Atriplex is a plant genus

Genus

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 of 100-200 species

Species

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, known by the common names of saltbush and orache (or orach). The genus is quite variable and widely distributed. It includes many desert and seashore plants and halophyte

Halophyte

A halophyte is a plant that grows where it is affected by salinity in the root area or by salt spray, such as in saline semi-deserts, mangrove swamps, marshes and sloughs, and seashores. An example of a halophyte is the salt marsh grass Spartina alterniflora . Relatively few plant species are...

s, as well as plants of moist environments. The goosefoot subfamily (Chenopodioideae

Chenopodioideae

The Chenopodioideae is a subfamily of the flowering plant family Amaranthaceae, formerly classified in family Chenopodiaceae.Food species include several Chenopodium species , Orache , and Spinach .-Genera:The subfamily includes about 25 genera.* Tribus Atripliceae C. A...

) of the Amaranthaceae

Amaranthaceae

The flowering plant family Amaranthaceae, the Amaranth family, contains about 176 genera and 2,400 species.- Description :Most of these species are herbs or subshrubs; very few are trees or climbers. Some species are succulent....

, in which the genus Atriplex is placed in the APG II system

APG II system

The APG II system of plant classification is the second, now obsolete, version of a modern, mostly molecular-based, system of plant taxonomy that was published in April 2003 by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group. It was a revision of the first APG system, published in 1998, and was superseded in 2009...

, was formerly considered a distinct family

Family (biology)

In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...

 (Chenopodiaceae).

The generic name originated in Latin

Latin

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 and was applied by Pliny the Elder

Pliny the Elder

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 to the edible oraches.

Saltbushes are extremely tolerant

Halophyte

A halophyte is a plant that grows where it is affected by salinity in the root area or by salt spray, such as in saline semi-deserts, mangrove swamps, marshes and sloughs, and seashores. An example of a halophyte is the salt marsh grass Spartina alterniflora . Relatively few plant species are...

 of salt

Salt

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 content in the ground: their name derives from the fact that they retain salt in their leaves, which makes them of great use in areas affected by soil salination

Soil salination

Soil salinity is the salt content in the soil.- Causes of soil salinity :Salt-affected soils are caused by excess accumulation of salts, typically most pronounced at the soil surface. Salts can be transported to the soil surface by capillary transport from a salt laden water table and then...

.

Atriplex species are used as food plants by the larvae

Caterpillar

Caterpillars are the larval form of members of the order Lepidoptera . They are mostly herbivorous in food habit, although some species are insectivorous. Caterpillars are voracious feeders and many of them are considered to be pests in agriculture...

 of some Lepidoptera

Lepidoptera

Lepidoptera is a large order of insects that includes moths and butterflies . It is one of the most widespread and widely recognizable insect orders in the world, encompassing moths and the three superfamilies of butterflies, skipper butterflies, and moth-butterflies...

 species; see the list of Lepidoptera which feed on Atriplex. For spider

Spider

Spiders are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, and chelicerae with fangs that inject venom. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species diversity among all other groups of organisms...

s such as Phidippus californicus

Phidippus californicus

Phidippus californicus is a species of jumping spider. It is found in the southwestern USA Phidippus californicus is a species of jumping spider. It is found in the southwestern USA Phidippus californicus is a species of jumping spider. It is found in the southwestern USA (Arizona, New Mexico,...

and other arthropod

Arthropod

An arthropod is an invertebrate animal having an exoskeleton , a segmented body, and jointed appendages. Arthropods are members of the phylum Arthropoda , and include the insects, arachnids, crustaceans, and others...

s, saltbush plants offer opportunities to hide and hunt in habitat

Habitat

* Habitat , a place where a species lives and grows*Human habitat, a place where humans live, work or play** Space habitat, a space station intended as a permanent settlement...

 that is otherwise often quite barren.

Use by humans

Many species are edible. However, the favored species for human consumption is Garden Orache (A. hortensis). Use of Atriplex as food is known since at least the late Epipaleolithic

Epipaleolithic

The Epipaleolithic Age was a period in the development of human technology marked by more advanced stone blades and other tools than the earlier Paleolithic age, although still before the development of agriculture in the Neolithic age...

 (Mesolithic). The Ertebølle culture

Ertebølle culture

The Ertebølle culture is the name of a hunter-gatherer and fisher, pottery-making culture dating to the end of the Mesolithic period. The culture was concentrated in Southern Scandinavia, but genetically linked to strongly related cultures in Northern Germany and the Northern Netherlands...

 presumably used Common Orache (A. patula

Atriplex patula

Atriplex patula L. is a ruderal, circumboreal species of annual herbaceous plants in the genus Atriplex naturalized in many temperate regions....

