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Photo by Andrey Zharkikh; Andrey Zharkikh; Andrey Zharkikh; Andrey Zharkikh
Sources: ESRI, USGS, NOAA
Giant Four-wing Saltbush
Atriplex canescens var. gigantea
NatureServe conservation status
Global (G-rank): G5T2
State (S-rank): S2
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Phenology
Flowers Summer to Fall
Species range
A Utah Great Basin endemic, found in Juab and Tooele Counties, Utah.
Threats or limiting factors
Threats include impacts from recreation, increased fires due to invasive cheat grass, and drought. The southernmost occurrences are within the Little Sahara National Recreation Area and surrounding Sheeprock / Tintic ORV Area. The northern most occurrences are on Dugway Proving Grounds US Army lands. Utah Native Plant Society also noted increase in fire due to invasive Bromus species and recreation (Fertig ed. 2016). Numerous fire perimeters have been mapped near the southernmost occurrences in Little Sahara.
