Artemisia pedatifida Nuttall 



Birdt'oot Sagebrush 



NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM STATUS: G4/S3 



MONTANA STATUS: Limited Distribution 



GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: Most of Wyoming and adjacent south-central and 

 southwest Montana 



MONTANA DISTRIBUTION: Soutiicrn Carbon County and southern Gallatin County 



PRYOR MOUNTAINS DESERT DISTRIBUTION: A, pedatifida is abundant below 

 1525 m (5000 ft) south of the Pryor Mountains near the Wyoming Border and west of 

 the mountains in the Clarks Fork of the Yellowstone Drainage. It is the dominant 

 species in two plant associations. It occurs with Atriplex gardneri in saline clay soils and 

 with Artemisia tridentata , Chrysothamnus nauseosus and Agropvron spicatum in sandy 

 clay soils. 



MANAGEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS: Artemi.sia pedatifida has a limited 

 distribution in Montana, but it is abundant within this small range. It should not be given 

 special status on BLM's Miles City District. 



Artemisia spinescens D.C. Eat. 



Bud Sagebrush, Spring Sagebrush 



NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM STATUS: None 



MONTANA STATUS: None 



GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: Oregon to Montana, south to California and New Mexico 



MONTANA DISTRIBUTION: Southern Carbon and Beaverhead counties 



PRYOR MOUNTAINS DESERT DIS TRIBUTION: Artemisia spinescens is locally 

 common below 1525 m (5000 ft) on the south side of the Pr}'or Mountains. It generally 

 occurs in sandy soil of alluvial plains, usually with A. tridentata . Atriplex gardneri or A, 

 confertifolia . It is abundant only on s(5ils developed from Chugwater sandstone. 



