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Chenopodiaceae
Atriplex

not marked as a favorite taxon Atriplex cristata Humboldt & Bonpland ex Willdenow. Common name: Seabeach Orach. Phenology: Jul-Nov. Habitat: Ocean beaches, island-end flats. Distribution: North Carolina to Florida, west to Texas; Mexico; West Indies; South America.

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Subgenus: Obione. Section: Obione. Subsection: Arenariae.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Taxonomy Comments: This species and A. mucronata are closely related, and have been variously treated as species, subspecies, varieties, and forms.

Synonymy ⓘ: = K1, POWO; = Atriplex pentandra (Jacq.) Standl. — Bah, FNA4, Mex, WH3; = Atriplex pentandra (Jacq.) Standl. ssp. pentandra; < Atriplex arenaria Nuttall — C, G, GW2, RAB, S, S13, Clemants (1992); > Atriplex cristata Humboldt & Bonpland ex Willdenow — NS; < Atriplex mucronata Raf. — K4; > Atriplex pentandra (Jacq.) Standl. — Tx; > Atriplex texana S. Watson — NS, Tx; > Atriplex wardii Standley — NS, Tx. Basionym: Atriplex cristata Humboldt & Bonpland ex Willdenow 1806

Links to other floras: = Atriplex pentandra - FNA4

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Great Plains: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)

Heliophily ⓘ: 9

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