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Atriplex (Á-tri-plex
Syllable stress of Botanical Latin

Syllable stress of botanical names varies with the language spoken by the person using the botanical name. In English-speaking countries the Botanical Latin places syllable stress for botanical names derived from ancient Greek and Latin broadly according to two systems, either the Reformed academic pronunciation, or the pronunciation develop...
) is a plant genus
Genus

A genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the classification of living and fossil organisms. The taxonomic ranks are domain , kingdom , phylum, class , order , family , genus, and species....
 of 100-200 species
Species

In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring....
, known by the common names of saltbush and orache (or orach). The genus is quite variable and widely distributed. It includes many desert and seashore plants and halophyte
Halophyte

A halophyte is a plant that naturally grows where it is affected by salinity in the root area or by salt spray, such as in saline semi-deserts, mangrove swamps, marshes and sloughs, and seashores....
s, as well as plants of moist environments. The goosefoot subfamily (Chenopodioideae
Chenopodioideae

The Chenopodioideae is a subfamily of the flowering plant family Amaranthaceae, formerly treated as a distinct family, Chenopodiaceae, and comprising all of the genera formerly included in this family except for those transferred to the subfamilies Salicornioideae and Salsoloideae....
) of the Amaranthaceae
Amaranthaceae

The flowering plant family Amaranthaceae, the Amaranth family, contains about 160 genera and 2,400 species. Most of these species are herbs or shrubs; very few are trees or climbers....
, in which the genus Atriplex is placed in the APG II system
APG II system

A modern list of systems of plant taxonomy, the APG II system of plant classification was published in 2003 by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group, APG, in...
, was formerly considered a distinct family
Family (biology)

In biological classification, family is a taxonomic rank. Exact details of formal nomenclature depend on the Nomenclature Codes which applies....
 (Chenopodiaceae).

Saltbushes are extremely tolerant of salt
Salt

A salt, in chemistry, is defined as the product formed from the neutralisation reaction of acids and base . Salts are ionic compounds composed of cations and anions so that the product is electrically electric charge ....
 content in the ground: their name derives from the fact that they retain salt in their leaves, which makes them of great use in areas affected by soil salination
Soil salination

Soil salinity is the salt content in the soil.Salt affected soils are caused by excess accumulation of salts, typically most pronounced at the soil surface....
.

Atriplex species are used as food plants by the larva
Larva

A larva is a young form of animal with indirect developmental biology, going through or undergoing metamorphosis .The larva can look completely different from the adult form, for example, a caterpillar differs from a butterfly....
e of some Lepidoptera
Lepidoptera

Lepidoptera is an order of insect that includes moths and butterfly. It is one of the most speciose orders in the class Insecta, encompassing moths and the three superfamilies of butterfly, skipper , and Hedylidae....
 species; see the list of Lepidoptera which feed on Atriplex.






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Atriplex (Á-tri-plex
Syllable stress of Botanical Latin

Syllable stress of botanical names varies with the language spoken by the person using the botanical name. In English-speaking countries the Botanical Latin places syllable stress for botanical names derived from ancient Greek and Latin broadly according to two systems, either the Reformed academic pronunciation, or the pronunciation develop...
) is a plant genus
Genus

A genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the classification of living and fossil organisms. The taxonomic ranks are domain , kingdom , phylum, class , order , family , genus, and species....
 of 100-200 species
Species

In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring....
, known by the common names of saltbush and orache (or orach). The genus is quite variable and widely distributed. It includes many desert and seashore plants and halophyte
Halophyte

A halophyte is a plant that naturally grows where it is affected by salinity in the root area or by salt spray, such as in saline semi-deserts, mangrove swamps, marshes and sloughs, and seashores....
s, as well as plants of moist environments. The goosefoot subfamily (Chenopodioideae
Chenopodioideae

The Chenopodioideae is a subfamily of the flowering plant family Amaranthaceae, formerly treated as a distinct family, Chenopodiaceae, and comprising all of the genera formerly included in this family except for those transferred to the subfamilies Salicornioideae and Salsoloideae....
) of the Amaranthaceae
Amaranthaceae

The flowering plant family Amaranthaceae, the Amaranth family, contains about 160 genera and 2,400 species. Most of these species are herbs or shrubs; very few are trees or climbers....
, in which the genus Atriplex is placed in the APG II system
APG II system

A modern list of systems of plant taxonomy, the APG II system of plant classification was published in 2003 by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group, APG, in...
, was formerly considered a distinct family
Family (biology)

In biological classification, family is a taxonomic rank. Exact details of formal nomenclature depend on the Nomenclature Codes which applies....
 (Chenopodiaceae).

