These are generally plants with aggressive root systems that can be used for gully control and bank stabilization. They must be plants that can be established in areas without cultivation. Matrimony vine is the check species.
Matrimony vine provides an example of a gully control use-group plant.
Matrimony vine, Lycium halimifolium P-5614 Matrimony vine has a fast, low growing form that is excellent for gully control, bank stabilization and wildlife. The stems are gray to tannish-gray, may or may not be barbed, and are from 10 to 15 feet long. The vine seldom reaches a height of over 8 feet, but may spread 20 feet or more. In the early days, matrimony vine was planted as an ornamental shrub around many farmsteads in the dryland wheat area. Many of these farmsteads have been abandoned, but this vine still retains its good vigor.