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Atriplex amnicola
Swamp saltbush (Atriplex amnicola) is a salt-tolerant, multi-branched shrub native to the floodplains of Western Australia's Murchison and Gascoyne Rivers, often used to rehabilitate saline land. It is grown in dry, sunny sites where salty or poor soils and drought are the norm.
Atriplex amnicola, commonly known as river saltbush or swamp saltbush, is a species of shrub in the family Amaranthaceae. Endemic to Western Australia, it is native to the floodplains of the Murchison and Gascoyne Rivers.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Atriplex amnicola by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
