PLANTS Profile for Atriplex polycarpa (cattle saltbush)

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Atriplex polycarpa (Torr.) S. Watson
cattle saltbush

Symbol:

ATPO

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Chenopodiaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Shrub

Native Status:

L48

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Photo of Atriplex polycarpa (Torr.) S. Watson

Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. United States, AZ, Tucson. Usage Requirements.

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Distribution:
Atriplex polycarpa (Torr.) S. Watson


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USA (AZ, CA, NV, UT)

Related Taxa:
Atriplex polycarpa (Torr.) S. Watson

View 34 genera in Chenopodiaceae, 113 species in Atriplex

Classification:
Atriplex polycarpa (Torr.) S. Watson

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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACU-,FACU

FACU-

FACU

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

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

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 20559.

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

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

Time Generated: 01/03/2013 03:56 PM CST