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Atriplex canescens (Pursh) Nutt.
fourwing saltbush
       
Symbol:   ATCA2  
Group:   Dicot  
Family:   Chenopodiaceae  
Duration:   Perennial  
Growth Habit:   Shrub  
Native Status:  
L48    N
CAN    N



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Atriplex canescens (Pursh) Nutt.

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Distribution:
Atriplex canescens (Pursh) Nutt.

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

Related Taxa:
Atriplex canescens (Pursh) Nutt.

View 34 genera in Chenopodiaceae, 113 species in Atriplex or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.
Distribution of Atriplex canescens (Pursh) Nutt. var. angustifolia (Torr.) S. Watson. .
Atriplex canescens var. angustifolia
fourwing saltbush
Distribution of Atriplex canescens (Pursh) Nutt. var. canescens. .
Atriplex canescens var. canescens
fourwing saltbush
Distribution of Atriplex canescens (Pursh) Nutt. var. gigantea S.L. Welsh & Stutz. .
Atriplex canescens var. gigantea
fourwing saltbush
Distribution of Atriplex canescens (Pursh) Nutt. var. laciniata Parish. .
Atriplex canescens var. laciniata
fourwing saltbush
Distribution of Atriplex canescens (Pursh) Nutt. var. linearis (S. Watson) Munz. .
Atriplex canescens var. linearis
thinleaf fourwing saltbush
Distribution of Atriplex canescens (Pursh) Nutt. var. macilenta Jeps.. .
Atriplex canescens var. macilenta
fourwing saltbush
Plant is native (blue) Native   Plant is introduced Introduced
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Classification:
Atriplex canescens (Pursh) 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 canescens (Pursh) Nutt. – fourwing saltbush
 

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Atriplex canescens (Pursh) Nutt.

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
UPL,FACU NO NO NO FACU- FACU- UPL UPL UPL UPL FACU NO NO NO
Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status
 

More Accounts and Images:
Atriplex canescens (Pursh) Nutt.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).

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 20518.

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

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

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

View 2 propagation protocols from Native Plants Network.

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.
 

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Atriplex canescens (Pursh) Nutt.

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AZ-NAZ Flora

Center for Plant Conservation

NY-New York Botanical Garden Specimens

OH-Seed ID Workshop

OK-Oklahoma Biological Survey

TX-South Texas Natives

TX-Texas Native Shrub Images

VA-Virginia Tech Dendrology

WY-Atriplex canescens---A Quality Shrub
 
 
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