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Quailbush (Atriplex lentiformis)
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Quailbush (Atriplex lentiformis)
Quailbush habitat at Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve

General: Quailbush (Atriplex lentiformis) is a large, scraggly shrub with broad (deltoid), silvery leaves that have a rough feel. Plants are male or female, and the flowers on each look different, making the plants appear to be different species during the fall when they bloom.

Male plants have small, nondescript pale-yellow flowers, but they are numerous and crowded on the ends of branches. The stamens are reddish, giving the flowers a yellow-and-red appearance. Female flowers are also nondescript, but they produce small, purple, kidney-shaped fruits clustered on the ends of the branches. These fruits ripen to a tan color.

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. This is the dominant plant species around wetlands in the Las Vegas Valley.

Family: Chenopodiaceae

Quailbush (Atriplex lentiformis)
Dry habitat
Quailbush (Atriplex lentiformis)
Wet habitat
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Quailbush (Atriplex lentiformis)
Rough, deltoid leaves
Quailbush (Atriplex lentiformis)
Rough, deltoid leaves
Quailbush (Atriplex lentiformis)
Leaves often appear crusted with salt crystals
Quailbush (Atriplex lentiformis)
Leaves not always crusted with salt crystals
Quailbush (Atriplex lentiformis)
Male flowers
Quailbush (Atriplex lentiformis)
Male flower buds
Quailbush (Atriplex lentiformis)
Male flower buds
Quailbush (Atriplex lentiformis)
Male flowers
Quailbush (Atriplex lentiformis)
Male flowers
Quailbush (Atriplex lentiformis)
Dried male flowers
Quailbush (Atriplex lentiformis)
Developing fruits on female plants
Quailbush (Atriplex lentiformis)
Developing fruits on the stem
Quailbush (Atriplex lentiformis)
Aging fruits on female plants
Quailbush (Atriplex lentiformis)
Aging fruits on female plants
Quailbush (Atriplex lentiformis)
Aging fruits on female plants
Quailbush (Atriplex lentiformis)
Aging fruits on female plants
Quailbush (Atriplex lentiformis)
Developing fruits
Quailbush (Atriplex lentiformis)
Developing fruits
Quailbush (Atriplex lentiformis)
Dried female fruits
Quailbush (Atriplex lentiformis)
Dried female fruits
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Black-tailed Gnatcatcher in Quailbush
Quailbush (Atriplex lentiformis)
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher in Quailbush
Quailbush (Atriplex lentiformis)
Greater Roadrunner hunting among Quailbush
Quailbush (Atriplex lentiformis)
Black-crowned Night-Heron hunting from Quailbush

Note: All distances, elevations, and other facts are approximate. Names generally follow the USDA database.
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