Sea Buckthorns are considered a much better desert fighter in China than poplars or pines: https://books.google.ca/books?id=6XfgBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA293&lpg=PA293&dq=

Sea Buckthorns are considered a much better desert fighter in China than poplars or pines: https://books.google.ca/books?id=6XfgBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA293&lpg=PA293&dq=sea+buckthorn+china+desert&source=bl&ots=SnLviA_vXY&sig=Pk-IfxHkG2nfCLMNRrwqJgS8cVY&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwisyMuA_5XYAhVIylQKHQQPDPEQ6AEISjAI#v=onepage&q&f=false https://books.google.ca/books?id=6XfgBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA293&lpg=P... I have one in my front yard, it's a neat but very aggressive and very thorny shrub.