. California range brushlands and browse plants. Browse (Animal food); Brush; Forage plants. grassland with Atriplex the dominant shrub. This plant feeds from a deep taproot in the sub-surface strata and puts out succulent, nutritious foliage in the fall months when other forage is dry. It blooms and seeds in late fall. This fall grow- ing habit and the ability to put out new growth in diy years when annual plants fail, makes this plant a 'sitting duck' for intensive year-round grazing practices. On the other hand, when browsed only to the extent of annual increment, the plants thrive, and I k
. California range brushlands and browse plants. Browse (Animal food); Brush; Forage plants. grassland with Atriplex the dominant shrub. This plant feeds from a deep taproot in the sub-surface strata and puts out succulent, nutritious foliage in the fall months when other forage is dry. It blooms and seeds in late fall. This fall grow- ing habit and the ability to put out new growth in diy years when annual plants fail, makes this plant a 'sitting duck' for intensive year-round grazing practices. On the other hand, when browsed only to the extent of annual increment, the plants thrive, and I know of stands that have been pastured on this basis as long as I can remember. ... If I were run- ning things in the interests of long term human welfare the Atriplex would be given back a big portion of its former ; Browse rating. Good for deer; good to fair for cattle, sheep, and goats; and fair for horses. The browse ratings would be higher than those given if this valuable plant were more widelv distributed. Secondary Saltbush Species nuttall saltbush (Atriplex nuttallu var. falcata). Low leafy subshrub, 1 to 2 feet high, woody only at the base, with rigid gray or whitish branches. Leaves linear or oblong-spatulate, 1 to 2 inches long, with or without short stalks, margins entire; gray scurfy. Male and female flowers on different plants in leafless panicled spikes. Fruiting bracts lanceolate to lance-ovate, % to % inch long, united around the seed to near the tip, entire, or toothed and wartv. Distribution. This variety has been reported only on dry alkaline flats in Lassen County, California. It is com- mon, however, north to eastern Washington, and in the Intermountain and Rockv Mountain regions to the east. Economic value. Nuttall saltbush is so highly relished by sheep that unless the stand is grazed conservatively it is soon thinned out. It has strong seed habits, however, and depleted ranges usually respond well to a period of rest, or to deferred and rota
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