizonica) Arizona rosewood x (Vauquelinia californica) Beargrass x x x (Nolina bigelovii) Bladder pod x x (Isomeris arborea var. globosa) Box Elder x (Acer negundo) Brittlebush x x x x x x (Encelia farinosa) Brittlebush- Button x (Encelia frutescens) Buckwheat- flattop x x x x x (Eriogonum fasciculatum) Buckwheat- sulfur flower x x x x (Eriogonum umbellatum) Buckwheat- other x (Eriogonum spp.) Bursage- Triangleleaf x x x x (Ambrosia deltoidea) Bursage- White x x x x x (Ambrosia dumosa) Cacti spp. x

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Species 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 fan palm x (Washingonia filifera) California indigo bush x x (Psorothamnus arborescens) California lote bush x (Ziziphus obtusifolia) Cherry/ wildplum x (Prunus americana) Clematis x x (Clematis lingusticifolia) Cottonwood-Fremont x (Populus fremontii) Creosote bush x x x x x x x (Larrea tridentata) Desert apricot x (Prunus fremontii) Desert bitterbrush x x x (Purshia glandulosa) Desert holly x (Atriplex hymenelytra) Desert lavender x x (Hyptis emoryi) Desert Saltbush x x x (Atriplex polycarpa) Desert spoon x (Dasyilirion wheeleri) Desert willow x x x (Chilopsis linearis) Elderberry- Blue x x (Sambucus cerulea) Elderberry- Mexican x x (Sambucus mexicana) Fairy duster- Red x (Calliandra californica) Fairy duster x x (Calliandra eriophylla) Fir- Douglas x (Pseudotsuga menziesii) Greasewood x x x x (Sarcobatus vermiculatus)

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Species 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Hackberry- Desert x x (Celtis pallida) Hackberry- Netleaf x (Celtis reticulata) Hopseedbush x x (Dodonaea viscosa) Iodine bush x (Allenrolfea occidentalis) Ironwood x x x (Olneya tesota) Jojoba x x x (Simmondsia chinensis) Joshua Tree x x ( brevifolia) - Alligator x (Juniperus deppeana) Juniper- Rocky Mountain x (Juniperus scopulorum) Juniper- Western x x (Juniperus occidentalis) Mahogany- Curlleaf x x x x x (Cercocarpus ledifolius) Mahogany- Mountain x x x x (Cercocarpus montanus) Manzanita- Greenleaf x x (Arctostaphylos patula) Manzanita- Kinnickinnica (Bear berry) x (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi) Maple- Rocky mountain x (Acer glabrum) Mesquite- Honey x x x (Prosopis glandulosa) Mesquite- Screwbean x x x (Prosopis pubescens) Mesquite- Velvet x x x (Prosopis velutina) Mormon tea- Green x x x x x x x (Ephedra viridis)

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Species 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Mormon tea- x x x x x x (Ephedra nevadensis) Oak- Quercus spp. x (Quercus gambelii) Grape x x (Mahonia repens) Palo verde- Blue x x x (Cercidium floridum) Palo verde- Foothill x x x (Cercidium microphyllum) Quail bush x x x x (Atriplex lentiformis) Quaking aspen x x (Populus tremuloides) Rabbitbrush- Green x x x x x (Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus) Rabbitbrush- Rubber x x x x x x x x (Chrysothamnus nauseosus) - Woods' x x x x x (Rosa woodsii) Sage- Vasey x (Salvia vaseyi) Sagebrush- Big x x x x x x () Sagebrush- Black x x x (Nova artemisia) Sagebrush- Silver x x x (Artemisia cana) Saltbush- Brewers x x x (Atriplex lentiformis var. brewerii) Saltbush- Desert x x x x x (Atriplex polycarpa) Saltbush- Fourwing x x x x x x x x x x (Atriplex canescens) Saltbush- Trident x x x x (Atriplex tridentata) Seep willow (Mule fat) x (Baccharis salicifolia) Shadscale x x x x x x x x (Atriplex confertifolia)

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Species 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Skunkbush sumac x x x x x x (Rhus trilobata) Smoketree x x (Cotinus obovatus) Snowberry- Mountain x x x x (Symphoricarpos oreophilus) Spiny hopsage x x x x x (Grayia spinosa) Sugarbush x x (Rhus ovata) Turpentine bush x x (Ericameria larcifolius) Yucca- Banana x (Yucca baccata) Yucca- Mojave x x (Yucca schidigera) Yucca- Soaptree x x (Yucca elata) Winterfat x (Ceratoides lanata) Winterfat x x x x x x x x (Krascheninnikovia lanata) Wolfberry x x (Lycium andersonii)

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