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§1 Plant

Artemisia tridentata Nutt. ssp. wyomingensis Beetle & Young

vernacular Wyoming big sagebrush — subspecies · Asteraceae


USDA
ARTRW8
GBIF
4224756
Rank
subspecies
Wyoming big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata ssp. wyomingensis)

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Shrub, Tree
Duration
Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl
Genus
Artemisia
§2a

Native status, by region

  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 3 counties across 1 state
Legend Native · 3 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
High
Shade
High
Moisture use
Medium
Fire
Low
Salinity
Low
Anaerobic
None
CaCO₃
High
Hedging
Low
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
-33 °F minimum
Frost-free days
90 min.
Precipitation
8–20 in/yr
pH range
6–8.5
Root depth
20 in min.
Fertility need
Low
Soil texture
coarse, medium, fine
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Multiple Stem
Growth rate
Slow
Lifespan
Long
Mature height
3 ft
Height @ 20 y
3 ft
Foliage texture
Coarse
Foliage colour
Gray-Green
Porosity (summer)
Dense
Porosity (winter)
Moderate
Flower colour
Yellow
Fruit colour
Brown
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
None
Toxicity
None
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Late Summer
Seed abundance
Medium
Seed begins
Fall
Seed ends
Fall
Spread rate
Rapid
Stratify
No
Seeds / lb
1,700,963
Propagation
seed, bare root, container
§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability
Field Collections Only
Nursery stock
No
Browse palatability
Medium
Graze palatability
Low
Palatable, human
No
Protein potential
Medium
Lumber
No
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 3 counties across 1 state.


§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/ARTRW8 ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/4224756 ↗

Record version

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