PLANTS Profile for Atriplex lentiformis ssp. lentiformis (big saltbush)

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PLANTS Profile

Atriplex lentiformis (Torr.) S. Watson ssp. lentiformis
big saltbush

Symbol:

ATLEL

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Chenopodiaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Shrub

Native Status:

L48		N
HI		I

More Information:

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Atriplex lentiformis (Torr.) S. Watson ssp. lentiformis

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Distribution:
Atriplex lentiformis (Torr.) S. Watson ssp. lentiformis


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USA (AZ, CA, HI, NV, UT)

Related Taxa:
Atriplex lentiformis (Torr.) S. Watson ssp. lentiformis

View 34 genera in Chenopodiaceae, 113 species in Atriplex, 2 subspecies in Atriplex lentiformis (Torr.) S. Watson

Classification:
Atriplex lentiformis (Torr.) S. Watson ssp. lentiformis

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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 lentiformis (Torr.) S. Watson – big saltbush
Subspecies	Atriplex lentiformis (Torr.) S. Watson ssp. lentiformis – big saltbush

Introduced Information:
Atriplex lentiformis (Torr.) S. Watson ssp. lentiformis

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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 lentiformis (Torr.) S. Watson ssp. lentiformis

Atriplex lentiformis:

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,FACW

FACW

FAC+

FAC

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Atriplex lentiformis (Torr.) S. Watson ssp. lentiformis

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 192254.

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

Time Generated: 05/25/2013 02:36 PM CDT