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§1 Plant

Artemisia nova A. Nelson

vernacular black sagebrush — species · Asteraceae


USDA
ARNO4
GBIF
3121254
Rank
species
black sagebrush (Artemisia nova)
Platephotograph · Matt BergerCC BY source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Shrub, Subshrub
Duration
Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl
Genus
Artemisia
§2a

Native status, by region

  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 101 counties across 10 states/territories
Legend Native · 101 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
High
Shade
High
Moisture use
Low
Fire
Low
Salinity
Medium
Anaerobic
None
CaCO₃
Medium
Hedging
Low
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
-23 °F minimum
Frost-free days
90 min.
Precipitation
6–20 in/yr
pH range
7–8.5
Root depth
10 in min.
Fertility need
Low
Soil texture
coarse, medium, fine
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Multiple Stem
Growth rate
Moderate
Lifespan
Long
Mature height
2 ft
Height @ 20 y
2 ft
Foliage texture
Medium
Foliage colour
Green
Porosity (summer)
Dense
Porosity (winter)
Moderate
Flower colour
Brown
Fruit colour
Brown
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
None
Toxicity
None
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Late Summer
Seed abundance
High
Seed begins
Fall
Seed ends
Fall
Spread rate
Slow
Stratify
No
Seeds / lb
952,700
Propagation
seed, bare root, container
§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability
Routinely Available
Nursery stock
No
Browse palatability
Medium
Graze palatability
Low
Palatable, human
No
Protein potential
Medium
Lumber
No
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 101 counties across 10 states/territories.

Arizona view state ↗ 5 N
California view state ↗ 8 N
Colorado view state ↗ 9 N
Idaho view state ↗ 14 N
Montana view state ↗ 1 N
Nevada view state ↗ 17 N
New Mexico view state ↗ 5 N
Oregon view state ↗ 3 N
Utah view state ↗ 26 N
Wyoming view state ↗ 13 N

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/ARNO4 ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/3121254 ↗

Record version

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