Saltbushes are extremely tolerant of salt
Salt

A salt, in chemistry, is defined as the product formed from the neutralisation reaction of acids and base . Salts are ionic compounds composed of cations and anions so that the product is electrically electric charge ....
 content in the ground: their name derives from the fact that they retain salt in their leaves, which makes them of great use in areas affected by soil salination
Soil salination

Soil salinity is the salt content in the soil.Salt affected soils are caused by excess accumulation of salts, typically most pronounced at the soil surface....
.

Atriplex species are used as food plants by the larva
Larva

A larva is a young form of animal with indirect developmental biology, going through or undergoing metamorphosis .The larva can look completely different from the adult form, for example, a caterpillar differs from a butterfly....
e of some Lepidoptera
Lepidoptera

Lepidoptera is an order of insect that includes moths and butterfly. It is one of the most speciose orders in the class Insecta, encompassing moths and the three superfamilies of butterfly, skipper , and Hedylidae....
 species; see the list of Lepidoptera which feed on Atriplex. For spider
Spider

Spiders are air-breathing chelicerate arthropods that have eight legs, and chelicerae modified into fangs that inject venom. In their bodies the usual arthropod segments are fused into two Tagma , the cephalothorax and abdomen, joined by a small, cylindrical pedicel....
s such as Phidippus californicus
Phidippus californicus

Phidippus californicus is a species of jumping spider. It is found in the Southwestern United States USA...
 and other arthropod
Arthropod

Arthropods are animals belonging to the Scientific classification Arthropoda , and include the insects, arachnids, crustaceans, and others....
s, saltbush plants offer opportunities to hide and hunt in habitat
Habitat

The term habitat has a number of meanings:* Habitat , a place where a species lives and grows** Human habitat, a place where humans live, work or play...
 that is otherwise often quite barren.

Use by humans

Many species are edible. However, the favored species for human consumption is Garden Orache (A. hortensis). Use of Atriplex as food is known since at least the late Epipaleolithic
Epipaleolithic

The Epipaleolithic is a term used for the "final Upper Palaeolithic industries occurring at the end of the final last Ice Age which appear to merge technologically into the Mesolithic"....
 (Mesolithic). The Ertebølle culture
Ertebølle culture

The Erteb?lle culture is the name of a hunter-gatherer and fisher archaeological culture dating to the end of the Mesolithic period. The culture was concentrated in Southern Scandinavia, but genetically linked to strongly related cultures in Northern Germany and the Northern Netherlands....
 presumably used Common Orache (A. patula
Atriplex patula

Atriplex patula L. is a ruderal, circumboreal species of annual plant herbaceous plants in the genus Atriplex naturalized in many temperate regions....
) as a vegetable (A. patula is attested as an archaeophyte
Archaeophyte

An archaeophyte is a plant species which is non-native to a geographical region, but which was introduced in "ancient" times, rather than being a modern introduction....
 in northern Europe). In the biblical
Hebrew Bible

The term Hebrew Bible is a generic reference to those books of the Bible originally written mostly in Biblical Hebrew with some Biblical Aramaic....
 Book of Job
Book of Job

The Book of Job is one of the books of the Hebrew Bible. It relates the story of Job , his trials at the hands of Satan, his theological discussions with friends on the origins and nature of his suffering, and finally a response from God....
, mallû?a (?????????, probably Mediterranean Saltbush, A. halimus, the major culinary saltbush in the region) is mentioned as food eaten by social outcasts . Grey Saltbush (A. cinerea
Atriplex cinerea

