Sarcobatus vermiculatus - Greasewood

Greasewood (Sarcobatus vermiculatus) is a spiny deciduous shrub of alkaline and saline cold semi-arid flats and plains across western North America, its young shoots and seeds eaten as greens and famine food.

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 4¹
• Hardiness zone 5¹
• Hardiness zone 6¹
• Hardiness zone 7¹
• Hardiness zone 8¹
• Full sun¹
• Well drained soil¹
• Moist soil¹

Outputs

• Human food¹
• Medicinal use¹
• Wood¹

Type

• Shrub
• Deciduous

Footnotes

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