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Artemisia bigelovii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Artemisia
Species:	A. bigelovii
Binomial name
	Artemisia bigelovii; A.Gray
Synonyms
	Artemisia petrophila

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Artemisia bigelovii is a species of sagebrush known by the common name Bigelow sagebrush.

Distribution

It is native to the southwestern United States, where it grows in desert, basin, grassland, and juniper woodland habitats. It is very drought-tolerant and lives in arid regions on sandy and limestone-rich soils.^[1]

Description

Artemisia bigelovii is a bushy shrub growing from a woody base and reaching a maximum height around half a meter. It has many slender, curving branches with shreddy bark and is generally rounded in shape.

The stem branches and leaves are coated in silvery hairs, giving the plant a gray color. The leaves are less than 3 centimeters long and may end in a point or in three distinct teeth.

The inflorescence is a panicle of flower heads containing yellowish disc florets and occasionally a small ray floret. The fruit is a tiny achene about a millimeter long.

Uses

This species of sagebrush is good winter fodder for grazing animals and it is cultivated as plant cover on recovering rangeland and for erosion control.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Forest Service Fire Ecology

External links

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 '''''Artemisia bigelovii''''' is a species of [[sagebrush (plant)|sagebrush]] known by the common name '''Bigelow sagebrush'''.
+==Distribution==
-It is native to the southwestern United States, where it grows in [[desert]], [[Depression (geology)|basin]], [[grassland]], and [[juniper]] [[woodland]] habitats. It is very drought-tolerant and lives in arid regions on sandy and [[limestone]]-rich soils.<ref name=fs>[http://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/plants/shrub/artbig/all.html Forest Service Fire Ecology]</ref> This is a bushy [[shrub]] growing from a woody base and reaching a maximum height around half a meter. It has many slender, curving [[branch]]es with shreddy [[bark]] and is generally rounded in shape. The [[Plant stem|stem]] branches and [[leaf|leaves]] are coated in [[pubescence|silvery hairs]], giving the plant a gray color. The leaves are less than 3 centimeters long and may end in a point or in three distinct teeth. The [[inflorescence]] is a [[panicle]] of [[Head (botany)|flower heads]] containing yellowish disc [[floret]]s and occasionally a small ray floret. The [[fruit]] is a tiny [[achene]] about a millimeter long. This species of sagebrush is good winter [[fodder]] for grazing animals and it is cultivated as plant cover on recovering [[rangeland]] and for [[erosion]] control.<ref name=fs/>
+It is native to the southwestern United States, where it grows in [[desert]], [[Depression (geology)|basin]], [[grassland]], and [[juniper]] [[woodland]] habitats. It is very drought-tolerant and lives in arid regions on sandy and [[limestone]]-rich soils.<ref name=fs>[http://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/plants/shrub/artbig/all.html Forest Service Fire Ecology]</ref>
-{{Commons category|Artemisia bigelovii}}
+==Description==
+''Artemisia bigelovii''  is a bushy [[shrub]] growing from a woody base and reaching a maximum height around half a meter. It has many slender, curving [[branch]]es with shreddy [[bark]] and is generally rounded in shape.
+The [[Plant stem|stem]] branches and [[leaf|leaves]] are coated in [[pubescence|silvery hairs]], giving the plant a gray color. The leaves are less than 3 centimeters long and may end in a point or in three distinct teeth.
+The [[inflorescence]] is a [[panicle]] of [[Head (botany)|flower heads]] containing yellowish disc [[floret]]s and occasionally a small ray floret. The [[fruit]] is a tiny [[achene]] about a millimeter long.
+==Uses==
+This species of sagebrush is good winter [[fodder]] for grazing animals and it is cultivated as plant cover on recovering [[rangeland]] and for [[erosion]] control.<ref name=fs/>
 ==References==
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 *[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ARBI3 USDA Plants Profile]
 *[http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Artemisia+bigelovii Photo gallery]
+{{Commons category|Artemisia bigelovii|position=left}}
 {{Navbox Artemisia}}
 [[Category:Artemisia|bigelovii]]
+[[Category:Flora of the Southwestern United States]]
+[[Category:Fodder]]
+[[Category:Flora of the Great Basin desert region]]
+[[Category:Flora of Arizona]]
+[[Category:Flora of California]]<!---for regions not below--->
+[[Category:Flora of Colorado]]
+[[Category:Flora of Nevada]]
+[[Category:Flora of New Mexico]]
+[[Category:Flora of Texas]]
+[[Category:Flora of Utah]]
+[[Category:Flora of the California desert regions]]
+[[Category:Natural history of the Mojave Desert]]
 [[Category:Plants described in 1857]]
-[[Category:Flora of North America]]
+{{-}}
 {{asteroideae-stub}}