Atriplex confertifolia
| Atriplex confertifolia | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Core eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Chenopodiaceae |
| Genus: | Atriplex |
| Species: | A. confertifolia |
| Binomial name | |
| Atriplex confertifolia Torr. & Frém. | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Atriplex confertifolia (shadscale) is a species of evergreen shrub in the Chenopodiaceae family, which is native to the western United States and northern Mexico. [3][4]
Habitat
Shadscale is a common, often dominant, shrub in the lowest and driest areas of the Great Basin. It prefers sandy, well-drained soils and it is tolerant of moderately saline conditions.
Description
The height of Atriplex confertifolia varies from 1–3 feet (0.30–0.91 m). Shadscale fruits and leaves provide important winter browse for domestic livestock and native herbivores. Compared to fourwing saltbush (Atriplex canescens), shadscale has shorter and wider leaves and the fruit does not have four wings (although it may have two wings in a "V" shape).[5]
This species blooms from March to June.
References
- ↑ The Plant List, Atriplex confertifolia (Torr. & Frém.) S.Watson
- ↑ Tropicos search for Atriplex sabulosa
- ↑ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
- ↑ CONABIO. 2009. Catálogo taxonómico de especies de México. 1. In Capital Nat. México. CONABIO, México D.F..
- ↑ Flora of North America Atriplex confertifolia
External links
- United States Department of Agriculture Plants Profile: Atriplex confertifolia
- University of California/Jepson Manual treatment - Atriplex confertifolia
- photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected 1911 in Wyoming, isotype specimen of Atriplex subconferta (synonym of A. confertifolia)