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S-3. 

 BUSH, 

 ciculatum 



BUCKWHEAT, 

 Eriogonum fas - 



FLOWERS 



PINKISH 



WHITE 



Buckwheat 

 Famo Similar to several 

 other buckwheat shrubs, 

 but this species has shred- 

 dy bark. 2-3' high, with 

 woody base; the numerous 

 leaves densel5'-white-wool- 

 ly beneath, green above, 

 and smooth. 



Uses of Buckwheat are 

 described on page 37 un- 

 der H-9. 



S -4o SHADSCALE SALTBUSH, Atriplex 

 canescens . Saltbush Famo A roundish and 

 gray bush, 1-5' high, with flowers in narrow 

 spike-like panicles, gray to dull green; the 

 leaves covered with tiny white hairs and 

 bran-like scales; fruit bracts are toothed as 

 shown on the wings (in illus, ). Bushes of- 

 ten cover vast areas, or are associated with 

 creosote and sage brush, generally in mod- 

 erately saline dry soil. 

 Indians ground seed for meal and also used them as an emetic. 

 Leaves sometimes eaten as spinach. Zuni Indians in New Mexi- 

 co ground roots and blossoms moistened with saliva to use for ant 

 bites. Also stirred ashes of Saltbush into batter of their water 

 bread in order to change color of meal to greenish-blue. White 

 New Mexicans chew green leaves with a pinch of salt to relieve 

 bad stomach pains. 



Shadscale has high forage value due to the nutritive quality and 

 evergreen habit, also richness of the seeds in sodium and other 

 salts. Deer eat twigs and foliage; ground squirrels, rabbits and 

 kangaroo rats eat seeds and leaves. 



S-5. BARBERRY and MOUNTAIN GRAPE, Berberis sp. (see 

 illustration on next page); Sweetshrub Fam. An erect-growing 

 shrub, with holly-like leaves, fragrant yellow flowers in racemes, 

 followed by bluish berries, and growing from sea level to 5000' 



Des. 



Chap. 



Pin-Jun. 



Calif. 

 Ariz. 

 Nev. 

 N. M. 



CCF 

 MCF 

 Chap. 



Most States 

 W. Can. 



