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Grass-leaved Orache

Atriplex littoralis

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist. — (c) ohwhen, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.

United States	40,392
Alaska	40,297
Canada	264
United Kingdom	127
England	100
Quebec	85
Nova Scotia	75
Germany	67
Prince Edward Island	60
New Brunswick	47

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

Subshrub growth formListed by a harvested source as having a subshrub growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
Forb or herb growth formListed by a harvested source as having a forb or herbaceous growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
Annual plantListed by a harvested source as having an annual life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
Perennial plantListed by a harvested source as having a perennial life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics

Classification

Kingdom	Plants · Plantae
Phylum	Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta
Class	Dicots · Magnoliopsida
Order	pinks, cactuses, and allies · Caryophyllales
Family	Amaranth family · Amaranthaceae
Genus	Saltbushes · Atriplex

Sources

Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
Traits: USDA PLANTS Characteristics (U.S. Government work / public domain)
How much to rely on each source

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