Alkaline Soil - Plants

Characteristics

High pH (7.5-9.0)
Calcareous (caliche)
Reduced micronutrient availability
Often found in arid climates

Ideal For

Alkaline-tolerant natives
Lilac, catalpa, asparagus
Western prairie plants

Challenges

Iron chlorosis in sensitive plants
Acidifying amendments needed for acid-lovers

Common In

Arid Western US, Calcareous zones

Tree Crops & Agroforestry

0 Ideally Suited, 76 Adequate

Adequate (76)

African Oil Palm (Elaeis guineensis)
American Elderberry (American Elderberry)
American Persimmon (Diospyros virginiana)
American/hybrid Plums (American/Hybrid Plums)
Arborvitae (Thuja occidentalis)
Asian Pear Cultivars (Asian Pear Cultivars)
Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum)
Black Cherry (Prunus serotina)
Black Walnut Cultivars (Black Walnut Cultivars)
Blood Oranges (Blood Oranges)
California Black Oak (Quercus kelloggii)
Caper Bush (Capparis spinosa)
Cashew (Anacardium occidentale)
Casuarina (Casuarina equisetifolia)
Cider Apple Varieties (Cider Apple Varieties)
Coconut (Cocos nucifera)
Cold-Hardy Olive Varieties (Cold-Hardy Olive Varieties)
Common Buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica)
Common Figs (Parthenocarpic) (Common Figs (Parthenocarpic))
Common Osier (Salix viminalis)
Crabapples (Crabapples)
Disease-Resistant Apple Cultivars (Disease-Resistant Apple Cultivars)
Disease-Resistant Peach (Disease-Resistant Peach)
Disease-Resistant Wine Grapes (Disease-Resistant Wine Grapes)
Eastern Redcedar (Juniperus virginiana)
Efb-Resistant Hazelnut (EFB-Resistant Hazelnut)
European Plums (European Plums)
Feijoa (Acca sellowiana)
Finger Lime (Finger Lime)
Ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba)
Gliricidia (Gliricidia sepium)
Gooseberry (Gooseberry)
Guava (Psidium guajava)
Gum Arabic Tree (Vachellia nilotica)
Haskap (Lonicera caerulea)
Heartnut (Heartnut)
Heritage Peach Varieties (Heritage Peach Varieties)
Heritage/diverse Banana Varieties (Heritage/Diverse Banana Varieties)
Heritage/heirloom Dessert Apples (Heritage/Heirloom Dessert Apples)
Heritage/traditional Oil Olive (Heritage/Traditional Oil Olive)
Hupeh Crabapple (Malus Hupehensis)
Hybrid Hazels (Hybrid Hazels)
Jujube (Ziziphus jujuba)
Khejri (Prosopis Cineraria)
Kumquat (Kumquat)
Littleleaf Linden (Tilia cordata)
M.111 Semi-Vigorous Rootstock (M.111 Semi-Vigorous Rootstock)
Mangium (Acacia Mangium)
Mango (Mangifera indica)
Mastic (Pistacia lentiscus)
Muscadine Grape (Muscadine Grape)
Native/seedling Pecans (Native/Seedling Pecans)
Northern Pecan Cultivars (Northern Pecan Cultivars)
Ohxf Series Rootstock (OHxF Series Rootstock)
Oregon Crabapple (Malus fusca)
Pistachio (Pistacia vera)
Piwi Wine Grapes (PIWI Wine Grapes)
Polyembryonic/seedling Mango (Polyembryonic/Seedling Mango)
Red Bay (Persea borbonia)
Red River Gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis)
Rowan (Sorbus aucuparia)
Seckel Pear (Seckel Pear)
Seedling Rootstock Apple (Seedling Rootstock Apple)
Seville/bitter Orange (Seville/Bitter Orange)
Shea Tree (Vitellaria paradoxa)
Sour/tart Cherries (Sour/Tart Cherries)
Southern Magnolia (Magnolia Grandiflora)
Stone Pine (Pinus pinea)
Strawberry Tree (Arbutus unedo)
Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum)
Swamp White Oak (Quercus bicolor)
Table Olive Varieties (Table Olive Varieties)
Trifoliate Orange Rootstock (Trifoliate Orange Rootstock)
White Oak (Quercus alba)
Willow (Salix)
Yuzu (Yuzu)

Cover Crops & Soil Builders

2 Ideally Suited, 65 Adequate

Ideally Suited (2)

Seagrass (Posidonia Oceanica)
Seepweed (Suaeda glauca)

Adequate (65)

