PLANTS Profile for Atriplex argentea (silverscale saltbush)

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PLANTS Profile

Atriplex argentea Nutt.
silverscale saltbush

Symbol:

ATAR2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Chenopodiaceae

Duration:

Annual
Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Atriplex argentea Nutt.

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Distribution:
Atriplex argentea Nutt.


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USA (AZ, CA, CO, ID, IL, KS, MT, ND, NE, NM, NV, OK, OR, SD, TX, UT, WA, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, SK)

Related Taxa:
Atriplex argentea Nutt.

View 34 genera in Chenopodiaceae, 111 species in Atriplex or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Atriplex argentea ssp. argentea
silverscale saltbush

Atriplex argentea ssp. expansa
silverscale saltbush

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Atriplex argentea Nutt.

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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 argentea Nutt. – silverscale saltbush

Wetland Indicator Status:
Atriplex argentea Nutt.

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACU,FAC

FAC

FACU

FAC

FAC-

FAC

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Atriplex argentea Nutt.

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 20512.

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

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

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

Time Generated: 10/29/2008 05:32 PM MDT