Saltcedar (Tamarix spp.) and Russian olive (Elaeagnus angustifolia) in the Western United States--A report on the state of the science

Product Type: Fact Sheet

Year: 2010

Author(s): Shafroth, P.B., C.A. Brown, C.A., and D.M. Merritt

Suggested Citation:
Shafroth, P.B., C.A. Brown, C.A., and D.M. Merritt. 2010. Saltcedar (Tamarix spp.) and Russian olive (Elaeagnus angustifolia) in the Western United States--A report on the state of the science: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2009-3110. 4 p.

Abstract

The Salt Cedar and Russian Olive Control Demonstration Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–320) directs the Department of the Interior to submit a report to Congress that includes an assessment of several issues surrounding these two nonnative trees, now dominant components of the vegetation along many rivers in the Western United States. This report was published in 2010 as a U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report (available online at http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2009/5247). The report was produced through a collaborative effort led by the Bureau of Reclamation and U.S. Geological Survey, with critical contributions from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and from university researchers...