Introductory
SPECIES: Artemisia arbuscula ssp. arbuscula | Gray Low Sagebrush 



ABBREVIATION : 
ARTARBA

SYNONYMS : 
   Artemisia tridentata ssp. arbuscula (Nutt.) Hall & Clements [79]


SCS PLANT CODE : 
   ARAR8


COMMON NAMES : 
   gray low sagebrush
   low sagebrush
   scabland sagebrush
   dark sagebrush
   little sagebrush
   dwarf sagebrush


TAXONOMY : 
The fully documented scientific name for gray low sagebrush is Artemisia
arbuscula Nutt. ssp. arbuscula.  There are two other subspecies of low
sagebrush (A. arbuscula):  A. arbuscula ssp. longiloba (Osterhout) L.
Shultz (alkali sagebrush), and A. arbuscula spp. thermopola Beetle
(hotsprings sagebrush) [79,80].  Intermediates between gray low
sagebrush and alkali sagebrush have been reported [59].

Numerous ecotypes, phases, races, and forms of gray low sagebrush have
been described [31,43,48,58].  Both small-headed and later blooming
large-headed forms have been noted [22,58], as have green and gray forms
which differ in palatability [43,48].

Gray low sagebrush may be a stable hybrid of big sagebrush (A.
tridentata ssp. tridentata) and black sagebrush (A. nova) [2].


LIFE FORM : 
Shrub

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS : 
No special status

OTHER STATUS : 
NO-ENTRY


COMPILED BY AND DATE : 
D. Tirmenstein, September 1986



LAST REVISED BY AND DATE : 
D. Tirmenstein, September 1988


AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION : 
Tirmenstein, Debra A. 1986. Artemisia arbuscula ssp. arbuscula. In:
In: Remainder of Citation

Related categories for Species: Artemisia arbuscula ssp. arbuscula | Gray Low Sagebrush