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big sagebrush
Artemisia tridentata ssp. wyomingensis
Colorado
- Synonyms
- Artemisia tridentata
- Dimensions
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Height: 3.0 ft. to 6.0 ft.
Spread: 3.0 ft. to 6.0 ft. - Growth Form
- Shrub
- Program Association
- Nature in the City, Xeriscape Incentive Program
- Wildlife Uses
- Grassland Birds, Large Mammals, Medium-Sized Mammals, Shrubland Birds
- Sun Requirements
- Full Sun
- Water Requirements
- Very Low
- Plant Community
- Foothills, Mountains, Plains
- Season of Bloom
- July, August, September, October
- Flower Color
- Inconspicious
- Leaf Color
- Gray Shades
- Aggressiveness
- Not aggressive
- Design Considerations
- Evergreen
- Other Considerations
- Deer Tolerant, Rabbit Tolerant
- Duration
- Perennial
- Soil Type
- pH adaptable, Rocky, Sandy, Well Drained
- Pests/Disease Prone
- No
- Hazards/Toxic
- No City Data.
Notes
This species is wind pollinated and is an important larval host plant for native butterflies.
Flora of North America lists four subspecies of A. tridentata, all are native to the western U.S. Three of the subspecies listed in this database are native to Colorado. This species is usually shorter than forty inches, has an irregular shaped crown and a spicy odor when crushed.