Atriplex cinerea is a species of plant in the Chenopodiaceae family. It occurs in sheltered coastal areas and around salt lakes in the Australian states of Western Australia, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and New South Wales....
) is used as bushfood
Bushfood

Bushfood refers to any food native to Australia and used as sustenance by the original inhabitants, the Indigenous Australians, although it is sometimes used with the specific connotation of "food found in the Outback while living on the land"....
 in Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
 since prehistoric times. Chamiso (A. canescens) and Shadscale (A. confertifolia) were eaten by Native Americans
Indigenous peoples of the Americas

The indigenous peoples of the Americas are the pre-Columbian inhabitants of the Americas, their descendants, and many ethnic groups who identify with those peoples....
, and Spearscale (A. hastata) was a food in rural Eurasia
Eurasia

Eurasia is a large landmass covering about 53,990,000 km? or about 10.6% of the Earth's surface . Often considered a single continent, Eurasia comprises the traditional continents of Europe and Asia, concepts which date back to classical antiquity and the borders for which are somewhat arbitrary....
.

The Garden Orache (A. hortensis), also called Red Orach, Mountain Spinach, or French Spinach, is an annual leaf vegetable
Leaf vegetable

Leaf vegetables, also called potherbs, greens, or leafy greens, are plant leaf eaten as a vegetable, sometimes accompanied by tender Petiole s and shoots....
 with a salt
Salt

A salt, in chemistry, is defined as the product formed from the neutralisation reaction of acids and base . Salts are ionic compounds composed of cations and anions so that the product is electrically electric charge ....
y, spinach
Spinach

Spinach is a flowering plant in the family of Amaranthaceae. It is native to central and southwestern Asia. It is an annual plant , which grows to a height of up to 30 cm....
-like taste. The plant grows 1-2 m (3-6 ft) in height and the leaves are used cooked or in salad
Salad

Salad is a mixture of cold or hot foods, usually including vegetables and/or fruits, often with a dressing, occasionally nuts or croutons, and sometimes with the addition of meat, fish, pasta, cheese, eggs, or whole grains....
s. It was commonly grown in Mediterranean regions from early times until spinach
Spinach

Spinach is a flowering plant in the family of Amaranthaceae. It is native to central and southwestern Asia. It is an annual plant , which grows to a height of up to 30 cm....
 became the more favored leaf vegetable. The leaves can come in red, white and green varieties. The green leaves were once used to color pasta
Pasta

Pasta is a generic term for Italian cuisine variants of noodles, food made from a dough of flour, water and/or Egg , that is Boiling. The word can also denote dishes in which pasta products are the primary ingredient, served with sauce or seasonings....
 in Italy
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
. Another common use of orach is to balance out the acidic flavor of sorrel
Sorrel

Common Sorrel or Garden Sorrel , often simply called sorrel and also known as Spinach Dock or Narrow-leaved Dock, is a perennial plant Herbaceous plant that is cultivated as a garden herb or leaf vegetable ....
.

Meat from sheep which have grazed on saltbush has surprisingly high levels of vitamin E
Vitamin E

Vitamin E is the collective name for a set of 8 related a-, ?-, ?-, and d-tocopherols and the corresponding four tocotrienols, which are fat-soluble vitamins with antioxidant properties....
, is leaner and more hydrated than regular lamb
Domestic sheep

Domestic sheep are quadrupedal, ruminant mammals typically kept as livestock. Like all ruminants, sheep are members of the order Artiodactyla, the even-toed ungulates....
 and has consumer appeal equal to grain-fed lamb. The vitamin E levels could have animal health benefits while extending the shelf-life and maintaining the fresh red colour of saltbush lamb. This effect has been demonstrated for Old Man Saltbush (A. nummularia
Atriplex nummularia

Atriplex nummularia is a species of Atriplex known by the common names old man saltbush, bluegreen saltbush, and giant saltbush....
) and River Saltbush (A. amnicola). For reasons unknown, sheep seem to prefer the more fibrous, less nutritious River Saltbush.

