Bulletin of the of Agriculture . s, and in general the use of this saltbush for range purposes wasnot considered a success. However, some of the plantings along the 122221°—19—Bull. 617 2 BULLETIN 617, U. S. DEPARTMENT OE AGRICULTURE. coastal region about Los Angeles and San Diego seem to have doneexceptionally well, and from these plantings it promptly escaped,spreading over range lands and waste places throughout the coastalarea and islands from the Mexican border on the south to the SalinasValley on the north. There it constitutes a real asset, providingpasturage at a season w
Bulletin of the of Agriculture . s, and in general the use of this saltbush for range purposes wasnot considered a success. However, some of the plantings along the 122221°—19—Bull. 617 2 BULLETIN 617, U. S. DEPARTMENT OE AGRICULTURE. coastal region about Los Angeles and San Diego seem to have doneexceptionally well, and from these plantings it promptly escaped,spreading over range lands and waste places throughout the coastalarea and islands from the Mexican border on the south to the SalinasValley on the north. There it constitutes a real asset, providingpasturage at a season when most other forage plants are the actual outcome of the introduction of Australian saltbush isvery different from early high hopes and predictions, the facts justifythe conclusion that its introduction has proved a benefit to thoseareas where it has become naturalized. DESCRIPTION OF THE The Australian saltbush is a semiwoody, prostrate perennial,forming a dense mass 6 to 12 inches thick. (Fig. 1.) The leaves are. Fig. 1.—A plant of Australian saltbush (Atriplex semibaccata) grown in a grass rjardsn. linear, 1 inch long, and coarsely toothed along the margins. Theseed is small and inclosed in a pair of fleshy foliaceous bracts whichbecome red as the fruit matures. The plants are perhaps long-lived i In newspapers and popular magazines, the Rosy saltbush (Atriplex rosea) has been confused with theAustralian saltbush (Atriplex semibaccata). Rosy saltbush is an annual, native to Europe, and much resem-bles in appearance and habits the common tumbleweed. In the last 15 years it has spread with great ra-pidity over nearly all of the semiarid States. It prefers alkaline soil, but spreads as a weed on all farm lands,much as does the Russian thistle. In the East it is a rather rare weed in waste places and appeared inNew York and New Jersey as early as 1879. In the West it was found in Wyoming in 1897 and in Oregonand Washington in 1901. Since then it ha
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