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THE BOOK OF FORESTRY 



SAGE BRUSH 



This is one of the two score sages which form such an 

 important part of the herbage over wide spaces of the 

 arid West and Southwest. A plant ranging in height 

 from 1-12 feet depending largely upon the amount of 

 moisture available. 



SAGE BRUSH 

 Artemisia tridenta 



LEAVES 



Wedge-shaped, 3-7 toothed or lobed, 

 uppermost leaves narrower. Rather 

 pungent odor. 



FLOWERS 

 Grouped in form of a head. 



RANGE 



On dry plains from Nebraska and 

 Montana to California and British 

 Columbia. 



