{"product_id":"fourwing-saltbush","title":"Fourwing Saltbush","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e100 Seeds per packet\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFourwing saltbush has fed people and livestock across arid North America for thousands of years. Indigenous communities throughout the Southwest and Great Basin used the seeds ground into pinole and mixed into breads, while the leaves and bark served as soap substitutes and treatments for insect bites and skin ailments, this is a plant with a working relationship to people going back further than most crops in cultivation today.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThat same toughness is exactly why it’s having a moment in modern dryland agroforestry and silvopasture. Fourwing saltbush is a nitrogen-fixing, evergreen shrub that thrives where almost nothing else will,  it’s one of the most drought- and salt-tolerant forage shrubs in North America, commonly used to stabilize eroded or disturbed land and to rebuild grazing systems on marginal ground. As a silvopasture component, it delivers high-protein browse (often 12–18% crude protein in the leaves, comparable to alfalfa) through the driest months when grasses have gone dormant, making it a critical hedge against seasonal feed gaps for sheep, goats, and cattle.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIts most underappreciated trick is soil remediation. Fourwing saltbush is a true halophyte, it doesn’t just tolerate saline and alkaline soils, it actively pulls salts up through its roots and sequesters them in its leaves, which then drop and can be removed or allowed to leach out, gradually lowering soil salinity over time. For desert growers dealing with irrigation-driven salt buildup, it’s one of the few tools that improves the ground while it produces.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLeft to mature, it forms a dense, wind-firm shrub 3–6 feet tall, useful as a living windbreak or alley planting alongside other neglect-tolerant perennials once established from seed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Seeds Of Succession","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49420541493463,"sku":null,"price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0796\/4114\/9655\/files\/IMG-1449.jpg?v=1783639081","url":"https:\/\/shop.seedsofsuccession.org\/products\/fourwing-saltbush","provider":"Seeds Of Succession","version":"1.0","type":"link"}