Atriplex
greasewood, orache, saltbush, shadscale, silverscale
Specimens
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Origin: Native
Conservation Status: Not of concern
Description:
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Accepted Name:
Atriplex
Publication: Sp. Pl. 2: 1052. 1753; Gen. Pl. ed. 5, 472. 1754.
Publication: Sp. Pl. 2: 1052. 1753; Gen. Pl. ed. 5, 472. 1754.
Synonyms & Misapplications:
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Species in Atriplex:
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Atriplex argentea – silver orache, silverscale orache
Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; central British Columbia to California, east to the Great Plains. - var. argentea – silver saltbush, silverscale Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; central British Columbia to California, east to the Great Plains.
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Atriplex canescens – fourwing saltbush, hoary saltbush, shadscale, wingscale Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; Washington to California, east to the Great Plains.
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var. canescens – hoary saltbush Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; Washington to California, east to the Great Plains.
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Atriplex dioica – thickleaf orache, saline saltbush Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington, but particularly common along the inner and outer marine coast; Yukon Territory to California, east to the Atlantic Coast.
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Atriplex gardneri – Gardner's saltbush Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to the Rocky Mountains and northern Great Plains.
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var. falcata – moundscale, gardner's saltbush, sickle saltbush, saltsage Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; central Washington to California, east to Montana and Utah.
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Atriplex gmelinii – Gmelin's orache, Gmelin's saltbush Occurring west of the Cascades crest along the coast in Washington; Alaska to California.
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var. gmelinii – Gmelin's orache, Gmelin's saltbush Occurring west of the Cascades crest along the coast in Washington; Alaska to California.
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Atriplex heterosperma – orache, Russian atriplex orache Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to the Rocky Mountains and Great Plains; also in eastern North America.
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Atriplex hortensis – garden orache, French spinach Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east to the Great Plains and in scattered locations in eastern North America.
- Atriplex littoralis – grassleaf orache, narrow-leaved orache Occurring west of the Cascades crest in Washington; also occurring in eastern North America.
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Atriplex longipes – long-stalked orache, Baltic saltbush Occurring west of the Cascades crest in northwestern Washington; southwestern British Columbia to northwestern Washington.
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Atriplex oblongifolia – oblongleaf orache Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; southern British Columbia to Washington, east to Alberta and Montana.
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Atriplex patula – halberdleaf orache, spear orache Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east across North America to the Atlantic.
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Atriplex prostrata – fat hen, hastate orache, thin-leaf orache Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, in scattered location across Canada and the U.S. to the Atlantic Coast.
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Atriplex rosea – red orache, tumbling orache Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to the Rocky Mountains and Great Plains; also in scattered locations in central and eastern U.S.
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Atriplex semibaccata – Australian saltbush, berry saltbush, creeping saltbush Occasionally introduced in eastern and central WA; scattered localities primarily in southwestern US.
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Atriplex truncata – wedge orache, wedgeleaf orache, wedgescale orache Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; central British Columbia to California, east to the Rocky Mountains and northern Great Plains.
Additional Resources:
PNW Herbaria: Specimen records of Atriplex in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database
WA Flora Checklist: Atriplex checklist entry
OregonFlora: Atriplex information
E-Flora BC: Atriplex atlas page
CalPhotos: Atriplex photos
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