Family: Amaranthaceae

High Risk Traits:

• Widely naturalized
  
• An environmental weed that can exclude native vegetation
  
• Related Atriplex species have become invasive
  
• Toxic to cattle and other animals
  
• Sap can cause dermatitis and may be poisonous if ingested
  
• Tolerates many soil types
  
• Can from dense monocultures that exclude other vegetation
  
• Produces abundant seeds
  
• Seeds dispersed by water, mud, soil movement, human activities, and animals including birds
  
• Can resprout from roots

Low Risk Traits:

• Unarmed (no spines, thorns or burrs)
  
• Fodder plant palatable to many animals
  
• Requires full sun
  
• Not known to spread vegetatively
  
• Herbicides may provide effective control