) as a vegetable (A. patula is attested as an archaeophyte

Archaeophyte

An archaeophyte is a plant species which is non-native to a geographical region, but which was an introduced species in "ancient" times, rather than being a modern introduction. Those arriving after are called neophytes...

 in northern Europe). In the biblical

Hebrew Bible

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 Book of Job

Book of Job

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, mallûḥa (מַלּ֣וּחַ, probably Mediterranean Saltbush, A. halimus, the major culinary saltbush in the region) is mentioned as food eaten by social outcasts . Grey Saltbush (A. cinerea

Atriplex cinerea

Atriplex cinerea is a species of plant in the Chenopodiaceae family. It occurs in sheltered coastal areas and around salt lakes in the Australian states of Western Australia, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and New South Wales....

) is used as bushfood

Bushfood

Bushfood traditionally relates to any food native to Australia and used as sustenance by the original inhabitants, the Australian Aborigines, but it is a reference to any native fauna/flora that is used for culinary and/or medicinal purposes regardless of which continent or culture it originates...

 in Australia

Australia

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 since prehistoric times.
Chamiso (A. canescens) and Shadscale (A. confertifolia) were eaten by Native Americans

Indigenous peoples of the Americas

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, and Spearscale (A. hastata) was a food in rural Eurasia

Eurasia

Eurasia is a continent or supercontinent comprising the traditional continents of Europe and Asia ; covering about 52,990,000 km2 or about 10.6% of the Earth's surface located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres...

.

The Garden Orache (A. hortensis

Atriplex hortensis

Atriplex hortensis, also known as Garden Orache, Red Orach, Mountain Spinach, French Spinach, or simply "orache" or arrach, is a hardy, annual plant, with an erect, branching stem, varying in height from two to six feet, according to the variety and soil...

), also called Red Orach, Mountain Spinach, or French Spinach, is an annual leaf vegetable

Leaf vegetable

Leaf vegetables, also called potherbs, green vegetables, greens, leafy greens or salad greens, are plant leaves eaten as a vegetable, sometimes accompanied by tender petioles and shoots...

 with a salt

Salt

In chemistry, salts are ionic compounds that result from the neutralization reaction of an acid and a base. They are composed of cations and anions so that the product is electrically neutral...

y, spinach

Spinach

Spinach is an edible flowering plant in the family of Amaranthaceae. It is native to central and southwestern Asia. It is an annual plant , which grows to a height of up to 30 cm. Spinach may survive over winter in temperate regions...

-like taste.
The plant grows 1–2 m (3–6 ft) in height and the leaves are used cooked or in salad

Salad

Salad is any of a wide variety of dishes, including vegetable salads; salads of pasta, legumes, eggs, or grains; mixed salads incorporating meat, poultry, or seafood; and fruit salads. They may include a mixture of cold and hot, often including raw vegetables or fruits.Green salads include leaf...

s. It was commonly grown in Mediterranean regions from early times until spinach

Spinach

Spinach is an edible flowering plant in the family of Amaranthaceae. It is native to central and southwestern Asia. It is an annual plant , which grows to a height of up to 30 cm. Spinach may survive over winter in temperate regions...

 became the more favored leaf vegetable. The leaves can come in red, white and green varieties. The green leaves were once used to color pasta

Pasta

Pasta is a staple food of traditional Italian cuisine, now of worldwide renown. It takes the form of unleavened dough, made in Italy, mostly of durum wheat , water and sometimes eggs. Pasta comes in a variety of different shapes that serve for both decoration and to act as a carrier for the...

 in Italy

Italy

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. Another common use of orach is to balance out the acidic flavor of sorrel

Sorrel

Common sorrel or garden sorrel , often simply called sorrel, is a perennial herb that is cultivated as a garden herb or leaf vegetable...

.

Meat from sheep which have grazed on saltbush has surprisingly high levels of vitamin E

Vitamin E

Vitamin E is used to refer to a group of fat-soluble compounds that include both tocopherols and tocotrienols. There are many different forms of vitamin E, of which γ-tocopherol is the most common in the North American diet. γ-Tocopherol can be found in corn oil, soybean oil, margarine and dressings...

