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|name = ''Atriplex confertifolia'' |
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|regnum = [[Plant]]ae |
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|unranked_divisio = [[Angiosperms]] |
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| divisio = [[flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]] |
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|unranked_classis = [[Eudicots]] |
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| classis = [[dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]] |
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|unranked_ordo = [[Core eudicots]] |
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|ordo = [[Caryophyllales]] |
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|familia = [[Chenopodiaceae]] |
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| species = '''''A. confertifolia''''' |
|genus = ''[[Atriplex]]'' |
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|species = '''''A. confertifolia''''' |
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|binomial = ''Atriplex confertifolia'' |
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|binomial_authority = [[John Torrey|Torr.]] & [[John C. Frémont|Frém.]] |
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'''''Atriplex confertifolia''''' ('''Shadscale''') is a species of [[evergreen]] [[shrub]] in the [[Chenopodiaceae]] family, which is native to the western [[United States]]. |
'''''Atriplex confertifolia''''' ('''Shadscale''') is a species of [[evergreen]] [[shrub]] in the [[Chenopodiaceae]] family, which is native to the western [[United States]]. |
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Atriplex confertifolia (Shadscale) 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. It prefers sandy, well-drained soils and it is tolerant of moderately saline conditions. Its height varies from 1 to 3 feet. Compared to fourwing saltbush, shadscale has shorter and wider leaves and the fruit does not have four wings (although it may have two wings in a "V" shape).
Shadscale fruits and leaves provide important winter browse for both domestic livestock and native herbivores.