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Artemisia tridentata Nutt.
big sagebrush

       
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Photo of Artemisia tridentata Nutt.
©J.S. Peterson. USDA NRCS NPDC. United States, UT, Grand Co., Thompson vicinity. July 15, 2001. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.
 
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Artemisia tridentata Nutt.

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Distribution:
Artemisia tridentata Nutt.

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USA (AZ, CA, CO, ID, MA, MT, ND, NE, NM, NV, OR, SD, UT, WA, WY), CAN (AB, BC)
 

Related Taxa:
Artemisia tridentata Nutt.

View 477 genera in Asteraceae, 68 species in Artemisia or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.
Distribution of Artemisia tridentata Nutt. ssp. parishii (A. Gray) H.M. Hall & Clem.. .
Artemisia tridentata ssp. parishii
big sagebrush
Distribution of Artemisia tridentata Nutt. ssp. spiciformis (Osterh.) Kartesz & Gandhi. .
Artemisia tridentata ssp. spiciformis
big sagebrush
Distribution of Artemisia tridentata Nutt. ssp. tridentata. . Image Available.
Artemisia tridentata ssp. tridentata
basin big sagebrush
Distribution of Artemisia tridentata Nutt. ssp. vaseyana (Rydb.) Beetle. . Image Available.
Artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyana
mountain big sagebrush
Distribution of Artemisia tridentata Nutt. ssp. wyomingensis Beetle & Young. . Image Available.
Artemisia tridentata ssp. wyomingensis
Wyoming big sagebrush
Distribution of Artemisia tridentata Nutt. ssp. xericensis Winward ex R. Rosentreter & R. Kelsey. .
Artemisia tridentata ssp. xericensis
big sagebrush
Plant is native (blue) Native   Plant is introduced Introduced
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Classification:
Artemisia tridentata Nutt.

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass Asteridae
Order Asterales
Family Asteraceae – Aster family
Genus Artemisia L. – sagebrush
Species Artemisia tridentata Nutt. – big sagebrush
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Artemisia tridentata Nutt.

big sagebrush

This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

WSWS        Whitson, T.D. (ed.) et al. 1996. Weeds of the West. Western Society of Weed Science in cooperation with Cooperative Extension Services, University of Wyoming. Laramie, Wyoming. 630pp.
 

More Accounts and Images:
Artemisia tridentata Nutt.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 35498.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View 6 propagation protocols from Native Plants Network.

View species account, photographs, and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

 

Related Web Sites:
Artemisia tridentata Nutt.

AZ-Northern Arizona Flora

Big Sagebrush Communities-Ecology & Restoration

CA-Theodore Payne Foundation for Wild Flowers

Canada-Saskatchewan Range Plant Field Guide

Forestry Images

NV-State Plants

OR-OSU Malheur Experiment Station

Office of Surface Mining

SD-South Dakota State University

UT-Range Plants of Utah

VA-Virginia Tech Dendrology

eNature (National Wildlife Federation)

 
 
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