Great Basin-Intermountain Dwarf Sagebrush Steppe & Shrubland
| Type: | Macrogroup | | Parent classification: | Western North American Cool Semi-Desert Scrub & Grassland | | Scientific Name: | Artemisia arbuscula - Artemisia nova - Artemisia rigida Steppe & Shrubland Macrogroup | | Location: | United States (Oregon, Utah, Montana, Arizona, Wyoming, Nevada, California, New Mexico, Idaho, Washington, Colorado) | | Description: | This semi-arid intermountain western U.S. macrogroup is characterized by short sagebrush taxa that form an open to moderately dense dwarf-shrub layer on shallow, rocky, calcareous or alkaline soils. Stands are dominated by one of several diagnostic Artemisia taxa depending on location and habitat, including Artemisia arbuscula ssp. arbuscula, Artemisia arbuscula ssp. longiloba, Artemisia arbuscula ssp. longicaulis, Artemisia arbuscula ssp. thermopola, Artemisia bigelovii, Artemisia frigida, Artemisia nova, Artemisia rigida, or Artemisia tripartita ssp. rupicola. | | Website: | View website |
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