Index / Search / Atriplex cristata
§1 Plant
Atriplex cristata Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.
vernacular crested saltbush — species · Chenopodiaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Shrub, Subshrub
- Duration
- Annual, Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Chenopodiaceae Vent.
- Genus
- Atriplex
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- PR Puerto Rico Native
- VI U.S. Virgin Islands Native
County-level range
· 91 counties across 16 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 91 counties across 16 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Bay 12005
- Brevard 12009
- Broward 12011
- Collier 12021
- Duval 12031
- Flagler 12035
- Franklin 12037
- Lee 12071
- Levy 12075
- Manatee 12081
- Martin 12085
- Miami-Dade 12086
- Monroe 12087
- Nassau 12089
- Okaloosa 12091
- Palm Beach 12099
- Pinellas 12103
- Santa Rosa 12113
- Sarasota 12115
- St. Johns 12109
- St. Lucie 12111
- Taylor 12123
- Volusia 12127
Georgia view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 5 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 8 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 3 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 10 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ATCR2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3083694 ↗Record version
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