UCR - University of California, Riverside Herbarium - Vascular Plants (UCR)
UCR-BPS-262864
UCR-262864
Atriplex canescens (Pursh) Nutt.
Chenopodiaceae
A.C. Sanders (2018)
Sarah J. De Groot
7274
2014-08-23
2014-8-23
Naomi Fraga, Cheryl Sevilla, Silvia Olivares
United States, California, San Bernardino, south of Mountain Pass off end of Bailey Road, c. 0.6 miles from Hwy I-15, in the north end of th Mescal Range. About 1100 m northeast of Hardrock Queen Spring
35.45808 -115.52539
T16N R13E sec24
1450 meters (4756ft)
Rolling Hills, area generally sloping c. 4°, facin N7W. Gravelly and rocky soil. Wash draining north-northeast. Older Quaternary alluvium in wash, hills of Pre-Cambrian granite augen gneiss complex. Assoc. with Yucca brevifolia, Y. schidigera, Y. baccata, Ambrosia salsola, Cpoleogyne ramosissima, Amsonia tomentosa, Purshia, Ericameria linearifolia, Acacia greggii, Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa, Prunus fasciculata, Menodora spinescens, Eriastrum, Salvia dorrii, Senecio flaccidus, Opuntia basilaris, Fallugia paradoxa, Juniperus osteosperma, Gutierrezia microcephala.
Fruiting
Shrub, 2-7 ft tall. Scattered but frequent, about 150 plants over 6 acres.