PLANTS Profile for Sarcobatus (greasewood)

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PLANTS Profile

Sarcobatus Nees
greasewood

Symbol:

SARCO

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Chenopodiaceae

Duration:

Growth Habit:

Native Status:

None

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Sarcobatus Nees

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Distribution:
Sarcobatus Nees

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

Related Taxa:
Sarcobatus Nees

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

Distribution of Sarcobatus baileyi Coville. . Image Available.

Sarcobatus baileyi
Bailey's greasewood

Distribution of Sarcobatus vermiculatus (Hook.) Torr.. . Image Available.

Sarcobatus vermiculatus
greasewood

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Sarcobatus Nees

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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	Sarcobatus Nees – greasewood

More Accounts and Images:
Sarcobatus Nees

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 20706.

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

Time Generated: 05/24/2013 04:48 PM CDT