Saltbushes are also used as an ornamental plant
Ornamental plant

Ornamental plants are typically grown in the flower garden or as house plants. Most commonly they are grown for the display of their flowers. Other common ornamental features include leaves, scent, fruit, Plant stem and bark....
 in landscaping
Landscape

Landscape comprises the visible features of an area of land, including physical elements such as landforms, living elements of flora and fauna, abstract elements such as lighting and weather conditions, and human elements, for instance human activity or the built environment....
 and can be used to prevent soil erosion in coastal areas. Old Man Saltbush has also been successfully used to rehabilitate old mining sites around Lightning Ridge
Lightning Ridge, New South Wales

Lightning Ridge is a town in north-western New South Wales, Australia, in Walgett Shire Council, near the southern border of Queensland. Lightning Ridge is a world epicentre of the mining of black opals and other opal gemstones....
.

Selected species

  • Atriplex acadiensis – Maritime Saltbush
  • Atriplex acanthocarpa
  • Atriplex acutibractea
  • Atriplex acutiloba
  • Atriplex alaskensis – Alaska Orache
  • Atriplex amnicola
    Atriplex amnicola

    Atriplex amnicola, commonly known as river saltbush or swamp saltbush, is a species of shrub in the Amaranthaceae family. Endemic to Western Australia, it is native to the floodplains of the Murchison River and Gascoyne River Rivers....
     – River Saltbush, Swamp Saltbush
  • Atriplex angulata
  • Atriplex × aptera
  • Atriplex argentea
    Atriplex argentea

    Atriplex argentea is a species of Atriplex known by the common names silverscale saltbush and silver orache. It is native to western North America from southern Canada to northern Mexico, where it grows in many types of habitat, generally on Soil salinity....
     – Silvery Saltbush
  • Atriplex asterocarpa
  • Atriplex australasica
  • Atriplex barclayana
  • Atriplex billardierei
  • Atriplex bonnevillensis
  • Atriplex bunburyana
    Atriplex bunburyana

    Atriplex bunburyana, commonly known as Silver Saltbush, is a species of saltbush endemic to Western Australia....
     F.Muell.
  • Atriplex californica
    Atriplex californica

    Atriplex californica is a species of Atriplex known by the common name California saltbush, or California orache. It is native to coastal California and Baja California, where it grows in areas with Soil salinity, such as beaches and salt marshes....
  • Atriplex calotheca
  • Atriplex canescens
    Atriplex canescens

    Atriplex canescens is a species of evergreen shrub in the Amaranthaceae family, which is native to the western United States.Fourwing saltbush has a highly variable form, and readily hybridizes with several other species in the Atriplex genus....
     – Chamiso, Chamiza, Four-winged Saltbush, Grey Sagebrush
  • Atriplex cephalantha
  • Atriplex cinerea
    Atriplex cinerea

    Atriplex cinerea is a species of plant in the Chenopodiaceae family. It occurs in sheltered coastal areas and around salt lakes in the Australian states of Western Australia, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and New South Wales....
     – Grey Saltbush, truganini
  • Atriplex codonocarpa
  • Atriplex conduplicata F.Muell.
  • Atriplex confertifolia
    Atriplex confertifolia

    Atriplex confertifolia is a species of evergreen shrub in the Chenopodiaceae family, which is native to the western United States.Shadscale is a common, often dominant, shrub in the lowest and driest areas of the Great Basin....
     – Shadscale (Saltbush)
  • Atriplex cordifolia
  • Atriplex cordulata
    Atriplex cordulata

    Atriplex cordulata is a species of Atriplex known by the common names heartscale and heart-leaf orache. It is Endemism to the Central Valley of California, where it grows in areas of Soil salinity and Alkali soils....
  • Atriplex cornigera
  • Atriplex coronata
    Atriplex coronata

    Atriplex coronata is a species of Atriplex known by the common name crownscale. It is Endemism to California, where it grows in areas of Soil salinity and Alkali soils in the Central Valley , nearby mountain slopes, and south coast....
  • Atriplex corrugata
  • Atriplex coulteri
    Atriplex coulteri

    Atriplex coulteri is a species of Atriplex known by the common names Coulter's saltbush and Coulter's orache. It is native to coastal southern California and northern Baja California, where it is quite rare....
  • Atriplex crassipes
  • Atriplex cristata
  • Atriplex cryptocarpa
  • Atriplex cuneata
  • Atriplex depressa
    Atriplex depressa

