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Artemisia scopulorum

Gray

Alpine Sagebrush

G4Apparently Secure (G4G5) Found in 13 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →
G4Apparently SecureGlobal Rank
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.136829
Element CodePDAST0S1J0
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVascular Plant
KingdomPlantae
PhylumAnthophyta
ClassDicotyledoneae
OrderAsterales
FamilyAsteraceae
GenusArtemisia
Other Common Names
alpine sagebrush (EN)
Concept Reference
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.
Conservation Status
Review Date1993-07-23
Change Date1993-07-23
Edition Date1993-07-23
Edition AuthorsSkello, M.
Rank Reasons
Large range in western North America; abundance unknown.
Range Extent Comments
MT, WY, CO, UT, and NM.
Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

High mountains, mountain meadows, talus slopes, moraines, outwash plains, terraces in tundra and meadows in spruce, lodgepole pine and Douglas fir communities.
Other Nations (1)
United StatesNNR
ProvinceRankNative
New MexicoSNRYes
MontanaS4Yes
UtahSNRYes
NevadaSNRYes
ColoradoS4Yes
WyomingS4Yes
Plant Characteristics
Economic Value (Genus)Yes
Roadless Areas (13)
Colorado (2)
AreaForestAcres
Bristol HeadRio Grande NF46,087
Storm PeakSan Juan NF57,617
Montana (1)
AreaForestAcres
Line Creek PlateauCuster National Forest24,825
New Mexico (3)
AreaForestAcres
Latir PeakCarson National Forest3,573
PecosCarson National Forest13,436
Pecos WS RiverSanta Fe National Forest5,396
Utah (2)
AreaForestAcres
0419020Ashley National Forest355,684
High Uintas (UT)Wasatch-Cache National Forest102,398
Wyoming (5)
AreaForestAcres
Beartooth Proposed WildernessShoshone National Forest16,837
French CreekMedicine Bow-Routt National Forest5,928
Libby FlatsMedicine Bow-Routt National Forest11,107
Snowy RangeMedicine Bow-Routt National Forest29,660
South Beartooth HighwayShoshone National Forest105,570
References (5)
  1. 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.
  2. Harrington, H.D. 1954. Manual of the plants of Colorado. Sage Press, Chicago. 666 pp.
  3. 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.
  4. Martin, W.C., and C.R. Hutchins. 1980-1981. A flora of New Mexico. 2 vols. J. Cramer, in der A.R. Gantner Verlag, K.G., Vaduz, Liechtenstein. 2591 pp.
  5. Welsh, S.L., N.D. Atwood, L.C. Higgins, and S. Goodrich, eds. 1987. A Utah Flora. Great Basin Naturalist Memoir 9: 1- 894. Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah. 894 pp.