Artemisia L.: sagebrush

Susan E. Meyer

Treesearch

Artemisia L.: sagebrush

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Susan E. Meyer

Year:

2008

Type:

Agricultural Handbook

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

In: Bonner, Franklin T.; Karrfalt, Robert P., eds. The Woody Plant Seed Manual. Agric. Handbook No. 727. Washington, DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. p. 274-280.

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Abstract

Sagebrush - Artemisia L. - species are probably the most common shrubs in western North America. Big sagebrush alone occupies an estimated 60 million ha as a landscape dominant or codominant in the semiarid interior, and related species of the subgenus Tridentatae are estimated to occupy an additional 50 million ha (Beetle 1960; McArthur and Stevens in press). Sagebrush-dominated vegetation occurs mostly under semiarid climatic regimes characterized by cold winters and predominantly winter precipitation. The genus is circumboreal in distribution and consists of about 400 species of mostly evergreen shrubs, subshrubs, and herbaceous perennials.

Parent Publication

The Woody Plant Seed Manual

Keywords

Artemisia L, sagebrush

Citation

Meyer, Susan E. 2008. Artemisia L.: sagebrush. In: Bonner, Franklin T.; Karrfalt, Robert P., eds. The Woody Plant Seed Manual. Agric. Handbook No. 727. Washington, DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. p. 274-280.