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tall western sagebrush
Artemisia tridentata
United States
- Dimensions
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Height: 3.0 ft. to 12.0 ft.
Spread: 3.0 ft. to 6.0 ft. - Growth Form
- Shrub
- Program Association
- Xeriscape Incentive Program
- Wildlife Uses
- Large Mammals, Medium-Sized Mammals, Shrubland Birds, Small Mammals, Urban Birds
- Sun Requirements
- Full Sun
- Water Requirements
- Very Low
- Season of Bloom
- June
- Flower Color
- Yellow Shades
- Leaf Color
- Blue Shades, Gray Shades
- Aggressiveness
- Not aggressive
- Design Considerations
- Attractive Foliage, Fragrant, Streetscape Plants
- Other Considerations
- Deer Tolerant, Rabbit Tolerant
- Duration
- Perennial
- Soil Type
- Nutrient Poor, Sandy, Variable, Well Drained
- Pests/Disease Prone
- No City Data
- Hazards/Toxic
- No City Data.
Notes
Flora of North America lists four subspecies of A. tridentata, all are native to the western U.S. Subspecies tridentata, vaseyana and wyomingensis are all native to Colorado. Subspecies parishii is native to the southwestern states.