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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Hi,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Here are references that supports Eden’s
understanding:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.2in'><b><i><font size=3 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Larrea
tridentata</span></font></i></b><b><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:
Arial;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b><font face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial'>(DC.) Cov. : “dominant shrub over vast areas of
desert.” Hickman JC (ed.); 1993; <i><span style='font-style:italic'>The
Jepson manual: Higher plants of California</span></i>; Berkeley: University of
California Press.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.2in'><b><i><font size=3 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Larrea
divaricata </span></font></i></b><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:
Arial'>Cav. : “Creosote Bush is the most common and widely distributed
shrub of the Lower Sonoran Life Zone in the desert regions of southern
California where it often forms pure associations making a distinct belt of
vegetation known as the <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Larrea </span></i>(<i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Covillea</span></i>) belt. … It extends
eastward through Nevada, Arizona, and New Mexico to Texas and southward into
Mexico. It also occurs in Argentina, South America. The North American plants
may prove, upon further research, to be distinct from those of Argentina….
[NOTE: <i><span style='font-style:italic'>L. divaricata </span></i>is now
considered to be the name of a South American species, while <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>L. tridentata</span></i> refers to the North America species
that was certainly the subject of this cited entry – MMcG.] McMinn HE;
1951; <i><span style='font-style:italic'>An Illustrated Manual of California
Shrubs</span></i>; Berkeley: University of California Press.<i><span
style='font-style:italic'><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><em><b><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Michael McGuffin</span></font></i></b></em><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>President, American Herbal Products Association</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>8630 Fenton Street, #918</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Silver Spring, MD 20910</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a href="mailto:mmcguffin@ahpa.org"><font size=3><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>mmcguffin@ahpa.org</span></font></a></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Phone in MD: 301-588-1171 x201</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Phone in CA: 310-745-8401</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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[mailto:mpwg-bounces@lists.plantconservation.org] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Patricia_DeAngelis@fws.gov<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, June 18, 2009
12:49 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> mpwg@lists.plantconservation.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [MPWG] Fw: regarding
posting on this list ~ Creosote</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<font size=2 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'>Patricia
S. De Angelis, Ph.D.<br>
Botanist - Division of Scientific Authority<br>
Chair - Plant Conservation Alliance - Medicinal Plant Working Group<br>
US Fish & Wildlife Service<br>
4401 N. Fairfax Dr., Suite 110<br>
Arlington, VA 22203<br>
703-358-1708 x1753<br>
FAX: 703-358-2276<br>
Working for the conservation and sustainable use of our green natural
resources.<br>
<www.nps.gov/plants/medicinal><br>
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font-family:sans-serif;color:purple'>----- Forwarded by Patricia De
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<tt><font face="Courier New">Hi Elizabeth,</font></tt><br>
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<tt><font face="Courier New">I'm not the grad student you're looking for, but
from what I understand, Creosote (Larrea tridentata) is one of the most
plentiful plants in the American Southwest, to the point of being considered
invasive in some areas, and depending on how that amount is gathered over a
certain area I would imagine it to be quite sustainable. I did find a reference
for you:</font></tt><br>
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<tt><font face="Courier New">Whitson, T.D. (ed.) et al. 1996. Weeds of the
West. Western Society of Weed Science in cooperation with Cooperative Extension
Services, University of Wyoming. Laramie, Wyoming. 630pp.</font></tt><br>
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<tt><font face="Courier New">Best Regards,</font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">Eden</font></tt><br>
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<tt><font face="Courier New">--- On Thu, 6/18/09, Elizabeth Kirchner
<ekirchner@aibs.org> wrote:</font></tt><br>
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<tt><font face="Courier New">> From: Elizabeth Kirchner
<ekirchner@aibs.org></font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> Subject: [MPWG] Gila tribe uses native plants
in new line of spa products</font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> To: mpwg@lists.plantconservation.org</font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> Date: Thursday, June 18, 2009, 7:59 AM</font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> Hi,</font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> Harvesting 100 pounds of "creosote
brush" each month sounds</font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> sustainable. Does anybody know, or is there a
graduate</font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> student somewhere studying, creosote ecology
and how much</font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> harvest is too much harvest?</font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> Thanks and regards,</font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> Liz</font></tt><br>
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