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Table 18.15 (continued)

Scientific name Common name Uses and features
Amorpha fruticosa (L.) Shrubby false indigo Deciduous, SE US
Astragalus adsurgens (Pall.) Milk-vetch Perennial, deep rooted,
prostrate shrub, found on dry
stony or gravel slopes and
bogs, indigenous
Caragana korshinskii
(Kom.)

Korshink pea shrub Indigenous

Caragana microphylla
(Lam.)

Little-leaved pea shrub Indigenous

Halimodendron
halodendron (Voss.)

Saltbush Very salt tolerant, indigenous

Hedysarum mongolicum
(Turcz.)

Mongolian sweet vetch Suitable for aerial seeding,
indigenous
Hedysarum scoparium
(Fisch et May)

Slender branch

sweet vetch

Suitable for aerial seeding,
produces fodder for
livestock, indigenous
Lespedeza bicolor (Turez) Shrub lespedeza, bush
clover

Deciduous, indigenous

Compositae
Artemisia sphaerocephala
(Krasch)

Ordos wormwood Suitable for aerial seeding,
indigenous
Artemisia sphaerocephala Roundhead wormwood Drought tolerant, suitable for
aerial seeding, indigenous
Polygonaceae
Atraphaxis bracteat Saltbush Very drought tolerant,
deciduous, indigenous to
nearby parts of Mongolia
Caligonum mongolicum
(Turcz.)

Mongolian broom Very drought tolerant,
indigenous
Chenopodiaceae
Haloxylon ammodendron Saxoul (C.A. May) Xerophytic pioneer shrub.
Uses include fuel, fodder
timber for building and roots
for medicine
Elaeagnaceae
Hippophae rhamnoides (L.) Buckthorn Deciduous, indigenous
Zygophyllaceae
Nitraria tangutorum
(Bobrov.)

Edible-fruited nitraria Indigenous

Zygophyllum xanthoxylon
(Maxim.)

Common beancaper Edible buds, indigenous

Tamaricaceae
Reaumuria soongarica
(Maxim.)

Songory reaumuria,

Songory tamarix

Indigenous