CONTENTS 



Page 



INTRODUCTION 1 



METHODS 2 



SPECIES CHARACTERISTICS 4 



Atriplex — Common Floral Characteristics 4 



Atriplex canescens (fourwing saltbush) 6 



Atriplex confertifolia (shadscale saltbush) 12 



Atriplex corrugata (mat saltbush) 15 



Atriplex cuneata (Castle Valley clover saltbush) ... 17 



Atriplex gax'dneri (Gardner saltbush) 18 



Atriplex obovata (broadscale saltbush) 21 



Ceratoides lanata (winterfat) 23 



G"ayia — Common Floral Characteristics 27 



Grayia brandegei (spineless hopsage) 27 



Grayia spinosa (spiny hopsage) 29 



Kochia americana subsp. vestita (gray molly 



summer cypress) 31 



Kochia prostrata (prostrate kochia) 32 



Sarcobatus vermlculatus (black greasewood) 34 



APPENDIX 37 



CHENOPODIACEAE~Key to Genera and Species . . . 37 



PUBLICATIONS CITED 40 



ADDITIONAL PUBLICATIONS 



42 



