Basin saltbush remnant

Descrission:

Atriplex gardneri var. utahensis. Synonyms include A. tridentata, A. gardneri var. tridentata and A. nuttallii var. utahensis.There are only a few remaining plants on what was hoped to be city park property but it appears to instead exist on some rare adjoining open space on private property. Once common in a now populated area where more typically all native plants have been removed. And, this low shrub is being routinely mowed and while that may have helped to keep some invasives at bay, it is also preventing this plant from re-establishing itself.August 13, 2011, small parcel of open space adjoining Murray City Park, Murray City, Salt Lake County, Utah at approx. 4300 ft.