Salt desert shrub

Salt desert shrub a plant community or vegetation type found in the Colorado Plateau and Canyonlands region.[1]:3 It is characterized by very alkaline and saline soils and plants that can tolerate these conditions (halophytes).[1] Dominant plant species include shadscale (Atriplex confertifolia), greasewood (Sarcobatus vermiculatus), and Mormon tea (Ephedra viridis).[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Canyon Country Wildflowers, Damian Fagan, 2nd ed., 2012, Morris Bush Publishing, LLC. in cooperation with Canyonlands Natural History Association, ISBN 978-0-7627-7013-7