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Artemisia nova (black sagebrush)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Artemisia nova is a North American species of sagebrush, known by the common name black sagebrush. It is "one of the most common shrubs in the western United States".
View Wikipedia Record: Artemisia nova

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  High
Screening - Summer [2]  Dense
Screening - Winter [2]  Moderate
Bloom Period [2]  Late Summer
Drought Tolerance [2]  High
Fire Tolerance [2]  Low
Flower Type [3]  Hermaphrodite
Frost Free Days [2]  90 days
Fruit/Seed Abundance [2]  High
Fruit/Seed Begin [2]  Fall
Fruit/Seed End [2]  Fall
Growth Form [2]  Multiple Stem
Growth Period [2]  Spring, Summer
Growth Rate [2]  Moderate
Hazards [3]  Although no reports of toxicity have been seen for this species, skin contact with some members of this genus can cause dermatitis or other allergic reactions in some people;
Leaf Type [3]  Evergreen
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Pollinators [3]  Wind
Propagation [2]  Bare Root, Container, Seed
Root Depth [2]  10 inches (25 cm)
Seed Spread Rate [2]  Slow
Seed Vigor [2]  Medium
Seeds Per [2]  952698 / lb (2100341 / kg)
Shape/Orientation [2]  Decumbent
Structure [3]  Shrub
Vegetative Spread Rate [2]  None
Flower Color [2]  Brown
Foliage Color [2]  Green
Fruit Color [2]  Brown
Height [3]  18 inches (0.45 m)
Hardiness Zone Minimum [2]  USDA Zone: 4 Low Temperature: -30 F° (-34.4 C°) → -20 F° (-28.9 C°)
Light Preference [2]  Full Sun
Soil Acidity [2]  Neutral
Soil Fertility [2]  Infertile
Water Use [2]  Low
View Plants For A Future Record : Artemisia nova

Protected Areas

Ecosystems

Predators

Antilocapra americana (pronghorn)[4]
Brachylagus idahoensis (Pygmy Rabbit)[4]
Centrocercus urophasianus (Sage Grouse)[4]
Pogonomyrmex occidentalis (western harvester ant)[4]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 3Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 4The Sagebrush Sea by Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0