202 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 
Artemosia 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, 
