Quailbush habitat at Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve |
General: Quailbush (Atriplex lentiformis) is a large, scraggly shrub with silvery, broad (deltoid) leaves that have a very rough feel. The flowers on the male and female plants look different, making them look like different species.
Quailbush is a fairly common component of vegetation communities along dry lakes and washes with alkaline clay soils in the Lower Sonoran (Creosote-Bursage Flats) and Upper Sonoran (Mojave Desert Scrub life zones. Quailbush make large, dense thickets in which quail, rabbits, and other animals like to hide.
Family: Chenopodiaceae |