If you need the common names, the locality would be helpful, as there are a number of arid-country forage crops in both genera.

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Note added at 2002-07-11 18:21:26 (GMT)
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Mock cypress -- Kochia arenaria is a forage plant used under aridity stress conditions. I believe that the majority of the Vitex group have active principles that disfavor them for forage.

Various Artemesia species are indigenous throughout Central Asia and the steppes: commonly referred to as wormwoods, a number are used in arid-land reclamation.

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Note added at 2002-07-11 18:34:55 (GMT)
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Vitex parviflora -- important for weed suppression in palm plantations, a major African introduction and being widely used, but only hardy to 700 meters, which would rule out the high pasturages of Central Asia.

It seems to me after a long interval that the Problemy Osvoeniya Pustyn consistently used прутняк for Kochia, but I haven\'t found any of my notes from that era yet....

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Note added at 2002-07-12 09:19:04 (GMT) Post-grading
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Thanks, Oleg...