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Artemisia arbuscula Nutt. Scabland sagebrush. 



A. tridentata arbuscula (Nutt.) Hall and Clem. 

 Range : 4, 7, 8, 9, 12. 

 Site: Dry, sun. 

 Fruit : Achene. 



A small, much-branched, stiff, straggling shrub; seed germination about 40 

 percent. 



Observations: Of slight value as forage for mule deer. Locally of some 

 value as forage for livestock. 



Artemisia bigelovii Gray. Flat sagebrush. 



A. petrophila Woot. and Standl. 

 Range: 9, 10, 11, 16. 

 Site : Dry, well-drained, sun. 

 Fruit : Achene. 



A small, many-stemmed, spreading shrub considered more palatable to stock 

 than the common sagebrush ; very good spring browse, especially for sheep. 



Artemisia bolanderi Gray. 



A. tridentata bolanderi (Gray) Hall and Clem. 

 Range: 4. 



Site: Dry, well-drained, sun. 

 Fruit: Achene. 



A small, much-branched, leafy-twigged shrub. Browse value about the same 

 as that of A. tridentata. 



Artemisia calif ornica Less. Coastal sagebrush. 



A. fischeriana Bess., A. abrotanoides Nutt., Crossostephium californicum 

 Rydb., C. foliosum Rydb., C. insulare Rydb. 

 Range: 5, 10. 

 Site : Dry, sun. 

 Fruit: Achene. 



A small to large, many-stemmed, xerophytic shrub ; freely branched ; a climax 

 or subclimax dominant ; casts very little shade ; inflammable ; browsed only 

 by sheep and goats in times of scarcity. 



Artemisia cana Pursh. Silver sagebrush. 



A. columbiana Nutt., A. viscidula (Osterh.) Rydb. 

 Range : 4, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 15, 19, 21. 

 Site: Dry, well-drained, sun. 

 Fruit : Achene. 



A small or rarely large shrub ; freely branched ; found on plains and lower 

 mountains ; generally occurs on north and sheltered sides of hills ; requires 

 more water than A. tridentata. 



Stomach records: One species of bird. Observations: Important food of 

 sage grouse. A very important local browse for livestock. 



Artemisia eolumbiana, see Artemisia cana. 



Artemisia filifolia Torr. Sand sagebrush. 



Range : 9, 11, 15, 16. 



Site: Dry, sun. 



Fruit: Achene. 



A small, freely-branched shrub ; occurs only on sandy soil ; experiments in 

 New Mexico in range seeding with this species were unsuccessful ; fruiting heads 

 often transformed into galls; a sand indicator, changes in its abundance indi- 

 cating the amounts of sand in the soil; germination of seed 40-50 percent. 

 Palatable to livestock and locally used as forage but seldom browsed in grass- 

 land districts. 



Artemisia fischeriana, see Artemisia calif ornica. 



Artemisia frigida Willd. Estafiata. 



Range : 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 21, 23. 



Site: Dry, sun. 



Fruit : Achene. 



A small shrub often only woody at the base or even entirely herbaceous ; 

 stems decumbent at base ; a mat-forming species, especially when not shrubby ; 



