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Latin Name	Common Name	Habit	Height	Hardiness	Growth	Soil	Shade	Moisture	Edible	Medicinal	Other
Atriplex argentea	Silvery Orach, Silverscale saltbush, Stalked saltbush	Annual	0.5	0-0		LM	N	M	2	2	2
Atriplex argentea expansa	Silverscale Saltbush	Annual	0.6	-		LM	N	M	2	0
Atriplex californica	California Orach, California saltbush	Perennial	0.1	7-10	M	LM	N	DM	3	0	3
Atriplex canescens	Grey Sage Brush, Fourwing saltbush	Shrub	1.8	6-9	M	LM	N	DM	4	1	3
Atriplex carnosa	Thickleaf Orach	Annual	0.9	-		LM	N	DM	2	0
Atriplex cinerea	Grey Saltbush	Shrub	2.0	9-11	M	LM	N	DM	3	0	3
Atriplex confertifolia	Shadscale, Shadscale saltbush	Shrub	1.8	6-9	M	LM	N	DM	4	1	2
Atriplex coronata	Crownscale	Annual	0.4	-		LM	N	DM	2	0
Atriplex dimorphostegia		Annual	0.2	-		LM	N	DM	2	0
Atriplex elegans	Wheelscale Saltbush	Annual	0.2	0-0		LM	N	DM	2	0	0
Atriplex glabriuscula	Scotland orache, Maritime saltbush, Frankton's saltbush, Northeastern saltbush	Annual	0.3	0-0		LM	N	DM	2	0
Atriplex gmelinii	Gmelin's saltbush	Annual	0.5	0-0		LM	N	DM	2	0
Atriplex halimus	Sea Orach, Saltbush	Shrub	2.0	7-10	M	LM	N	DM	5	1	3
Atriplex hastata	Hastate Orach	Annual	0.8	0-0		LM	N	DM	3	0	2
Atriplex hortensis	Orach, Garden orache	Annual	1.8	5-9	F	LM	N	M	4	2	3
Atriplex lapathifolia		Annual	0.9	-		LM	N	DM	3	0
Atriplex lentiformis	Quail Bush, Big saltbush, Quailbush,	Shrub	3.0	7-10	M	LM	N	DM	3	1	3
Atriplex littoralis	Grassleaf orache	Biennial	0.7	4-11	F	LMH	N	DM	2	0	0
Atriplex maximowicziana	Maximowicz's saltbush	Perennial	0.8	0-0		LM	N	DM	2	0
Atriplex mucronata		Annual	0.4	-		LMH	N	DM	2	0
Atriplex nummularia	Giant Saltbush, Bluegreen saltbush	Shrub	3.5	7-10	M	LM	N	DM	3	2	3
Atriplex nuttallii	Nuttall's Saltbush	Shrub	0.9	5-9	M	LM	N	DM	4	0	2
Atriplex patula	Spreading Orach, Spear saltbush	Annual	0.8	0-0		LM	N	M	3	1
Atriplex powellii	Powell's Saltweed	Annual	1.5	-		LM	N	DM	2	0
Atriplex saccaria	Sack Saltbush	Annual	0.3	-		LM	N	DM	2	0
Atriplex semibaccata	Australian Saltbush. Australian saltbush, Creeping saltbush	Shrub	0.5	9-11	F	LMH	N	DM	2	0	3
Atriplex serenana	Bractscale, Davidson's bractscale	Annual	3.0	7-10		LM	N	DM	2	0
Atriplex subcordata		Annual	0.5	-		LM	N	DM	2	0
Atriplex tatarica	Tatarian orache	Annual	1.5	0-0		LM	N	DM	2	0
Atriplex truncata	Wedgescale Saltbush	Annual	0.9	7-10		LM	N	DM	2	0	4

Growth: S = slow M = medium F = fast. Soil: L = light (sandy) M = medium H = heavy (clay). pH: A = acid N = neutral B = basic (alkaline). Shade: F = full shade S = semi-shade N = no shade. Moisture: D = dry M = Moist We = wet Wa = water.

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