, is leaner and more hydrated than regular lamb

Domestic sheep

Sheep are quadrupedal, ruminant mammals typically kept as livestock. Like all ruminants, sheep are members of the order Artiodactyla, the even-toed ungulates. Although the name "sheep" applies to many species in the genus Ovis, in everyday usage it almost always refers to Ovis aries...

 and has consumer appeal equal to grain-fed lamb. The vitamin E levels could have animal health benefits while extending the shelf-life and maintaining the fresh red colour of saltbush lamb. This effect has been demonstrated for Old Man Saltbush (A. nummularia

Atriplex nummularia

Atriplex nummularia is a species of saltbush known by the common names old man saltbush, bluegreen saltbush, and giant saltbush. It is native to Australia, occurring in Western Australia, South Australia, the Northern Territory, Victoria, New South Wales, and Queensland...

) and River Saltbush (A. amnicola

Atriplex amnicola

Atriplex amnicola, commonly known as river saltbush or swamp saltbush, is a species of shrub in the Amaranthaceae family. Endemic to Western Australia, it is native to the floodplains of the Murchison and Gascoyne Rivers....

). For reasons unknown, sheep seem to prefer the more fibrous, less nutritious River Saltbush.

Saltbushes are also used as an ornamental plant

Ornamental plant

Ornamental plants are plants that are grown for decorative purposes in gardens and landscape design projects, as house plants, for cut flowers and specimen display...

 in landscaping

Landscape

Landscape comprises the visible features of an area of land, including the physical elements of landforms such as mountains, hills, water bodies such as rivers, lakes, ponds and the sea, living elements of land cover including indigenous vegetation, human elements including different forms of...

 and can be used to prevent soil erosion in coastal areas. Old Man Saltbush has also been successfully used to rehabilitate old mining sites around Lightning Ridge

Lightning Ridge, New South Wales

Lightning Ridge is a town in north-western New South Wales, Australia, in Walgett Shire, near the southern border of Queensland. The Lightning Ridge area is a world epicentre of the mining of black opals and other opal gemstones. Lightning Ridge has the largest known deposits of black opals in the...

 (Australia).

Selected species

• Atriplex acadiensis – Maritime Saltbush
• Atriplex acanthocarpa
• Atriplex acutibractea
• Atriplex acutiloba
• Atriplex alaskensis – Alaska Orache
• Atriplex amnicola
  Atriplex amnicola
  Atriplex amnicola, commonly known as river saltbush or swamp saltbush, is a species of shrub in the Amaranthaceae family. Endemic to Western Australia, it is native to the floodplains of the Murchison and Gascoyne Rivers....
  
  – River Saltbush, Swamp Saltbush
• Atriplex angulata
• Atriplex × aptera
• Atriplex argentea
  Atriplex argentea
  Atriplex argentea is a species of saltbush known by the common names silverscale saltbush and silver orache. It is native to western North America from southern Canada to northern Mexico, where it grows in many types of habitat, generally on saline soils.-Description:Atriplex argentea is an annual...
  
  – Silvery Saltbush
• Atriplex asterocarpa
• Atriplex australasica
• Atriplex barclayana
• Atriplex billardierei
• Atriplex bonnevillensis
• Atriplex bunburyana
  Atriplex bunburyana
  Atriplex bunburyana, commonly known as Silver Saltbush, is a species of saltbush endemic to Western Australia.-Description:It grows as an erect shrub up to a metre high, with slender branches that are often straight and rigid...
  
  F.Muell.
• Atriplex californica
  Atriplex californica
  Atriplex californica is a species of saltbush known by the common name California saltbush, or California orache. It is native to coastal California and Baja California, where it grows in areas with saline soils, such as beaches and salt marshes.-Description:Atriplex californica is a perennial herb...
  
  
• Atriplex calotheca
• Atriplex canescens
  Atriplex canescens
  Atriplex canescens, Chamiso, Chamiza, Four wing saltbush, Four-wing saltbush, and Fourwing saltbush, is a species of evergreen shrub in the Amaranthaceae family, which is native to the western and mid-western United States....
  
  – Chamiso, Chamiza, Four-winged Saltbush, Grey Sagebrush
• Atriplex cephalantha
• Atriplex cinerea
  Atriplex cinerea
  Atriplex cinerea is a species of plant in the Chenopodiaceae family. It occurs in sheltered coastal areas and around salt lakes in the Australian states of Western Australia, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and New South Wales....
  
