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bluegreen saltbush (Atriplex nummularia)
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bluegreen saltbush

Atriplex nummularia · Amaranthaceae · all Atriplex records · also called Old-man Saltbush · Wikipedia

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Old-man Saltbush carries Fire Resistant and Retardant Plants as one selected lab lineage. The record keeps that source title intact and marks the conclusion limited evidence in the evidence table.

A second selected lineage is the California chaparral clearing study. It remains a separate evidence row, so neither source title is split into repeated links or made to stand in for the other. Both remain legible in the evidence table.

Atriplex nummularia also carries 1 ecological invasive report. That report remains a separate part of the record rather than an extension of the two fire-evidence lineages. Their limited-evidence conclusion remains documented in the evidence table.

Form
shrub
Mature height
~9 ft
Water need
low
Rated in
California; Victoria, Australia
On this lot

1. Fire evidence and conditions

Fire evidence
Fire-resistant — location does not change the cited classification.
Placement evidence
1 source placement record; source schemes remain separate.
Evidence regions
California; Victoria, Australia

2. Why this plant is relevant here

State distribution
Documented in CA.
Introduced / established
2 sourced range or established records. This is not an invasive warning.
USDA hardiness
Documented minimum 6a; no upper limit is documented.

3. Legal, ecological, and broader status

Reported invasive here
1 ecological invasive report.
How to read this page

The status above is computed from the cited rows below: independent recommendations can support a fire-resistant result, an avoid row can produce keep-away, and disagreement stays visible as conflict. Placement notes preserve each source’s own scheme rather than translating unlike rules into one scale. This is evidence about a plant, not permission to plant it in every part of the defensible space; Zone 0 remains noncombustible.

Native and introduced range evidence

These are exact U.S. botanical-area records from the cited range source. Native and introduced describe biogeographic relationship, not fire performance or planting approval. Doubtful and extinct rows stay visible but do not count as current presence.

Current native

0

exact source areas

Current introduced

2

exact source areas

Qualified

0

doubtful or extinct source rows

2 introduced source areas · World Checklist of Vascular Plants, version 16 v16, as of 2026-06-04
  • Arizona (AZ)
  • California (CA)

The lossless worldwide derivative is retained once in the research corpus; object pages repeat only exact U.S. areas needed by the local lens. The JSON twin carries the same page assertions.

Plant hardiness evidence

These values describe the plant source. Your ZIP zone comes from the separate 2023 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map. Whole-zone values stay whole-zone, and a single unresolved value is not treated as a tolerance range. Different source boundaries stay separate: overlapping statements are compared independently, while only ranges with no shared zone are called a conflict.

Where its sources say to plant it

Placement rules below use each source's own distances or named zones, tied to its rating. They are not interchangeable with the directory's current Zone 0 guidance.

The evidence

Grouped by what each source concluded. Primary evidence rated the plant itself (a lab, field program, or original curation); corroboration compiled or republished another source's rating and resolves to its root lineage.

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Last verified 2026-08-23. JSON (CC BY 4.0)

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Atriplex nummularia (Old-man Saltbush). FireApproved. https://fireapproved.com/plants/atriplex-nummularia/. Last verified 2026-08-23.