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Salix uva-ursi Pursh. Bearberry willow. 
Range: 26, 27. 
Site: Well-drained, sun. 
Fruit: Capsule. 
A small, prostrate, mat-forming, alpine shrub, with a central root. 
Salix vallicola, see Salix gooddingii. 
Salix vestita Pursh. 
S. fernaldii Blankinship. 
Range: 12, 26. 
Site: Well-drained, sun. 
Fruit: Capsule. 
Salix wardli, see Salix longipes. 
Salix watsonii, see Salix lutea. 
Salix wheeleri, see Salix interior. 
Salix wolfii Bebb. 
Range: 12, 13. 
Site: Well-drained, sun. 
Fruit: Capsule. 
A small shrub. Var. idahoensis Ball, is considered a very good sheep browse 
in Idaho. 
Salix wrightii Anders. Wright willow. 
S. amygdaloides wrightii Anders. 
Range: 11, 14, 16. 
Site: Moist, sun. 
Fruit: Capsule. 
A large shrub to large tree, eaten by livestock when young. 
Salix wyomingensis, see Salix glaucops. 
Salvia spp. Sage. 
Stomach records ‘(in addition to specific records) : Gambel and scaled quail. 
These records may apply to herbaceous as well as woody species. In general, 
the species rival clover and linden as honey plants. 
Salvia apiana Jeps. White sage. 
Audibertia polystachya Benth., Ramona polystachya (Benth.) Greene. 
Range: 5, 10. 
Site: Dry, sun. 
Fruit: Nutlet. 
A large shrub. An apparent hybrid between this and P. clevelandii is called 
S. palmeri (Gray) Greene. 
Furnishes some winter browse for livestock. An important honey plant. 
Saivia ballotaeflora Benth. Shrubby blue sage. 
Range: 11, 16, 17, 20. 
Site: Dry, sun. 
Fruit: Capsule. 
A small shrub; flowers throughout the summer; drops its leaves in times of 
drought, regains them with rain. 
Salvia carnosa Dougl. Desert sage. 
Audibertia incana Benth., Audibertiella incana Briq., Ramona incana 
(Benth.) Dougl. 
Range: 4, 7, 8, 9, 10. 
Site: Dry, well-drained, sun. 
Fruit: Nutlet. 
A small, compact, much-branched shrub; flowers May—June; a variety which 
is woody at the base only occurs in region 5. Generally of low palatability 
but somewhat useful as browse for livestock. 
Salvia clevelandii Gray. 
Range: 5. 
Site: Dry, sun. 
Fruit: Nutlet. 
A small shrub; flowers May—August. 
