PLANTS Profile for Atriplex patula (spear saltbush)

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PLANTS Profile

Atriplex patula L.
spear saltbush

Symbol:

ATPA4

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Chenopodiaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		I
AK		I
CAN		I
GL		I
SPM		I


Common Names:
	spear orach
	spear-scale
	spreading orache

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Carole Ritchie. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. United States, MI, Bay City, West Bay City. Usage Requirements.

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Images:
Atriplex patula L.

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Synonyms:
Atriplex patula L.

ATPAB	Atriplex patula L. var. bracteata auct. non Westerlund
ATPAE	Atriplex patula L. var. erecta (Huds.) Lange
ATPAJ	Atriplex patula L. var. japonica Level.
ATPAP3	Atriplex patula L. var. patula	spear oracle

Distribution:
Atriplex patula L.


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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AK, AL, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, ON, PE, QC, SK), DEN (GL), FRA (SPM)

Related Taxa:
Atriplex patula L.

View 34 genera in Chenopodiaceae, 111 species in Atriplex

Classification:
Atriplex patula L.

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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 patula L. – spear saltbush

Introduced Information:
Atriplex patula L.

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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Wetland Indicator Status:
Atriplex patula L.

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

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Reg. H

FAC,FACW

FACW

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FACW

FACW-

FAC

FACW

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Atriplex patula L.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

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 20509.

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

View 1 propagation protocol from Native Plants Network.

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 10/06/2008 01:57 PM MDT