Intermountain Low & Black Sagebrush Steppe & Shrubland

Type:Group
Parent classification:Great Basin-Intermountain Dwarf Sagebrush Steppe & Shrubland
Scientific Name:Artemisia arbuscula - Artemisia bigelovii - Artemisia nova Steppe & Shrubland Group
Location:United States (Idaho, Montana, Utah, Arizona, California, New Mexico, Wyoming, Washington, Oregon, Colorado, Nevada)
Description:This broadly defined semi-arid sagebrush dwarf-shrubland and steppe occurs throughout much of the intermountain western U.S. and is characterized by an open to moderately dense shrub or dwarf-shrub layer that is typically dominated by one of the following: Artemisia arbuscula ssp. arbuscula, Artemisia arbuscula ssp. longicaulis, Artemisia arbuscula ssp. longiloba, Artemisia arbuscula ssp. thermopola, Artemisia bigelovii, Artemisia frigida, Artemisia nova, or Artemisia tripartita ssp. rupicola depending on environment and range of species.
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Child types

Name
Alkali Sagebrush Steppe & Shrubland
Bigelow's Sagebrush Steppe & Shrubland
Black Sagebrush Steppe & Shrubland
Lahontan Sagebrush Shrubland
Little Sagebrush Steppe & Shrubland
Prairie Sagewort Dwarf-shrubland
Thermopola Little Sagebrush - Owyhee Sage / Idaho Fescue Steppe & Shrubland

Species

Name
Acrolophitus pulchellus (Idaho pointheaded grasshopper)
Athene cunicularia (Burrowing Owl)
Athene cunicularia hypugaea (Western burrowing owl)
Brachylagus idahoensis (Pygmy Rabbit)
Centrocercus minimus (Gunnison Sage-Grouse)
Centrocercus urophasianus (Sage Grouse)
Cercyonis pegala pluvialis
Cynomys leucurus (white-tailed prairie dog)
Lanius ludovicianus (Loggerhead Shrike)
Mustela nigripes (Black-footed Ferret)
Numenius americanus (Long-billed Curlew)
Oreohelix idahoensis idahoensis
Oreohelix jugalis (Boulder Pile Mountain Snail)
Oreoscoptes montanus (Sage Thrasher)
Rhinocheilus lecontei (Longnose Snake)
Sceloporus graciosus (Sagebrush Lizard)
Sceloporus graciosus graciosus (Northern sagebrush lizard)
Spizella breweri (Brewer's Sparrow)
Thomomys bottae abstrusus (Fish Spring pocket gopher)
Thomomys idahoensis (Idaho pocket gopher)
Tympanuchus phasianellus (Sharp-tailed Grouse)
Tympanuchus phasianellus columbianus (Sharp-tailed grouse)
Urocitellus mollis (Piute ground squirrel)
Uta stansburiana (Side-blotched Lizard)
Vireo vicinior (Grey Vireo)

Habitat Vegetation Classification provided by NatureServe Explorer