4302 Atriplex L.
- L., Sp. Pl.: 1052 (1753).
- Casual: Atriplex hortensis, A. patula, A. sagittata.
Notes: The Atriplex species known as native to the Arctic are seashore plants around the North Pacific, the North Atlantic, and on Hudson Bay. The situation in the North Pacific is simple as only one species, A. gmelinii, seems to reach the Arctic there (Welsh 2003). Several species are reported to reach the Arctic on the seahores of northwestern Europe. These have been thoroughly studied by Gustafsson (1973a, 1973b, 1974, 1976, 1986, 2001). The situation on the seashores of northeastern Canada is largely parallel to that of northwestern Europe with several of the same species (Taschereau 1972; Bassett et al. 1983; Welsh 2003). However, the geographically isolated plants on the Hudson Bay shores have been more problematic to assign, see Atriplex sp. below.
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Source: Stan Shebs at Wikispecies
