. Circular. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. _ r ClBCULAR No. S. United States Department of Agriculture, DIVISION OF AGROSTOLOGY. SALTBUSHES. AUSTRALIAN SALTBUSHES. A considerable demand has arisen in the grazing regions of the West during the last decade for seeds of the various species of Australian ealtbush. These saltbushes are nearly all plants of the salsolaceous, or pigweed, family, which botanists for purposes of exact knowledge call the Chenopodiacese. There are over one hundred species of this family in Aus- tralia, and the ones which have come into promin
. Circular. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. _ r ClBCULAR No. S. United States Department of Agriculture, DIVISION OF AGROSTOLOGY. SALTBUSHES. AUSTRALIAN SALTBUSHES. A considerable demand has arisen in the grazing regions of the West during the last decade for seeds of the various species of Australian ealtbush. These saltbushes are nearly all plants of the salsolaceous, or pigweed, family, which botanists for purposes of exact knowledge call the Chenopodiacese. There are over one hundred species of this family in Aus- tralia, and the ones which have come into prominence as desirable forage plants grow wild upon the low plains and in the broad river valleys of the interior of that continent. They are plants which are spe- cially adapted by nature for growth in arid and semi arid regions where the annual rainfall is small and torrential, and where there are long periods of months and perhaps years when no rain Jails. Many of them grow on alkaline soil and along the margins of brackish or stagnant pools, and thrive where grasses and other more nutritious but less hardy forage plants will not grow. They are annuals, with small fleshy leaves and rigid harsh stems, and are protected by various. Fig. 1.—Australian saltbush (Atriplex semibaccata).. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States. Division of Agrostology. Washington, D. C. : The Division
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