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Artemisia cana Pursh
silver sagebrush

       
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Artemisia cana Pursh

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Distribution:
Artemisia cana Pursh

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Distribution Map Legend

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USA (AK, AZ, CA, CO, ID, MN, MT, ND, NE, NM, NV, OR, SD, UT, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, SK)
 

Related Taxa:
Artemisia cana Pursh

View 477 genera in Asteraceae, 68 species in Artemisia or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.
Distribution of Artemisia cana Pursh ssp. bolanderi (A. Gray) G.H. Ward. .
Artemisia cana ssp. bolanderi
silver sagebrush
Distribution of Artemisia cana Pursh ssp. cana. .
Artemisia cana ssp. cana
silver sagebrush
Distribution of Artemisia cana Pursh ssp. viscidula (Osterh.) Beetle. .
Artemisia cana ssp. viscidula
silver sagebrush
Plant is native (blue) Native   Plant is introduced Introduced
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Classification:
Artemisia cana Pursh

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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 cana Pursh – silver sagebrush
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Artemisia cana Pursh

silver 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.
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Artemisia cana Pursh

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
FACU,FACW NI NO FACU FACU FACU NO FACW FAC* FACU* FACW NI NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Artemisia cana Pursh

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 35454.

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

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

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

 

Related Web Sites:
Artemisia cana Pursh

CA-Jepson Flora Project

Canada-Rangeland Ecosystems and Plants

MT-Montana Natural Heritage Program

USDA FS International Institute of Tropical Forestry

 
 
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