  – Grey Saltbush, truganini
• Atriplex codonocarpa
• Atriplex conduplicata F.Muell.
• Atriplex confertifolia
  Atriplex confertifolia
  Atriplex confertifolia is a species of evergreen shrub in the Chenopodiaceae family, which is native to the western United States.-Habitat:Shadscale is a common, often dominant, shrub in the lowest and driest areas of the Great Basin...
  
  – Shadscale (Saltbush)
• Atriplex cordifolia
• Atriplex cordulata
  Atriplex cordulata
  Atriplex cordulata is a species of saltbush known by the common names heartscale and heart-leaf orache. It is endemic to the Central Valley and its San Joaquin Valley of California, where it grows in areas of saline and alkaline soils....
  
  
• Atriplex cornigera
• Atriplex coronata
  Atriplex coronata
  Atriplex coronata is a species of saltbush known by the common name crownscale. It is endemic to California, where it grows in areas of saline and alkaline soils in the Central Valley, nearby mountain slopes, and south coast.-Description:...
  
  
• Atriplex corrugata
• Atriplex coulteri
  Atriplex coulteri
  Atriplex coulteri is a species of saltbush known by the common names Coulter's saltbush and Coulter's orache.It is native to coastal southern California and northern Baja California, where it is quite rare...
  
  
• Atriplex crassipes
• Atriplex cristata
• Atriplex cryptocarpa
• Atriplex cuneata
• Atriplex depressa
  Atriplex depressa
  Atriplex depressa is a species of saltbush known by the common names brittlescale and depressed orache. It is sometimes treated as a variety of Atriplex parishii....
  
  
• Atriplex dioica – Thick-leaved Orache, Saline Saltbush
• Atriplex drymarioides
• Atriplex eardleyae
• Atriplex eichleri
• Atriplex elachophylla F.Muell.
• Atriplex elegans
  Atriplex elegans
  Atriplex elegans is a species of saltbush known by the common name wheelscale saltbush, or simply wheelscale. It is native to the Southwestern United States, and northern Mexico, where it grows in areas of saline or alkaline soils, such as alkali flats and desert dry lakebeds.-Description:This is...
  
  
• Atriplex erecticaulis
• Atriplex exilifolia F.Muell.
• Atriplex falcata – Sickle Saltbush
• Atriplex fissivalvis F.Muell.
• Atriplex flabelliformis
• Atriplex franktonii – Frankton's Saltbush
• Atriplex fruticulosa
  Atriplex fruticulosa
  Atriplex fruticulosa is a species of saltbush known by the common names ball saltbush and little oak orach.It is endemic to California, where it grows in several types of habitat, usually in areas of saline or alkaline soils....
  
  
• Atriplex gardneri – Gardner's Saltbush, Moundscale
• Atriplex garrettii
• Atriplex glabriuscula – Northeastern Saltbush, Babington's Orache, Smooth Orache, Scotland Orache, Glabrous Orache
• Atriplex gmelinii – Gmelin's Saltbush
• Atriplex graciliflora
• Atriplex griffithsii – Griffith's Saltbush (sometimes included in A. lentiformis or A. torreyi)
• Atriplex halimus
  Atriplex halimus
  Atriplex halimus is a species of fodder shrub in the Amaranthaceae family, which is native to Europe and Northern Africa, including the Sahara in Morocco....
  
  – Mediterranean Saltbush, Sea Orache, Shrubby Orache
• Atriplex hastata – Halberd-leaved Orache, Spearscale (often included in A. patula)
• Atriplex heterosperma – Two-scaled Orache
• Atriplex holocarpa F.Muell.
• Atriplex hortensis
  Atriplex hortensis
  Atriplex hortensis, also known as Garden Orache, Red Orach, Mountain Spinach, French Spinach, or simply "orache" or arrach, is a hardy, annual plant, with an erect, branching stem, varying in height from two to six feet, according to the variety and soil...
  
  – Garden Orache, Red Orach, Mountain Spinach, French Spinach
• Atriplex humifusa
• Atriplex humilis F.Muell.
• Atriplex hymenelytra
  Atriplex hymenelytra
  Atriplex hymenelytra is a species of saltbush known by the common name desert holly. Desert holly is native to the Southwestern United States, California, Baja California, and northwestern Mexico. -Description:...
  
  – Desert Holly
• Atriplex hymenotheca
• Atriplex hypoleuca
• Atriplex incrassata F.Muell.
• Atriplex infrequens
• Atriplex intermedia
• Atriplex isatidea
• Atriplex joaquiniana
  Atriplex joaquiniana
  Atriplex joaquiniana is a species of saltbush known by the common name San Joaquin saltbush.-Distribution:It is endemic to California, where it grows in alkaline soils in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta and adjacent parts of the Central Valley and eastern Central Coast...
  
