NATIVE WOODY PLANTS OF THE UNITED STATES 67 
Atriplex spinifera MacBr. Spinescale. 
Range: 8, 10. 
Site: Dry, sun. 
Fruit: Achene. 
A small to large, spinescent, dioecious shrub; broader leaves deciduous dur- 
ing the summer; found on moderately alkaline soil; important winter-food 
plant of Hutettiz tenella, the beet leafhopper, an insect carrying the curly top 
disease of sugar beets. 
Occasionally browsed by sheep. 
Atriplex subconferta, see Atriplex confertifolia. 
Atriplex torreyi Wats. Torrey lenscale. 
A. lentiformis torreyi (Wats.) Hall and Clem. 
Range: 9, 10. 
Site: Dry, sun. 
Fruit: Achene. 
A small, spiny, dioecious shrub; occurs on alkaline soil. 
Audibertia capitata, see Salvia mohavensis. 
Audibertia incana, see Salvia carnosa. 
Audibertia pachystachya, see Salvia pachyphylla. 
Audibertia polystachya, see Salvia apiana. 
Audibertia stachyoides, see Salvia mellifera. 
Audibertiella incana, see Salvia carnosa. 
Ayenia microphylla Gray. 
Range: 11. 
Site: Dry, well-drained, sun. 
Fruit: Pod, available in September. 
A small, much-branched shrub with very small leaves. 
Ayenia pusilla L. 
Range: 11, 17, 30. 
Site: Dry, sun. 
Fruit: Capsule. 
A small, often prostrate shrub; often occurs in sand. 
Obdservations: Gambel quail. 
Azalea alabamense, see Rhododendron alabamense. 
Azalea albiflora, see Rhododendron albifiorum. 
Azalea arborescens, see Rhododendron arborescens. 
Azalea atlantica, see Rhododendron atlanticum. 
Azalea austrina, see Rhododendron austrinum. 
Azalea calendulacea, see Rhododendron calenduiaceum. 
Azalea californica, see Rhododendron occidentale. 
Azalea canescens, see Rhododendron canescens and R. roseum. 
Azalea lapponica, see Rhododendron lapponicum. 
Azalea lutea, see Rhododendron calendulacewm. 
Azalea nudiflora, see Rhododendron nudiflorum. 
Azalea oblongifolia, see Rhododendron oblongifolium. 
Azalea occidentalis, see Rhododendron occidentale. 
Azalea pilosa, see Menziesia pilosa. 
Azalea prinophylla, see Rhododendron roseum. 
Azalea prunifolia, see Rhododendron prunifolium. 
Azalea rosea, see Rhododendron roseum. 
Azalea serrulata, see Rhododendron serrulatum. 
Azalea speciosa, see Rhododendron speciosum. 
Azalea vaseyi, see Rhododendron vaseyi. 
