Plants for Alkaline Soil
High pH soils (>7.5) common in arid regions
1
Tree Crops & Agroforestry
0 Ideally Suited, 76 Adequate
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)
2
Cover Crops & Soil Builders
2 Ideally Suited, 65 Adequate
Cover Crops & Soil Builders
2 Ideally Suited, 65 Adequate
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)
3
Vegetables & Specialty Crops
0 Ideally Suited, 30 Adequate
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)
4
Hay & Grazing Crops
1 Ideally Suited, 31 Adequate
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)
5
Grains & Cereals
0 Ideally Suited, 9 Adequate
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)