KEY TO IMPORTANT WOODY PLANTS 



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Three-tip sagebrush 



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they usually do in stiff sagebrush — compare 

 illustrations) ; flower-head buds appearing in June, 

 not opening until early Sept.; rounded or bushy 

 shrubs to 4 feet high, branched from near base, 

 often root-sprouting, sometimes layering; locally, 

 e. Oreg., e. Wash. 



three-tip sagebrush (Artemisia tripartita). 51 



51 For stiff sagebrush (Artemisia rigida), which sheds its leaves in winter, see 

 pages 41 and 125. 