    Atriplex depressa is a species of Atriplex known by the common names brittlescale and depressed orache. It is sometimes treated as a variety of Atriplex parishii....
  • Atriplex dioica – Thick-leaved Orache, Saline Saltbush
  • Atriplex drymarioides
  • Atriplex eardleyae
  • Atriplex eichleri
  • Atriplex elachophylla F.Muell.
  • Atriplex elegans
    Atriplex elegans

    Atriplex elegans is a species of Atriplex known by the common name wheelscale saltbush, or simply wheelscale. It is native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, where it grows in areas of Soil salinity or alkali soil, such as playa and dry desert lakebeds....
  • Atriplex erecticaulis
  • Atriplex exilifolia F.Muell.
  • Atriplex falcata – Sickle Saltbush
  • Atriplex fissivalvis F.Muell.
  • Atriplex flabelliformis
  • Atriplex franktonii – Frankton's Saltbush
  • Atriplex fruticulosa
    Atriplex fruticulosa

    Atriplex fruticulosa is a species of Atriplex known by the common names ball saltbush and little oak orach. It is Endemism to California, where it grows in several types of habitat, usually in areas of Soil salinity or alkali soil....
  • Atriplex gardneri – Gardner's Saltbush, Moundscale
  • Atriplex garrettii
  • Atriplex glabriuscula – Northeastern Saltbush, Babington's Orache, Smooth Orache, Scotland Orache, Glabrous Orache
  • Atriplex gmelinii – Gmelin's Saltbush
  • Atriplex graciliflora
  • Atriplex griffithsii – Griffith's Saltbush (sometimes included in A. lentiformis or A. torreyi)
  • Atriplex halimus
    Atriplex halimus

    Atriplex halimus is a species of fodder shrub in the Amaranthaceae family, which is native to Europe. This plant is often cultivated as Fodder because tolerating severe conditions of drought, and it can grow up in very alkaline and saline soils....
     – Mediterranean Saltbush, Sea Orache, Shrubby Orache
  • Atriplex hastata – Halberd-leaved Orache, Spearscale (often included in A. patula)
  • Atriplex heterosperma – Two-scaled Orache
  • Atriplex holocarpa F.Muell.
  • Atriplex hortensis
    Atriplex hortensis

    Atriplex hortensis, also known as Garden Orache, Red Orach, Mountain Spinach, French Spinach, or simply "orache" or arrach, is a hardy, annual plant, with an erect, branching stem, varying in height from two to four feet, according to the variety....
     – Garden Orache, Red Orach, Mountain Spinach, French Spinach
  • Atriplex humifusa
  • Atriplex humilis F.Muell.
  • Atriplex hymenelytra
    Atriplex hymenelytra

    Atriplex hymenelytra is a species of Atriplex known by the common name desert holly. This is a desert-dwelling shrub reaching heights of between one half and one meter....
     – Desert Holly
  • Atriplex hymenotheca
  • Atriplex hypoleuca
  • Atriplex incrassata F.Muell.
  • Atriplex infrequens
  • Atriplex intermedia
  • Atriplex isatidea
  • Atriplex joaquiniana
    Atriplex joaquiniana

    Atriplex joaquiniana is a species of Atriplex known by the common name San Joaquin saltbush. It is Endemism to California, where it grows in alkali soil in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta and adjacent parts of the Central Valley and eastern California Coast Ranges....
  • Atriplex johnsonii
  • Atriplex johnstonii
  • Atriplex klebergorum
  • Atriplex kochiana Maiden
  • Atriplex laciniata – Frosted Orache
  • Atriplex lampa
  • Atriplex latifolia
  • Atriplex lentiformis
    Atriplex lentiformis

    Atriplex lentiformis is a species of Atriplex known by the common names big saltbush and quail bush. It is native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, where it grows in habitats with Soil salinity or alkali soil, such as playa and dry lake beds, coastline, and desert scrub....
     – Quail Bush
    • Atriplex lentiformis ssp. breweri – Brewer's Saltbrush
  • Atriplex leptocarpa F.Muell.
  • Atriplex leucophylla
    Atriplex leucophylla

