Chenopod Shrubs
Chenopod plants (Family Chenopodiaceae) are distributed worldwide but are especially prominent in some wet and dry saline or alkaline situations. Chenopods are both herbaceous and woody. The relative proportions of life-forms in the family is demonstrated by data from the important center of chenopo...
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| Summary: | Chenopod plants (Family Chenopodiaceae) are distributed worldwide but are especially prominent in some wet and dry saline or alkaline situations. Chenopods are both herbaceous and woody. The relative proportions of life-forms in the family is demonstrated by data from the important center of chenopod diversity in south-central Asia, where n = 341 species: 76 percent are herbaceous (mostly annual), 23 percent are shrubs or subshrubs, and 1 percent is arborescent (McArthur and Sanderson 1984; Shishkin 1936). Chenopod shrubs grow over wide expanses of Intermountain rangelands as well as on large saline and alkaline tracts on all continents, except Antarctica. In the Intermountain area, seven genera (table 1) with 28 species make important contributions to the landscapes or to revegetation needs. As a group the chenopod shrubs exhibit the ability to grow in |
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