Atriplex canescens (or chamiso, chamiza, four-wing saltbush) is a species of evergreen shrub in the family Amaranthaceae (subfamily Chenopodioideae) native to the western and midwestern United States.

Fourwing saltbush (Atriplex canescens) By Walter Fertig. Fourwing saltbush is a nondescript shrubby member of the goosefoot family (Chenopodiaceae) that ranges across much of the southern Great Plains, Great Basin, and desert southwest.

Its leaves are simple, alternate, entire, linear-spatulate to narrowly oblong, canescent (covered with fine whitish hairs) and 1⁄2 to 2 inches long. Its root system is branched and commonly very deep reaching depths of up to 6 m (20 ft) when soil depth allows (Kearney et al., 1960).

Atriplex canescens provides excellent habitat for small ground birds, particularly quail and is a favorite browse for wildlife and livestock including goats and sheep. In Southwest Desert Flora also see: Australian Saltbush, Atriplex semibaccata , Desertholly, Atriplex hymenelytra , Griffiths Saltbush, Atriplex torreyi var. griffithsii ...

Long-lived, Atriplex canescens (Four-Wing Saltbush) is a semi-evergreen shrub of upright, mounding habit with stout, branched stems clothed with alternate, narrowly oblong leaves, up to 2 in. long (5 cm), covered with fine silvery-white hairs.

Atriplex canescens is a shrub that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in North America and beyond.

There are six currently accepted varieties of fourwing saltbush: angustifolia, canescens, gigantea, laciniata, linearis and macilenta. Hybridization is also common among Atriplex species including between woody and herbaceous species (Stutz, 1984).

Atriplex canescens (Chamiso, Chamiza, Four wing saltbush, Four-wing saltbush, Fourwing saltbush) is a species of evergreen shrub in the Amaranthaceae family, which is native to the western United States. Fourwing saltbush has a highly variable form, and readily hybridizes with several other species in the Atriplex genus.

This prolific plant is native to most of the arid west at elevations from sea level to 8000 feet. This fast-growing and long-lived shrub has a naturally dense, rounded form. It is evergreen, with narrow gray-green leaves. Male and female flowers, both inconspicuous, are produced on different plants.

2020年11月6日 · A sheet of Atriplex canescens, noted as “a shrub,” taken by Nuttall on the 1810 Missouri River expedition is extant in the Lambert herbarium (PH). It bears several, obviously shrubby, staminate flowering branches, but the only pistillate branch is very immature.