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Artemisia borealis

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Boreal Wormwood

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G5SecureGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.816658

Element CodePDAST0S2A0

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassDicotyledoneae

OrderAsterales

FamilyAsteraceae

GenusArtemisia

Other Common Names

Armoise boréale (FR) Boreal Sage (EN) Boreal Sagewort (EN)

Concept Reference

Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2006a. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 19. Magnoliophyta: Asteridae, part 6: Asteraceae, part 1. Oxford University Press, New York. xxiv + 579 pp.

Taxonomic Comments

Flora of North America's (2006) Artemisia borealis is related to Kartesz's (1999) A. campestris var. borealis (= A. campestris ssp. borealis var. borealis), but occurs only in western North America, extending east to Nunavut, Saskatchewan, Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado. Kartesz (1999) also includes eastern "canadensis" material in his A. campestris var. borealis, but Flora of North America (2006) splits this out into a separate taxon, A. campestris ssp. canadensis. In addition, Flora of North America's A. borealis includes A. campestris var. strutziae, while Kartesz (1999) places this material in his A. campestris var. scouleriana (rather than in var. borealis).

Conservation Status

Rank MethodExpertise without calculation

Review Date2015-07-01

Change Date2008-12-13

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

CanadaN5

Province	Rank	Native
Manitoba	S1	Yes
British Columbia	S5	Yes
Ontario	S4	Yes
Nunavut	S4	Yes
Northwest Territories	S4	Yes
Saskatchewan	S5	Yes
Yukon Territory	SU	Yes
Alberta	S2	Yes

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
Alaska	S5	Yes
Montana	SNR	Yes
Colorado	SNR	Yes
Wyoming	S3	Yes
California	SNR	Yes
Utah	SNR	Yes
Washington	SNR	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)Yes

Roadless Areas (1)

New Mexico (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Pecos	Carson National Forest	13,436

References (2)

Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2006a. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 19. Magnoliophyta: Asteridae, part 6: Asteraceae, part 1. Oxford University Press, New York. xxiv + 579 pp.
Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.