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Salicornia rubra

A. Nels.

Red Glasswort

G5Secure Found in 5 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →
G5SecureGlobal Rank
Least concernIUCN
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.952511
Element CodePDCHE0J090
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVascular Plant
IUCNLeast concern
Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
KingdomPlantae
PhylumAnthophyta
ClassDicotyledoneae
OrderCaryophyllales
FamilyAmaranthaceae
GenusSalicornia
Other Common Names
Salicorne rouge (FR) Western Glasswort (EN)
Concept Reference
Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2003b. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 4, Magnoliophyta: Caryophyllidae, part 1. Oxford University Press, New York. xxiv + 559 pp.
Taxonomic Comments
FNA (vol. 4, 2003) as presented here includes Salicornia borealis in S. rubra, while Kartesz (1994) treats them as distinct.
Conservation Status
Review Date2015-10-01
Change Date2015-10-01
Range Extent Comments
Known from Alta., B.C., Man., Ont., Sask., Yukon; Idaho, Iowa, Kans., Minn., Mont., Nebr., Nev., N.Mex., N.Dak., S.Dak., Utah, Wash., Wyo. Salicornia rubra has been introduced into Quebec and Michigan (FNA vol. 4, 2003).
Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

This species is found in seasonally wet, saline or alkaline places inland, and sometimes along highways at elevations ranging from 100 to 1,600 meters (FNA, 2023).
Terrestrial Habitats
Cropland/hedgerow
Other Nations (2)
CanadaN5
ProvinceRankNative
NunavutSUYes
British ColumbiaS4Yes
QuebecSNANo
SaskatchewanS4Yes
Northwest TerritoriesSNRYes
Yukon TerritorySNRYes
ManitobaS4Yes
AlbertaS5Yes
United StatesNNR
ProvinceRankNative
IdahoS2Yes
WyomingS3Yes
UtahSNRYes
OregonSNRYes
South DakotaSNRYes
KansasS1Yes
WashingtonSNRYes
NevadaS2Yes
CaliforniaSNRYes
MontanaSNRYes
New MexicoSNRYes
IowaSNRYes
ColoradoS3Yes
North DakotaSNRYes
MinnesotaS2Yes
NebraskaS1Yes
Plant Characteristics
Economic Value (Genus)No
Roadless Areas (5)
Montana (1)
AreaForestAcres
Freezeout MountainBeaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest97,305
Utah (1)
AreaForestAcres
Stansbury MountainsWasatch-Cache National Forest39,696
Wyoming (3)
AreaForestAcres
Gannett Hills - Spring CreekBridger-Teton National Forest45,462
Salt River RangeBridger-Teton National Forest235,661
Sheep MountainMedicine Bow-Routt National Forest17,626
References (4)
  1. Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2003b. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 4, Magnoliophyta: Caryophyllidae, part 1. Oxford University Press, New York. xxiv + 559 pp.
  2. Flora of North America (FNA). 2023. Accessed 6/13/2023. http://floranorthamerica.org/Main_Page
  3. Kadereit, G., P. Ball, S. Beer, L. Mucina, D. Sokoloff, P. Teege, A. E. Yaprak, and H. Freitag. 2007. A taxonomic nightmare comes true: phylogeny and biogeography of glassworts (<i>Salicornia</i> L., Chenopodiaceae). Taxon 56(4):1143-1170.
  4. Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.