Annual Bluegrass (Poa Annua)
Annual Seepweed (Suaeda salsa)
Biofumigant Mustard (Biofumigant Mustard)
Black Gram (Vigna Mungo)
Black Oat (Avena Strigosa)
Black Oats (Black Oats)
Black Wattle (Acacia mearnsii)
Black-Eyed Pea (Vigna unguiculata)
Blackwood (Acacia Melanoxylon)
Bluebonnet (Lupinus angustifolius)
Broadleaf Arrowhead (Sagittaria latifolia)
Broom (Cytisus scoparius)
Bur Clover (Medicago polymorpha)
Camelina (Camelina)
Cattail (Typha latifolia)
Christmas Fern (Polystichum acrostichoides)
Cleavers (Galium aparine)
Coastal Strawberry (Fragaria Chiloensis)
Common Alder (Alnus glutinosa)
Common Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)
Common Juniper (Juniperus communis)
Common Rush (Juncus Effusus)
Creeping Bentgrass (Agrostis Stolonifera)
Dayflower (Commelina communis)
Field Peas (Field Peas)
Gamba Grass (Andropogon Gayanus)
Goji Berry (Lycium Barbarum)
Golden Wattle (Acacia saligna)
Green Alder (Alnus Viridis)
Grey Alder (Alnus incana)
Grey Mangrove (Avicennia Marina)
Ground Elder (Aegopodium podagraria)
Honey Mesquite (Prosopis Glandulosa)
Horseweed (Conyza Canadensis)
Japanese Stiltgrass (Microstegium Vimineum)
Korshinsky Caragana (Caragana Korshinskii)
Maiden Grass (Miscanthus sinensis)
Napier Grass (Pennisetum Purpureum)
Non-Gmo Grain Soybean (Non-GMO Grain Soybean)
Nutgrass (Cyperus Rotundus)
Oakleaf Hydrangea (Hydrangea Quercifolia)
Pigeon Pea (Cajanus cajan)
Pigeon Peas (Pigeon Peas)
Purslane (Portulaca Oleracea)
Red Fescue (Festuca Rubra)
Red Mangrove (Rhizophora Mangle)
Russian Olive (Elaeagnus angustifolia)
Rye (Secale cereale)
Saltcedar (Tamarix ramosissima)
Saxaul (Haloxylon ammodendron)
Sheep's Fescue (Festuca Ovina)
Shore Grass (Paspalum Vaginatum)
Showy Rattlebox (Crotalaria Spectabilis)
Siberian Ginseng (Eleutherococcus senticosus)
Staghorn Sumac (Rhus typhina)
Stinging Nettle (Urtica dioica)
Subterranean Clover (Trifolium subterraneum)
Sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum)
Tamarisk (Tamarix chinensis)
Teff (Eragrostis tef)
Tree Marigold (Tithonia Diversifolia)
Triticale (Triticosecale)
Velvet Mesquite (Prosopis Velutina)
Vetiver (Chrysopogon zizanioides)
White Sweet Clover (Melilotus albus)

Vegetables & Specialty Crops

0 Ideally Suited, 30 Adequate

Adequate (30)

Bitter Dock (Rumex obtusifolius)
Black Pepper (Piper Nigrum)
Black Soybean (Black Soybean)
Broadleaf Plantain (Plantago major)
Cassava (Manihot esculenta)
Citronella Grass (Cymbopogon Nardus)
Common Ragweed (Ambrosia Artemisiifolia)
Disease-Resistant Potato (Disease-Resistant Potato)
Fingerling Potatoes (Fingerling Potatoes)
Groundnut - (Apios americana)
Heirloom Dry Beans (Heirloom Dry Beans)
Heritage/heirloom Potatoes (Heritage/Heirloom Potatoes)
Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis)
Lemongrass (Cymbopogon Citratus)
Malanga (Xanthosoma Sagittifolium)
Non-Gmo/organic Cotton (Non-GMO/Organic Cotton)
Oca (Oxalis tuberosa)
Pineapple (Ananas Comosus)
Primocane/everbearing Raspberry (Primocane/Everbearing Raspberry)
Roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa)
Samphire (Salicornia europaea)
Schisandra (Schisandra chinensis)
Strawberry (Fragaria)
Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata)
Sweet Potato (Ipomoea batatas)
Sweet Sorghum (Sweet Sorghum)
Thornless Blackberry (Thornless Blackberry)
Tiger Nut (Cyperus esculentus)
Water Spinach (Ipomoea Aquatica)
Yaupon (Ilex vomitoria)

Hay & Grazing Crops

1 Ideally Suited, 31 Adequate

Ideally Suited (1)

Saltbush (Atriplex halimus)

Adequate (31)

Annual Ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum)
Bahia Grass (Paspalum Notatum)
Bermuda Grass (Cynodon dactylon)
Big Bluestem (Andropogon gerardii)
Big Sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata)
Birdsfoot Trefoil (Lotus corniculatus)
Bmr Silage/forage Corn (BMR Silage/Forage Corn)
Bromegrass (Bromus inermis)
Bulrush Millet (Pennisetum glaucum)
Burning Bush (Bassia scoparia)
Chinese Bushclover (Lespedeza cuneata)
Crabgrass (Digitaria sanguinalis)
Forage Sorghum (Forage Sorghum)
Indiangrass (Sorghastrum nutans)
Kentucky 31 (Festuca arundinacea)
Kikuyu Grass (Pennisetum Clandestinum)
Lippia (Phyla nodiflora)
Little Bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium)
Orchardgrass (Dactylis glomerata)
Pencil Cactus (Cylindropuntia Leptocaulis)
Plantain (Plantago lanceolata)
Reed Canary Grass (Phalaris Arundinacea)
Rhodes Grass (Chloris Gayana)
Signal Grass (Urochloa Brizantha)
Sorghum-Sudan Grass Hybrid (Sorghum-Sudan Grass Hybrid)
Sorghum-Sudangrass (Sorghum bicolor x Sorghum sudanense)
Spanish Needles (Bidens pilosa)
Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum)
Wild Privet (Ligustrum vulgare)
Yellow Bluestem (Bothriochloa Ischaemum)
Yellow Foxtail (Setaria Pumila)

Grains & Cereals

0 Ideally Suited, 9 Adequate

Adequate (9)

Chickpeas/garbanzo (Chickpeas/Garbanzo)
Hard Red Spring Wheat (Hard Red Spring Wheat)
Heritage/landrace Sorghum (Heritage/Landrace Sorghum)
Hulless/naked Oats (Hulless/Naked Oats)
Kernza Perennial Wheatgrass (Kernza Perennial Wheatgrass)
Milling/food Oats (Milling/Food Oats)
Pigmented/heritage Rice (Pigmented/Heritage Rice)
Spelt (Spelt)
Upland Rice (Upland Rice)

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