    Atriplex leucophylla is a species of Atriplex known by the common names beach saltbush and white orache. It is native to the coastline of California and Baja California, where it is a resident of beach dunes and other sandy areas....
  • Atriplex limbata
  • Atriplex lindleyi
    Atriplex lindleyi

    Atriplex lindleyi is a species of Atriplex known by the common name Lindley's saltbush. It is native to Australia, where it is widespread, especially in dry areas....
  • Atriplex littoralis – Grass-leaved Orache, Tropical Saltbush
  • Atriplex lobativalvis F.Muell.
  • Atriplex longipes – Long-stalked Orache
  • Atriplex macropterocarpa
  • Atriplex matamorensis
  • Atriplex maximowicziana – Maximowicz's Saltbush
  • Atriplex micrantha
  • Atriplex minuscula
  • Atriplex minuticarpa
  • Atriplex morrisii
  • Atriplex muelleri
  • Atriplex nana
  • Atriplex navajoensis
  • Atriplex nessorhina
  • Atriplex nitens
  • Atriplex nudicaulis – Baltic Saltbush
  • Atriplex nummularia
    Atriplex nummularia

    Atriplex nummularia is a species of Atriplex known by the common names old man saltbush, bluegreen saltbush, and giant saltbush....
     – Old Man Saltbush, Giant Saltbush
  • Atriplex nuttallii – Nuttall's Saltbush
  • Atriplex obconica
  • Atriplex oblongifolia – Oblong-leaved Orache
  • Atriplex obovata
  • Atriplex pachypoda
  • Atriplex pacifica
    Atriplex pacifica

    Atriplex pacifica is a species of Atriplex known by the common names Davidson's saltbush, South Coast saltbush, and Pacific orach....
  • Atriplex paludosa
    Atriplex paludosa

    Atriplex paludosa, commonly known as Marsh Saltbush, is a species of saltbush endemic to Australia....
     R.Br.
  • Atriplex papillata
  • Atriplex parishii
    Atriplex parishii

    Atriplex parishii is an uncommon species of Atriplex known by the common names Parish's saltbush and Parish's brittlescale. It is native to central and southern California where it can occasionally be found between the immediate coastline and the western edges of the Mojave Desert....
  • Atriplex parryi
    Atriplex parryi

    Atriplex parryi is a species of Atriplex known by the common name Parry's saltbush. It is native to the deserts and plateaus of eastern California and western Nevada....
  • Atriplex patula
    Atriplex patula

    Atriplex patula L. is a ruderal, circumboreal species of annual plant herbaceous plants in the genus Atriplex naturalized in many temperate regions....
     – Common Orache, Spreading Orache
  • Atriplex persistens
  • Atriplex phyllostegia
    Atriplex phyllostegia

    Atriplex phyllostegia is a species of Atriplex known by the common names arrowscale, leafcover saltweed, and Truckee orach....
  • Atriplex plebeja
    Atriplex plebeja

    Atriplex plebeja is a species of plant in the Chenopodiaceae family. It is Endemism to Saint Helena. Category:Flora of Saint Helena Its natural habitat is rocky shores....
  • Atriplex polycarpa
    Atriplex polycarpa

    Atriplex polycarpa is a plant in the Amaranthaceae family. It is native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico....
     – Allscale (Saltbush), Desert Saltbush, Cattle Saltbush, Cattle Spinach
  • Atriplex powellii – Powell's Saltbush
  • Atriplex praecox – Early Orache
  • Atriplex prostrata – Spear-leaved Orache, Thin-leaved Orache, Triangle Orache, "fat hen
    Fat Hen

    Fat hen or fat-hen is a common name for various plants with succulent or juicy leaves, often species that are used as a vegetable:* Aristolochia rotunda ...
    "
  • Atriplex pseudocampanulata
  • Atriplex pumilio R.Br.
  • Atriplex pusilla
    Atriplex pusilla

