Atriplex acanthocarpa (Torr.) S.Watson

• Region

  North America

• Country

  United States of America

• State/Province

  Texas

• County/Municipio

  San Patricio Co.

• Locality

  E of main road on McGregor Ranch / Nueces Delta Preserve, ca. 3.1 airmiles SSW of jct. US 77 and F.M. 631 at Odem. Odem Quadrangle

• Elevation

  Alt. 2 - 3 m. (7 - 10 ft.)

• Coordinates

  27.9114, -97.6077

• Distribution

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Atáplex acanthocarpa (Torr.) Wats.
SAN PATRICIO CO.: subshrub, apparently dioecious;
common in heavily grazed gas pipeline clearing
through mesquite-pricklypear shrubland on somewhat
saline day on slight rise between two fingers of
succulent-dominated salt marsh on occasionally
inundated heavier day, E of main road on McGregor
Ranch / Nueces Delta Preserve, ca. 3.1 airmiles SSW of
jet US 77 and F. M. 631 at Odem. Odem Quadrangle.
N27°54.68T, W097°36.463\ Elev. 5-10 ft
Associates include Buchloe dactyloides, Chloris c€ verticillata,
Echinocactus texensis, Isocoma dmmmondii, Mooanthochloe
littoralis, Opuntia lindheimeri, Prosopis gjandulosa, Rayjacksonia
phyllocephala, Sporobolus pyramidatus.
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