The " Martian " flora: new collections of vascular plants, lichens, fungi, algae, and cyanobacteria from the Mars Desert Research Station, Utah Author Sokoloff, Paul C. Author Freebury, Colin E. Author Hamilton, Paul B. Author Saarela, Jeffery M. text Biodiversity Data Journal 2016 4 8176 8176 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.4.e8176 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.4.e8176 1314-2828--8176 Atriplex confertifolia (Torr. & Frem .) S. Watson Materials Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordNumber: 313; recordedBy: Sokoloff, Paul C. ; preparations: Silica gel collection; Taxon: scientificName: Atriplexconfertifolia (Torr. & Frem .) S. Watson; kingdom: Plantae; phylum: Angiosperms; class: Eudicots; order: Caryophyllales; family: Amaranthaceae; genus: Atriplex; specificEpithet: confertifolia; taxonRank: Species; scientificNameAuthorship: (Torr. & Frem .) S. Watson; Location: continent: North America; country: United States of America ; countryCode: USA; stateProvince: Utah; county: Wayne County; municipality: Hanksville; locality: Mars Desert Research Station ; verbatimLocality: Sandstone plateau immediately southwest of Mars Desert Research Station, alongside ATV trail; verbatimElevation: 1412 m ; verbatimLatitude: 38°24'22.4"N ; verbatimLongitude: 110°47'40.3"W ; coordinateUncertaintyInMeters: 50; Identification: identifiedBy: Sokoloff, Paul C. ; dateIdentified: 2015; Event: verbatimEventDate: November 24, 2014 ; habitat: Dry conglomerate sandstone; Record Level: institutionID: CMN; collectionID: CAN 607477; collectionCode: CAN, UTC ; basisOfRecord: Preserved Specimen Notes Common on dry saline soils ( Welsh 2003 ), Atriplex confertifolia was abundant along a seasonally wet streambed north of MDRS. This widely distributed species readily hybridizes with other congeneric taxa, including Atriplex corrugata and A. gardneri ( Stutz 1978 ), both of which are found in the study area. This species is known from the nearby San Rafael Swell ( Harris 1983 ). Supplemental File: CAN 607477 (Suppl. material 22).