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Salsola
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Nile region, Mediterranean region and Sinai.
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More info for the term: therophyte
Therophyte
Russian-thistle is preferred by prairie dogs [13]. It is palatable to
sheep and cattle from early spring until flowering, at which time sharp
spines form, and again during winter when spines are softened by
moisture [53]. Foliage is palatable to pronghorn in summer and fall,
and is palatable year-round in wet years. Pronghorn find it low in
palatability in dry years and in spring [8].
The palatability of Russian-thistle for livestock and wildlife species
is rated as follows [19]:
CO MT ND UT WY
Cattle fair fair fair fair fair
Sheep fair good good good fair
Horses fair poor fair poor fair
Pronghorn ---- ---- ---- poor poor
Elk ---- ---- ---- good good
Mule deer ---- ---- ---- good good
White-tailed deer ---- ---- ---- ---- good
Small mammals ---- ---- ---- fair good
Small nongame birds ---- ---- ---- fair fair
Upland game birds ---- ---- ---- fair good
Waterfowl ---- ---- ---- poor poor
67. Salsola L.
Salsola L., Sp. Pl.: 222 (1753);Botsch., Bot. Zum. 54: 989-1001 (1969) & Novit. Syst. Plant. Vasc. 9: 140-154 (1972) & Kew Bull. 29: 597-614 (1974).
Hypocylix Wol. (1886) .
Darniella Maire & Weiller (1939) .
Climacoptera Botsch. (1956) .
Herbs or shrubs. Leaves alternate or opposite. Flowers solitary or in clusters, subtended by large or smaller bracteoles; perianth (4-)5-lobed, horizontally winged at or above the middle; stamens 5 or less; anthers linear or oval, often with a connective disk of very different size and shape; stigmas 2(-3); fruit membranous or fleshy. Seeds usually horizontal; embryo plano- or conical-spiral. Zn =l8, 36, 54, 72. About 116 spp., Europe, Asia, N Africa.
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Northern Hemisphere, especially shorelines.
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More info for the term: forb
Forb
Comments: Has also been called Salsola australis and Salsola ibirica; treated by Kartesz (1994 checklist) as a single species under the name Salsola kali. LEM 6Dec94. The common 'tumbleweed' of the American West, where exotic.
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Depth range based on 6 specimens in 1 taxon.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 1 - 1
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IV, V, RM, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X
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Russian-thistle colonizes a burn site within 1 to 3 years. It dominated
a big sagebrush community in Idaho at postfire year 2, contributing 58
percent of the total community biomass [26]. On the Mesa Verde Plateau
of Colorado, it codominated a burned area with Bigelow aster
(Machaeranthera bigelovii) at postfire year 3 [22]. Once dominant,
Russian-thistle retains dominance for an average of 1 more year. At
postfire year 3 or 4, populations decline until further disturbance
[61].