    Atriplex pusilla is a species of Atriplex known by the common names smooth saltbush and dwarf orach. It is native to the western United States from California to Idaho, where it grows in soil salinity and alkali soil, such as those near hot springs and ephemeral ponds....
  • Atriplex quadrivalvata
  • Atriplex quinii F.Muell.
  • Atriplex rhagodioides F.Muell.
  • Atriplex rosea
    Atriplex rosea

    Atriplex rosea is a species of Atriplex known by the common names tumbling saltbush, red orach, and tumbling orach. It is native to Eurasia but it is widespread elsewhere as an introduced species....
     – Tumbling Orache
  • Atriplex saccaria
  • Atriplex semibaccata
    Atriplex semibaccata

    Atriplex semibaccata is a creeping ground cover plant in the Amaranthaceae family that grows to around 180cm wide. It is tolerant of saline and dry conditions making it commonly used as an animal feed source in poorer agricultural areas....
     – Australian Saltbush, Berry Saltbush, Creeping Saltbush
  • Atriplex semilunaris
  • Atriplex serenana
    Atriplex serenana

    Atriplex serenana is a species of Atriplex known by the common names bractscale and stinking orach. It is native to California and Baja California, where it grows in Soil salinity and alkali soil such as those on Playa and beach bluffs....
  • Atriplex sibirica
  • Atriplex spinibractea
  • Atriplex spinifera
    Atriplex spinifera

    Atriplex spinifera is a species of Atriplex known by the common names spiny saltbush and spinescale saltbush. It is Endemism to California, where it grows in dry habitat with soil salinity, such as playa....
  • Atriplex spinulosa
  • Atriplex spongiosa F.Muell.
  • Atriplex stipitata
  • Atriplex sturtii
  • Atriplex suberecta
    Atriplex suberecta

    Atriplex suberecta is a species of Atriplex known by the common names sprawling saltbush and lagoon saltbush. It is native to Australia, but it can be found on other continents as an introduced species, including southern Africa and parts of North America....
    , or Peregrine Saltbush
  • Atriplex subspicata
    Atriplex subspicata

    Atriplex subspicata is a species of Atriplex known by the common names saline saltbush and halberdleaf orach. It is native to much of the United States and southern Canada, where it most often grows in Soil salinity and alkali soil....
  • Atriplex subtilis
  • Atriplex tatarica
  • Atriplex tenuissima
  • Atriplex texana
  • Atriplex torreyi
  • Atriplex tridentata
  • Atriplex truncata
    Atriplex truncata

    Atriplex truncata is a species of Atriplex known by the common names wedgeleaf saltbush, wedgescale, and wedge orach. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California to New Mexico, where it grows in habitats with Soil salinity such as playa....
     – Wedge-leaved Saltbush
  • Atriplex tularensis
    Atriplex tularensis

    Atriplex tularensis is an extremely rare species of Atriplex known by the common names Bakersfield smallscale, Tulare saltbush, and Tulare orach....
  • Atriplex turbinata
  • Atriplex vallicola
  • Atriplex velutinella F.Muell.
  • Atriplex vesicaria
    Atriplex vesicaria

    Atriplex vesicaria, commonly known as Bladder Saltbush, is a species of saltbush endemic to Australia....
     – Bladder Saltbush
  • Atriplex vestita
  • Atriplex wardii
  • Atriplex watsonii
    Atriplex watsonii

    Atriplex watsonii is a species of Atriplex known by the common name Watson's saltbush, or Watson's orach. It is native to the coastline of California and Baja California, where it grows in areas with Soil salinity, such as salt marshes and beach scrub, with other halophytes such as Distichlis spicata....
  • Atriplex welshii
  • Atriplex wolfii
  • Atriplex wrightii


Halimione portulacoides (Sea-purslane) and H. pedunculata (Pedunculate Sea-purslane) were formerly placed in Atriplex too. A. alba and A. viridis' are synonyms of Chenopodium album (White Goosefoot).

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External links and References

(1999): Orach. In: Oxford Companion to Food: 556. ISBN 0-19-211579-0 ISBN 0-89672-614-2 (2004): Saltbush lifts sheep meat vitamin content. Farming Ahead 153(October): 63. (2004): Variation within and between two saltbush species in plant composition and subsequent selection by sheep. Aust. J. Agr. Res.
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