Sagebrush | Description, Species, Ecology, & Facts | Britannica
The common sagebrush, or big sagebrush (A. tridentata), is a many-branched shrub, usually 1 to 2 metres (about 3 to 6.5 feet) high, with silvery gray bitter-aromatic foliage. The small wedge-shaped leaves usually have three teeth at the outer end.
Sagebrush - Wikipedia
Sagebrush is the common name of several woody and herbaceous species of plants in the genus Artemisia. The best-known sagebrush is the shrub Artemisia tridentata. Sagebrushes are native to the West Coast of North America.
Sagebrush dominates much of western North America, with approximately 165 million acres of potential habitat. It is the “gray sea” or “sagebrush ocean” familiar to all who travel in western North America. In spite of its prevalence, it is considered a fragile ecosystem that is under siege from a combination of forces.
Common Sagebrush - Blue Planet Biomes
Common Name: Sagebrush, Big Sagebrush Genus: Artemisia Species: tridentata. The Chaparral biome is one of the environments where sagebrush can be found. Sagebrush can also be found on the dry plains of the western U.S. and the drier southern side of mountains.
Big Sagebrush (Common Sagebrush) - U.S. National Park Service
2021年11月26日 · Big sagebrush has the widest distribution of any North American shrub growing from Nebraska to California and from New Mexico to Montana. This family is the most advanced and complex of the dicots. The family is rich in oils and resins and is found in every part of the world, but is infrequent in the tropical rainforest.
sagebrush - US Forest Service
Sagebrush is an emblem of the mountain West. Its grey leaves and pale yellow inflorescences inspire differing emotions in different people, or even in the same people at different times.
shrub fringed sagebrush, common and widespread in both the Old and New Worlds, may be the most widely distrib-uted sagebrush taxon. Sand sagebrush is an important species on sandy soils on the Great Plains and in the Southwest, whereas the summer-deciduous subshrub bud-sage is the principal sagebrush species of salt desert shrub
Sagebrush wildflowers: From bloom to seed - OSU Extension Service
The poster illustrates 31 common wildflower species potentially useful in restoration. These species represent the variety of size, height, flowering timing and taxonomy found in typical sagebrush communities.
Sagebrush – Inanimate Life - Geneseo
Sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) dominates large portions of western U.S., regions that are too dry to support forests or grasslands. Similar areas are found in several other parts of the world (central Asia, southern South America, southern Africa) and are sometimes described as a ‘shrub-steppe’ community.
Common sagebrush | plant | Britannica
The common sagebrush, or big sagebrush (A. tridentata), is a many-branched shrub, usually 1 to 2 metres (about 3 to 6.5 feet) high, with silvery gray bitter-aromatic foliage. The small wedge-shaped leaves usually have three teeth at the outer end.