salt brush

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    Salt brush, more commonly called saltbush, is most likely a reference to a common western plant also known as the four wing saltbush or chamiza. Although it is a native species, it is commonly associated with disturbed sites, such as overgrazed land or high-use recreation areas.

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    "Atriplex canescens, fourwing saltbush, Zion National Park, January 5, 2013" by k rupp is licensed under CC BY.

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    Sanderson, Stewart C., and E. Durant. McArthur
         2004   Fourwing Saltbush (Atriplex Canescens) Seed Transfer Zones. General technical
             report RMRS, GTR-125; Fort Collins: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky
             Mountain Research Station.

    Stevenson, Matilda Coxe
         1915   Ethnobotany of the Zuñi Indians. Annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology
             to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 30th paper no. 1. Washington: G.P.O..