Atriplex confertifolia
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| 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. |
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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.
Habitat [edit]
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 [edit]
The height of Atriplex confertifolia varies from 1–3 feet (0.30–0.91 m). Shadscale fruits and leaves provide important winter browse for both 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).
External links [edit]
- USDA Plants Profile: Atriplex confertifolia
- UC/Jepson Manual treatment - Atriplex confertifolia
- Flora of North America Atriplex confertifolia
- efloras.org: Range Map
Categories:
- Atriplex
- Flora of the Western United States
- Flora of the Northwestern United States
- Flora of the Southwestern United States
- Flora of the Great Basin desert region
- Flora of the California desert regions
- Flora of the Sierra Nevada (U.S.)
- Flora of the Rocky Mountains
- Flora of Nevada
- Flora of Utah
- Flora of Montana
- Flora of Arizona
- Flora of Colorado
- Flora of New Mexico
- Flora of Texas
- Flora of Wyoming
- Flora of Oregon
- Flora of Idaho
- Flora of North Dakota
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