Landscape plants are often needed for difficult sites. To find plants that would grow in saline, frequently flooded soils, we evaluated 106 species on a nonirri-gated floodplain underlain with salt water along the Napa River in northern California. The site was one of many established throughout the state for landscape tree evaluation.

All are with UC Cooperative Extension. The authors thank Professors R. W. Harris and A. T. Leiser, Department of Environmental Horticulture, UC Davis, and the staff of Saratoga Horticulture Foundation and Napa Valley College for their support.