. Characteristics and hybridization of important intermountain shrubs. Chenopodiacae; Shrubs Great Basin. Distribution and Habitat: Gray molly usually occurs in saline or alkaline clay soil on plains and foothills between 1,570 to 1,830 meters (4,500 to 6,000 feet). Its range extends from southern Montana west to Oregon and south to New Mexico, Arizona and California. Use: Kochia amevicana is quite widely used as winter forage by sheep when it is sufficiently abundant (Kearney and Peebles 1960). Sampson and Jespersen (1963) gave this species a browse rating of fair to poor for sheep and goats;
. Characteristics and hybridization of important intermountain shrubs. Chenopodiacae; Shrubs Great Basin. Distribution and Habitat: Gray molly usually occurs in saline or alkaline clay soil on plains and foothills between 1,570 to 1,830 meters (4,500 to 6,000 feet). Its range extends from southern Montana west to Oregon and south to New Mexico, Arizona and California. Use: Kochia amevicana is quite widely used as winter forage by sheep when it is sufficiently abundant (Kearney and Peebles 1960). Sampson and Jespersen (1963) gave this species a browse rating of fair to poor for sheep and goats; poor to useless for deer; and useless for cattle and horses. In Utah, we have observed that Z. americana ssp. vestita may be closely grazed by sheep and cattle on winter ranges. Gray molly appears to have usefulness in revegetation of areas with a high salt concentration, particularly spent coal and oil shales. Trials are warranted on these kinds of sites but, as far as is knoun, have not been carried out. Kochia prostrata (prostrate kochia) Prostrate kochia is generally a long-lived, highly variable, woody-based subshrub. However, some ecotypes may be definite upright shrubs. It ranges from less than meter to over 1 meter in height (fig. 40). Ascending branches are covered with short to long woolly hairs. Leaves are flat, linear to filiform, and hairy. Flowers are borne in small clusters (glomerules) in the axils of slightly reduced leaves on the upper part of the stem. The perianth consists of a hairy, persistent calyx. As the fruit develops, the calyx forms dorsal appendages around it that are rounded, flat and tuberclelike, or oblong and winglike (Shishkin 1936). Blooming occurs from July to September. Seeds of prostrate kochia number approximately 500,000 per pound (1,102/g) (Keller and Bleak 1974). 32. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustr
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