BOARD01713

• Board Meeting Date: 7/28/2003
• Description: CF Section - Tamarisk Control and Eradication Update
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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Impact of Tamarisk Infestation on the
Water Resources of Colorado
May 30, 2003

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replacement vegetation in the Pecos River floodplain between Acme and Artesia, New Mexico.
U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.

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States; Invasive Species in a Changing World", Mooney, H. A. and RJ. Hobbs (eds.) Island
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Zimmerman, J. 1997. Ecology and Distribution of Tamarix chinensis Lour and T. parviflora
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