PLANTS Profile for Atriplex micrantha (twoscale saltbush)

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PLANTS Profile

Atriplex micrantha Ledeb.
twoscale saltbush

Symbol:

ATMI2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Chenopodiaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		I
CAN		I

More Information:

Images:
Atriplex micrantha Ledeb.

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Synonyms:
Atriplex micrantha Ledeb.

ATHE

Atriplex heterosperma Bunge

Distribution:
Atriplex micrantha Ledeb.


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (CA, CO, ID, MN, MO, MT, ND, NE, NM, NV, OR, SD, UT, WA, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, ON, QC)

Related Taxa:
Atriplex micrantha Ledeb.

View 34 genera in Chenopodiaceae, 111 species in Atriplex

Classification:
Atriplex micrantha Ledeb.

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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 micrantha Ledeb. – twoscale saltbush

Introduced Information:
Atriplex micrantha Ledeb.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Atriplex micrantha Ledeb.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 192269.

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

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

Time Generated: 10/11/2008 02:37 PM MDT