• Perennial shrub
• Pink flowers
• Consumes ground water
• Difficult to control

Salt Cedar Cost of Conservation

• 2 years cutting = 2250 acres
• Total cost to cut plus estimated cost to treat new cut =$615,000  or $275/ac
• AU return = $20/ac/yr
• Assume acre holds 200 trees with avg water consumption of 50 gal/tree/day for 100 days in summer
• 2,250,000,000 gallons saved =$.03/gal
• Price tag for reduced seed etc….priceless