greasewood

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chaparral

Alternative oncology
A drought-adapted evergreen, the major component of which is nordihydroguaiaretic acid (NDGA), which may be used to treat GI tumours, leukaemia and brain gliomas.

Herbal medicine
Chaparral was once used by Native American herbalists as an antiarthritic and antitussive (effects that have not been confirmed by modern herbalists), for diarrhoea and other GI complaints, and topically for wounds.

Toxicity
Chaparral causes cramping, nausea and vomiting.

References in periodicals archive ?

Sample depth Artemisia Bare ground Sarcobatus (cm) tridentata vermiculatus 0-5 2.6 3.2 41.3 5-15 2.9 2.5 33.9 15-40 3.7 2.0 26.7 40-63 8.9 8.5 26.5 63-80 14.4 19.7 30.2

Are biotic factors significant in influencing the distribution of halophytes in saline habitats?

In the solonchak and salt-clay deserts of North America, the subshrubby chenopod known as greasewood (Sarcobatus vermiculatus) may be very abundant.

2 Life in the cold deserts and subdeserts

Although the signature (Shantz, 1923; Lauenroth et al., 2008) and dominant species of the shortgrass steppe is blue grama (Bouteloua gracilis), in southeastern Colorado short-grass steppe consists of a mosaic of plant communities that include mixed grass-shrublands containing woody plants such as sandsage (Artemisia filifolia), rabbitbrush (Ericameria nauseosa) and black greasewood (Sarcobatus vermiculatus), as well as other grass species such as galleta grass (Pleuraphis jamesii), three-awn (Aristida purpurea) and species of dropseed (Sporobolus) including alkali sacaton (S.

Vegetation response in a Colorado grassland-shrub community to extreme drought: 1999-2010

The different species of Atriplex are not only associated with each other but also with other relatively halophilous species such as the sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) at higher altitudes and the big greasewood (Sarcobatus vermiculatus) in areas where only the topsoil is highly saline.

4 Protected areas and biosphere reserves in the cold deserts and subdeserts

Shrub-steppe was characterized by juniper (Juniper osteosperma), big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata), greasewood (Sarcobatus vermiculatus), horsebrush (Tetradymia glabrata) and viscid rabbit brush (Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus).

Niche overlap and resource partitioning between sympatric kit foxes and coyotes in the Great Basin Desert of Western Utah

Study sites were located in salt desert vegetation dominated by shadscale (Atriplex confertifolia) and Bailey's greasewood (Sarcobatus vermiculatus baileyi), with winterfat (Kraschen-innikovia lanata) in the shrub layer.