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Plant Habit: Shrub
Cactus/Succulent
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Plant Height: 1.5-6 feet (.5-2 meters), rarely to 16.5 feet (5 meters)
Leaves: Deciduous
Other: Succulent
Flower Color: Green
Bi-Color: Green and Pink
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Underground structures: Taproot
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Uses: Windbreak or Hedge
Erosion control
Medicinal Herb
Resistances: Flood Resistant
Drought tolerant
Salt tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Pollinators: Wind
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil
With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth
Goes Dormant

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Common names
  • Black Greasewood
  • Greasewood
  • Chico
  • Seepwood
  • Diwozhiishjiin

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Location: Galena-Soónkahni Preserve, Draper, Utah, United States
Date: 2024-03-07
Location: Delle, Utah, United States
Date: 2020-04-16
Location: Delle, Utah, United States
Date: 2020-04-16
Location: Delle, Utah, United States
Date: 2020-04-16
Location: Delle, Utah, United States
Date: 2020-04-16
Location: Delle, Utah, United States
Date: 2020-04-16
Location: Woodside, Utah, United States
Date: 2022-01-02
Location: Wendover, Utah, United States
Date: 2022-05-10
Location: Wendover, Utah, United States
Date: 2022-05-10
Location: Greesewood (Sarcobatus vermiculatus) at Mono Lake South Tufa
Date: 2010-10-17
Photo courtesy of: Miguel Vieira
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah, United States
Date: 2019-08-17
Location: Oasis Campground, Yuba State Park, Juab County, Utah, United States
Location: Delle, Utah, United States
Date: 2016-06-07
Location: Delle, Utah, United States
Date: 2016-06-07
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Date: 2018-05-26
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah, United States
Date: 2019-08-17
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah, United States
Date: 2019-08-17
Location: Dog Valley Wash, Juab County, Utah, United States
Date: 2020-08-23
Spent male flowers.
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Comments:
  • Posted by BlueOddish (South Jordan, Utah, USA - Zone 7a) on Mar 16, 2021 3:40 PM concerning plant:
    Names for this plant in the Southern Paiute dialect of the Colorado River Numic language include "tah-u̱ẖ-be", "ṯo̱ẖ-no-be", "yah-tamp'", and "tone-o̱ẖ-bee".
    The name for this plant in the Western Shoshoni dialect of the Shoshoni language is "to-nó-be".

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