Recent University of Arizona research shows that salt cedar is not the evil invader once thought. According to the researchers, “what we and scientists at other universities have done is a total rethink on the specific ways plants use water, and how you manage it…We did have resistance at first, and the restoration community has been slow to change their minds about this, but eventually the story gets out. That’s why science still does drive these processes. Eventually the practices catch up to the science.”

“We’ve sort of gone full circle from the saltcedar being added to the landscape, then being regarded as a nuisance, and now being recognized for its value.”