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For example, asparagus, the Russian thistle, the atriplexes, some of the goosefoots, and some of the grasses, such as Distichlis spicata, Spartina gracilis, and finetop salt-grass, thrive in a saline soil, where most other plants could not live.
Source: wiktionary
The pioneering annuals on the beaches nearby are wind-pollinated, like the goosefoots and dropseeds, or somewhat capable of self-pollination as the wild tomatoes can be when pollinators are scarce.
Source: wiktionary
Consequently Goosefoots are often found in salt marshes, or in desert areas where water collects and then evaporates, leaving salts in the soil.
Source: wiktionary
Closest matches include chenopodium genus, goosefoot leaf, goosefoot plant, goosefoot shape, pigweed.
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