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What plants besides vegetables are considered part of the goosefoot family?

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Other plants in the family include the Russian thistle ( Salsola tragus ), a tumbleweed of arid regions in the W United States and Eurasia, and greasewood ( Sarcobatus vermiculatus ), a grazing shrub of the alkali plains also used locally as fuel.

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