  
• Atriplex johnsonii
• Atriplex johnstonii
• Atriplex klebergorum
• Atriplex kochiana Maiden
• Atriplex laciniata – Frosted Orache
• Atriplex lampa
• Atriplex lanfrancoi
• Atriplex latifolia
• Atriplex lentiformis
  Atriplex lentiformis
  Atriplex lentiformis is a species of saltbush.-Distribution:...
  
  – Quail Bush
  • Atriplex lentiformis ssp. breweri – Brewer's Saltbrush

• Atriplex leptocarpa F.Muell.
• Atriplex leucophylla
  Atriplex leucophylla
  Atriplex leucophylla is a species of saltbush known by the common names beach saltbush and white orache. It is native to the coastline of California and Baja California, and the Channel Islands, where it is a resident of beach dunes and other sandy areas.-Description:This is a short, sprawling...
  
  
• Atriplex limbata
• Atriplex lindleyi
  Atriplex lindleyi
  Atriplex lindleyi is a species of saltbush known by the common name Lindley's saltbush. It is native to Australia, where it is widespread, especially in dry areas...
  
  
• Atriplex littoralis – Grass-leaved Orache, Tropical Saltbush
• Atriplex lobativalvis F.Muell.
• Atriplex longipes – Long-stalked Orache
• Atriplex macropterocarpa
• Atriplex matamorensis
• Atriplex maximowicziana – Maximowicz's Saltbush
• Atriplex micrantha
• Atriplex minuscula
• Atriplex minuticarpa
• Atriplex morrisii
• Atriplex muelleri
• Atriplex nana
• Atriplex navajoensis
• Atriplex nessorhina
• Atriplex nitens
• Atriplex nudicaulis – Baltic Saltbush
• Atriplex nummularia
  Atriplex nummularia
  Atriplex nummularia is a species of saltbush known by the common names old man saltbush, bluegreen saltbush, and giant saltbush. It is native to Australia, occurring in Western Australia, South Australia, the Northern Territory, Victoria, New South Wales, and Queensland...
  
  – Old Man Saltbush, Giant Saltbush
• Atriplex nuttallii – Nuttall's Saltbush
• Atriplex obconica
• Atriplex oblongifolia – Oblong-leaved Orache
• Atriplex obovata
• Atriplex pachypoda
• Atriplex pacifica
  Atriplex pacifica
  Atriplex pacifica is a species of saltbush known by the common names Davidson's saltbush, South Coast saltbush, and Pacific orach....
  
  
• Atriplex paludosa
  Atriplex paludosa
  Atriplex paludosa, commonly known as Marsh Saltbush, is a species of saltbush endemic to Australia.-Description:It grows as an erect shrub up to a metre high...
  
  R.Br.
• Atriplex papillata
• Atriplex parishii
  Atriplex parishii
  Atriplex parishii is an uncommon species of saltbush known by the common names Parish's saltbush and Parish's brittlescale. It is native to central and southern California where it can occasionally be found along the immediate coastline, and the Channel Islands...
  
  
• Atriplex parryi
  Atriplex parryi
  Atriplex parryi is a species of saltbush known by the common name Parry's saltbush. It is native to the deserts and plateaus of eastern California and western Nevada....
  
  
• Atriplex patula
  Atriplex patula
  Atriplex patula L. is a ruderal, circumboreal species of annual herbaceous plants in the genus Atriplex naturalized in many temperate regions....
  
  – Common Orache, Spreading Orache
• Atriplex persistens
• Atriplex phyllostegia
  Atriplex phyllostegia
  Atriplex phyllostegia is a species of saltbush known by the common names arrowscale, leafcover saltweed, and Truckee orach...
  
  
• Atriplex plebeja
  Atriplex plebeja
  Atriplex plebeja is a species of plant in the Chenopodiaceae family. It is endemic to Tristan da Cunha, including Inaccessible and Nightingale Islands. Its natural habitat is rocky shores. It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:...
  
  
• Atriplex polycarpa
  Atriplex polycarpa
  Atriplex polycarpa is a plant in the Amaranthaceae family.It is native to the Southwestern United States, California, and northern Mexico.-External links:***...
  
