. California range brushlands and browse plants. Browse (Animal food); Brush; Forage plants. Goosefoot or Saltbush Family (Chenopodiaceae) The goosefoot family includes annual and perennial herbs or shrubs that are succulent or woody stemmed, or have a scurfy or mealy texture to the leaves. Many are weeds, such as the Russian thistle (Salsola kali var. tenuifolia), and pigweed (Chenopodium album); some, like the beet and spinach are cultivated as vegetables. They frequently grow in saline or subsaline places. The leaves are simple, usually alternate, but sometimes op- posite, or occasionally r
. California range brushlands and browse plants. Browse (Animal food); Brush; Forage plants. Goosefoot or Saltbush Family (Chenopodiaceae) The goosefoot family includes annual and perennial herbs or shrubs that are succulent or woody stemmed, or have a scurfy or mealy texture to the leaves. Many are weeds, such as the Russian thistle (Salsola kali var. tenuifolia), and pigweed (Chenopodium album); some, like the beet and spinach are cultivated as vegetables. They frequently grow in saline or subsaline places. The leaves are simple, usually alternate, but sometimes op- posite, or occasionally reduced to scales. Flowers are usually greenish, small and inconspicuous, but the ar- rangement of many compact flower clusters may be quite conspicuous. Few species in this family are considered ornamental. However, the California Coastal native Brewer saltbush (Atriplex leutiformis var. breweri) is recommended for screens and hedges in gardens along the coast because of its capacity to thrive in pure sand, endure strong winds, and salt spray. Occasionally the attractive native desert holly (Atriplex hymenehjtra) is also seen in south- ern California gardens. In spite of the weedy nature of this family, and their little ornamental or commercial value, several genera contain important browse plants. The primary goosefoot genera include the saltbushes or shadscales (Atriplex), winter fat (Eurotia), and hop sage (Grayia). Secondary goosefoot genera are the greasewoods (Sarcobatus) and green molly (Kochia). Distribution of fourwing saltbush (Atriplex canescens), spiny saltbush (Atriplex confertifolia), and winter fat (Eurotia lunata).. Primary Goosefoot Genera SALTBUSHES OR SHADSCALES (Atriplex) These are usually grayish or whitish, scurfy herbs or shrubs. Leaves may be alternate or opposite. Male and female flowers are borne on the same or on separate plants. Small green flowers are borne in axillary clusters, compact, head-like clusters, or in panicled spikes. Fourwing saltbush,
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