PLANTS Profile for Atriplex cristata (crested saltbush)

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PLANTS Profile

Atriplex cristata Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.
crested saltbush

Symbol:

ATCR2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Chenopodiaceae

Duration:

Annual
Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb
Shrub
Subshrub

Native Status:

L48		N
PR		N
VI		N

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Line Drawing of Atriplex cristata Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.

Atriplex arenaria

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 2: 19. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Atriplex cristata Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.

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Synonyms:
Atriplex cristata Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.

	ATAR	Atriplex arenaria Nutt.
	ATLI4	Atriplex littoralis (Jacq.) Fawc. & Rendle
	ATPE	Atriplex pentandra (Jacq.) Standl.

Distribution:
Atriplex cristata Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.


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USA (AL, CT, DE, FL, GA, LA, MA, MD, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, SC, TX, VA), USA+ (PR, VI)

Related Taxa:
Atriplex cristata Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.

View 34 genera in Chenopodiaceae, 113 species in Atriplex

Classification:
Atriplex cristata Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.

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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 cristata Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd. – crested 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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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 cristata Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.

Atriplex arenaria:

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

FAC-,FAC

FAC-

FAC

Atriplex pentandra:

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,FAC

FACU

FAC

UPL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Atriplex cristata Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 565017.

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

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