PLANTS Profile for Atriplex confertifolia (shadscale saltbush)

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Atriplex confertifolia (Torr. & Frém.) S. Watson
shadscale saltbush

Symbol:

ATCO

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Chenopodiaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Shrub

Native Status:

L48

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Photo of Atriplex confertifolia (Torr. & Frém.) S. Watson

Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. United States, UT. Usage Requirements.

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Atriplex confertifolia (Torr. & Frém.) S. Watson

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Synonyms:
Atriplex confertifolia (Torr. & Frém.) S. Watson

	ATCO6	Atriplex collina Woot. & Standl.
	ATJO2	Atriplex jonesii Standl.
	ATSU3	Atriplex subconferta Rydb.

Distribution:
Atriplex confertifolia (Torr. & Frém.) S. Watson


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Related Taxa:
Atriplex confertifolia (Torr. & Frém.) S. Watson

View 34 genera in Chenopodiaceae, 111 species in Atriplex

Classification:
Atriplex confertifolia (Torr. & Frém.) S. Watson

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Caryophyllidae
Order	Caryophyllales
Family	Chenopodiaceae – Goosefoot family
Genus	Atriplex L. – saltbush
Species	Atriplex confertifolia (Torr. & Frém.) S. Watson – shadscale saltbush

More Accounts and Images:
Atriplex confertifolia (Torr. & Frém.) S. Watson

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 20519.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View 1 propagation protocol from Native Plants Network.

Time Generated: 02/08/2009 02:25 PM MST