  – Allscale (Saltbush), Desert Saltbush, Cattle Saltbush, Cattle Spinach
• Atriplex powellii – Powell's Saltbush
• Atriplex praecox – Early Orache
• Atriplex prostrata – Spear-leaved Orache, Thin-leaved Orache, Triangle Orache, "fat hen
  Fat Hen
  Fat hen or fat-hen may refer to:* Hen and chicks, common name for a group of small succulent flowering plants native to Europe and northern Africa* Fat Hen, common name for Aristolochia rotunda , a perennial herb native to Southern Europe...
  
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• Atriplex pseudocampanulata
• Atriplex pumilio R.Br.
• Atriplex pusilla
  Atriplex pusilla
  Atriplex pusilla is a species of saltbush known by the common names smooth saltbush and dwarf orach. It is native to the Northwestern United States from California to Idaho, where it grows in saline and alkaline soils, such as those near hot springs and ephemeral ponds.-Description:This is a small...
  
  
• Atriplex quadrivalvata
• Atriplex quinii F.Muell.
• Atriplex rhagodioides F.Muell.
• Atriplex rosea
  Atriplex rosea
  Atriplex rosea is a species of saltbush known by the common names tumbling saltbush, red orach, and tumbling orach. It is native to Eurasia but it is widespread elsewhere as an introduced species....
  
  – Tumbling Orache
• Atriplex saccaria
• Atriplex semibaccata
  Atriplex semibaccata
  Atriplex semibaccata is native to Australia commonly found in coastal regions from Victoria to Cardwell in Queensland. It has a prostrate growing ground cover plant in the Amaranthaceae family that grows to around 180 cm wide and flowers year round...
  
  – Australian Saltbush, Berry Saltbush, Creeping Saltbush
• Atriplex semilunaris
• Atriplex serenana
  Atriplex serenana
  Atriplex serenana is a species of saltbush known by the common names bractscale and stinking orach. It is native to California and Baja California, where it grows in saline and alkaline soils such as those on alkali flats and beach bluffs....
  
  
• Atriplex sibirica
• Atriplex spinibractea
• Atriplex spinifera
  Atriplex spinifera
  Atriplex spinifera is a species of saltbush known by the common names spiny saltbush and spinescale saltbush.It is endemic to California, where it grows in dry habitat with saline soils, such as salt flats...
  
  
• Atriplex spinulosa
• Atriplex spongiosa F.Muell.
• Atriplex stipitata
• Atriplex sturtii
• Atriplex suberecta
  Atriplex suberecta
  Atriplex suberecta is a species of saltbush known by the common names sprawling saltbush and lagoon saltbush. It is native to Australia.-Distribution:...
  
  , or Peregrine Saltbush
• Atriplex subspicata
  Atriplex subspicata
  Atriplex subspicata is a species of saltbush known by the common names saline saltbush and halberdleaf orach. It is native to much of the United States and southern Canada, where it most often grows in saline and alkaline soils.-Description:...
  
  
• Atriplex subtilis
• Atriplex tatarica
• Atriplex tenuissima
• Atriplex texana
• Atriplex torreyi
• Atriplex tridentata
• Atriplex truncata
  Atriplex truncata
  Atriplex truncata is a species of saltbush known by the common names wedgeleaf saltbush, wedgescale, and wedge orach.It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California and to New Mexico...
  
  – Wedge-leaved Saltbush
• Atriplex tularensis
  Atriplex tularensis
  Atriplex tularensis is an extremely rare species of saltbush known by the common names Bakersfield smallscale, Tulare saltbush, and Tulare orach.-Distribution:...
  
  
• Atriplex turbinata
• Atriplex vallicola
• Atriplex velutinella F.Muell.
• Atriplex vesicaria
  Atriplex vesicaria
  Atriplex vesicaria, commonly known as Bladder Saltbush, is a species of saltbush endemic to Australia.-Description:It grows as an erect or sprawling shrub up to a metre high. Leaves are oval in shape, five to 25 millimetres long, and 3 to 15 millimetres wide.-Taxonomy:The species was first...
  
  – Bladder Saltbush
• Atriplex vestita
• Atriplex wardii
• Atriplex watsonii
  Atriplex watsonii
  Atriplex watsonii is a species of saltbush known by the common name Watson's saltbush, or Watson's orach. It is native to the coastline of California and Baja California, where it grows in coastal areas with saline soils, such as salt marshes and beach scrub, with other halophytes such as saltgrass...
  
  
• Atriplex welshii
• Atriplex wolfii
• Atriplex wrightii