PLANTS Profile for Atriplex argentea ssp. argentea (silverscale saltbush)

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PLANTS Profile

Atriplex argentea Nutt. ssp. argentea
silverscale saltbush

Symbol:

ATARA

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Chenopodiaceae

Duration:

Annual
Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

More Information:

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Atriplex argentea Nutt. ssp. argentea

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Distribution:
Atriplex argentea Nutt. ssp. argentea


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Related Taxa:
Atriplex argentea Nutt. ssp. argentea

View 34 genera in Chenopodiaceae, 113 species in Atriplex, 2 subspecies in Atriplex argentea Nutt. or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Atriplex argentea Nutt. ssp. argentea var. argentea. .

Atriplex argentea ssp. argentea var. argentea
silverscale saltbush

Distribution of Atriplex argentea Nutt. ssp. argentea var. caput-medusae (Eastw.) Fosberg. .

Atriplex argentea ssp. argentea var. caput-medusae
stalked saltbush

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Atriplex argentea Nutt. ssp. argentea

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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
Subspecies	Atriplex argentea Nutt. ssp. argentea – silverscale 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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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 argentea Nutt. ssp. argentea

Atriplex argentea:

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

FACU,FAC

FAC

FACU

FAC

FAC-

FAC

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Atriplex argentea Nutt. ssp. argentea

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 20513.

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

Time Generated: 05/23/2013 05:31 PM CDT