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  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Sunflowers, Bellflowers, Fanflowers, and Allies
  6. Sunflower Family
  7. Wormwoods and Sagebrushes
  8. Tridentatae
  9. Big Sagebrush

species 37,286 observations

Big Sagebrush

Artemisia tridentata

Status
native
Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Supports All

90 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Acute-lined Flower Moth, Wormwood Plume Moth, Sagebrush Sheep Moth, Abagrotis nanalis 12
  • Hosted animals Gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it Sagebrush Medusa Gall Midge, Sponge Gall Midge, Rhopalomyia obovata, Eutreta diana 16
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Greater Sage-Grouse, Hebata nigra, Clastoptera delicata, Okanagana schaefferi 22
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Lupine Miner Bee, Western Conifer Seed Bug, Prunus Miner Bee, Dark-eyed Junco 40

Children

  • Basin Big Sagebrush
  • Mountain Sagebrush
  • Parish's Big Sagebrush
  • Wyoming Sagebrush

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Trees
Light
Full sun
Moisture
Dry
Water use
Medium
Plant type
Perennial Shrub Tree

From USDA PLANTS and the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center.

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