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thickleaf orache, saline saltbush

Atriplex coulteri

Atriplex dioica

Flowering time June-September
Habitat Salt marshes, sea beaches and headlands, also inland on disturbed or saline ground;
Distribution
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Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington, but particularly common along the inner and outer marine coast; Yukon Territory to California, east to the Atlantic Coast.
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Origin Native
Conservation status Not of concern
Sibling taxa
A. argentea, A. canescens, A. dioica, A. gardneri, A. gmelinii, A. heterosperma, A. hortensis, A. littoralis, A. longipes, A. oblongifolia, A. patula, A. prostrata, A. rosea, A. semibaccata, A. truncata
A. argentea, A. canescens, A. gardneri, A. gmelinii, A. heterosperma, A. hortensis, A. littoralis, A. longipes, A. oblongifolia, A. patula, A. prostrata, A. rosea, A. semibaccata, A. truncata
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