PLANTS Profile for Atriplex canescens var. canescens (fourwing saltbush)

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PLANTS Profile

Atriplex canescens (Pursh) Nutt. var. canescens
fourwing saltbush

Symbol:

ATCAC

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Chenopodiaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Shrub

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

More Information:

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Atriplex canescens (Pursh) Nutt. var. canescens

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Synonyms:
Atriplex canescens (Pursh) Nutt. var. canescens

ATCAC2	Atriplex canescens (Pursh) Nutt. ssp. canescens	fourwing saltbush, shad-scale
ATCAO	Atriplex canescens (Pursh) Nutt. var. occidentalis (Torr. & Frém.) S.L. Welsh & Stutz
ATTE3	Atriplex tetraptera (Benth.) Rydb.

Distribution:
Atriplex canescens (Pursh) Nutt. var. canescens


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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. var. canescens

View 34 genera in Chenopodiaceae, 113 species in Atriplex, 6 varieties in Atriplex canescens (Pursh) Nutt.

Classification:
Atriplex canescens (Pursh) Nutt. var. canescens

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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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

Atriplex canescens:

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

FACU-

UPL

FACU

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

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

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 192226.

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

Time Generated: 05/20/2013 12:04 PM CDT