chenopod

They belong on the Chenopod family so are related to saltbushes and bluebushes.

The chenopod is a low shrub found in arid environments of South America.

Heavy grazing of the chenopod shrubland has almost certainly caused the species to vacate previously used sites.

Most of North Island is dominated by chenopod shrubs, generally less than a metre (3 ft) high.

The efficacy of chenopod oil as a medicine was increased by adding a strong laxative that expelled the worms and their eggs.

However, some perennial chenopods, such as round-leaf chenopod Kochia are avoided even when abundant.

The vegetation of the Houtman Abrolhos islands is dominated by chenopod shrubs.

As a chenopod, quinoa is closely related to species such as beets, spinach and tumbleweeds.

Some of the chenopod (Chenopodium berlandieri) seeds had husks only one third as thick as wild seeds.

The species's preferred habitat is open terrain in hilly areas such as tablelands, with a stony landscape and a patchy cover of perennial chenopod shrubs.

Because flowering does not occur in the commercial planting cycle, localized pollen counts will not increase due to planting of Chenopod crops.

As well as stony plain and sands there are areas of chenopod, mallee and mulga wooded scrubland.

The understorey includes an open layer of chenopod shrubs and other woody plant species and an open to continuous groundcover of grasses and herbs.

The birch fungus, Dr. Capasso wrote, was probably the only such remedy available in Europe before introduction of the far more toxic chenopod oil from the Americas.

It is endemic to the San Joaquin Valley of California, where it occurs in grassland habitat, as well as disturbed and alkali soils, such as chenopod scrub.

It has relatively diverse flora dominated by chenopod shrubs and fauna that includes the introduced Tammar Wallaby, around seven species of reptile, and about 15 resident bird species.

It contains a Rocky Chenopod Scrub community that includes the Bull Mallee, the only occurrence of a mallee species south of the Great Dividing Range.

Both the dunes and the pavement limestone support species-rich vegetation complexes dominated by chenopod shrubs, and these communities have been identified as important for species conservation, because they are diverse, yet easily disturbed and slow to recover.

Species in chenopod communities are drought and salt tolerant and include the Sclerolaena, Atriplex, Maireana, Chenopodium and Rhagodia genera while samphire representatives include Tecticornia, Salicornia, Sclerostegia and Sarcocornia.