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Atriplex gmelinii

C.A. Mey. ex Bong.

Gmelin's Saltbush

G5Secure Found in 18 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →
G5SecureGlobal Rank
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.790785
Element CodePDCHE042X0
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusProvisional
Name CategoryVascular Plant
Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
KingdomPlantae
PhylumAnthophyta
ClassDicotyledoneae
OrderCaryophyllales
FamilyAmaranthaceae
GenusAtriplex
Other Common Names
Arroche de Gmelin (FR)
Concept Reference
Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2003b. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 4, Magnoliophyta: Caryophyllidae, part 1. Oxford University Press, New York. xxiv + 559 pp.
Taxonomic Comments
Flora of North America (2003) treatment of Atriplex gmelinii, which includes material treated by Kartesz (1999) as Atriplex alaskensis (FNA's A. gmelinii var. alaskensis) as well as material treated by Kartesz (1999) as Atriplex drymarioides (included by FNA in A. gmelinii var. gmelinii).
Conservation Status
Rank MethodExpertise without calculation
Review Date2016-08-27
Change Date2006-01-11
Ecology & Habitat
Other Nations (2)
CanadaN4
ProvinceRankNative
Northwest TerritoriesSHYes
British ColumbiaS4Yes
United StatesNNR
ProvinceRankNative
AlaskaS4Yes
OregonSNRYes
Plant Characteristics
Economic Value (Genus)No
Roadless Areas (18)
Alaska (18)
AreaForestAcres
College FiordChugach National Forest1,130,818
East KuiuTongass National Forest27,611
EudoraTongass National Forest195,022
Freshwater BayTongass National Forest44,933
KartaTongass National Forest52,117
KekuTongass National Forest10,869
North BaranofTongass National Forest314,089
North KruzofTongass National Forest33,146
North KupreanofTongass National Forest114,660
Point AugustaTongass National Forest15,482
Prince William Sound Is.Chugach National Forest118,698
RedoubtTongass National Forest68,347
RhineTongass National Forest23,010
Sitka SoundTongass National Forest13,459
Sitka UrbanTongass National Forest112,003
Soda BayTongass National Forest78,091
South RevillaTongass National Forest52,105
WhitestoneTongass National Forest5,638
References (3)
  1. Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2003b. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 4, Magnoliophyta: Caryophyllidae, part 1. Oxford University Press, New York. xxiv + 559 pp.
  2. Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
  3. Kartesz, J.T. 1999. A synonymized checklist and atlas with biological attributes for the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. First edition. In: Kartesz, J.T., and C.A. Meacham. Synthesis of the North American Flora, Version 1.0. North Carolina Botanical Garden, Chapel Hill, N.C.