Artemisia tridentata

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Artemisia tridentata, commonly known as big sagebrush, is a dominant aromatic shrub of the North American West that forms extensive sagebrush steppe ecosystems and provides critical habitat for many wildlife species.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf aromatic plant ⓘ
plant species ⓘ
shrub ⓘ
woody perennial ⓘ
adaptation cold tolerance ⓘ
drought tolerance ⓘ
tolerance of nutrient-poor soils ⓘ
associatedWith greater sage-grouse ⓘ
mule deer ⓘ
pronghorn ⓘ
commonName basin big sagebrush ⓘ
big sagebrush ⓘ
great basin sagebrush ⓘ
contributesTo carbon storage in dryland ecosystems ⓘ
soil stabilization ⓘ
describedBy Nuttall ⓘ
dispersal wind-dispersed seeds ⓘ
ecologicalRole dominant shrub species ⓘ
foundation species ⓘ
keystone species in sagebrush ecosystems ⓘ
family Asteraceae ⓘ
floweringSeason late summer to fall ⓘ
genus Artemisia ⓘ
growthForm multi-stemmed shrub ⓘ
habitat cold deserts ⓘ
sagebrush steppe ecosystems ⓘ
semi-arid shrublands ⓘ
hasSubspecies Artemisia tridentata subsp. tridentata ⓘ
Artemisia tridentata subsp. vaseyana ⓘ
Artemisia tridentata subsp. wyomingensis ⓘ
height 1 to 3 meters ⓘ
kingdom Plantae ⓘ
leafCharacteristic strongly aromatic ⓘ
leafType evergreen ⓘ
small gray-green leaves ⓘ
nativeTo Great Basin ⓘ
Intermountain West ⓘ
sagebrush steppe ⓘ
western North America ⓘ
order Asterales ⓘ
photosyntheticPathway C3 ⓘ
pollination wind pollination ⓘ
provides cover for nesting birds ⓘ
critical habitat for wildlife ⓘ
food resources for herbivores ⓘ
reproduction sexual reproduction by seed ⓘ
vegetative reproduction by sprouts ⓘ
rootSystem deep taproot ⓘ
extensive lateral roots ⓘ
taxonRank species ⓘ
threat altered fire regimes ⓘ
habitat loss ⓘ
invasion by exotic grasses ⓘ
usedFor ceremonial smudging ⓘ
erosion control ⓘ
rangeland forage in winter ⓘ
traditional medicine by Indigenous peoples ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Artemisia → hasNotableSpecies → Artemisia tridentata ⓘ
Centrocercus urophasianus → dependsOn → Artemisia (sagebrush) ⓘ
linked to: Artemisia tridentata
Aliso and Wood Canyons Wilderness Park → hasFlora → California sagebrush ⓘ
linked to: Artemisia tridentata
Artemisia tridentata → hasSubspecies → Artemisia tridentata subsp. tridentata ⓘ
linked to: Artemisia tridentata
Artemisia tridentata → hasSubspecies → Artemisia tridentata subsp. wyomingensis ⓘ
linked to: Artemisia tridentata