DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Artemisia frigida | Fringed Sagebrush 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
Fringed sagebrush is one of the most widely distributed species in the
genus Artemisia [14].  It occurs on dry open sites in foothills,
mountains, and plains from Mexico northward to Canada and Alaska, and
into Eurasia [14,34].  This species reaches its greatest abundance in
the high plains of the United States and Canada, and extends from
eastern Washington east to Wisconsin and Kansas [21].  Fringed sagebrush
also grows as an introduced species along the Atlantic Coast of North
America [21].


ECOSYSTEMS : 
   FRES15  Oak - hickory
   FRES17  Elm - ash - cottonwood
   FRES20  Douglas-fir
   FRES21  Ponderosa pine
   FRES23  Fir - spruce
   FRES26  Lodgepole pine
   FRES29  Sagebrush
   FRES30  Desert shrub
   FRES34  Chaparral - mountain shrub
   FRES35  Pinyon - juniper
   FRES36  Mountain grasslands
   FRES39  Prairie
   FRES44  Alpine


STATES : 
     AK  AZ  CO  ID  IA  KS  MI  MN  MO  MT
     NE  NV  NM  ND  OK  OR  SD  TX  UT  WA
     WI  WY  AB  BC  MB  SK  NT  YT


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
     AGFO  BADL  BIHO  BICA  BLCA  BRCA
     CANY  CARE  CHCU  COLM  DENA  DETO
     DINO  FLFO  FOBU  GLBA  GLAC  GRCA
     GRTE  GRKO  GRSA  LAME  MEVE  PEFO
     PIPE  ROMO  THRO  WACA  WICA  WUPA
     YELL  YUCH


BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 
    5  Columbia Plateau
    6  Upper Basin and Range
    7  Lower Basin and Range
    8  Northern Rocky Mountains
    9  Middle Rocky Mountains
   10  Wyoming Basin
   11  Southern Rocky Mountains
   12  Colorado Plateau
   13  Rocky Mountain Piedmont
   14  Great Plains
   15  Black Hills Uplift
   16  Upper Missouri Basin and Broken Lands


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
   K011  Western ponderosa forest
   K012  Douglas-fir forest
   K015  Western spruce - fir forest
   K016  Eastern ponderosa forest
   K017  Black Hills pine forest
   K018  Pine - Dougals-fir forest
   K019  Arizona pine forest
   K021  Southwestern spruce - fir forest
   K023  Juniper - pinyon woodland
   K037  Mountain mahogany - oak scrub
   K038  Great Basin sagebrush
   K040  Saltbush - greasewood
   K051  Wheatgrass - bluegrass
   K052  Alpine meadows and barren
   K055  Sagebrush steppe
   K056  Wheatgrass - needlegrass shrubsteppe
   K063  Foothills prairie
   K064  Grama - needlegrass - wheatgrass
   K065  Grama - buffalo grass
   K066  Wheatgrass - needlegrass
   K067  Wheatgrass - bluestem - needlegrass
   K068  Wheatgrass - grama - buffalo grass
   K070  Sandsage - bluestem prairie
   K074  Bluestem prairie
   K075  Nebraska Sand Hills prairie
   K081  Oak savanna


SAF COVER TYPES : 
   210  Interior Douglas-fir
   219  Limber pine
   237  Interior ponderosa pine
   238  Western juniper
   239  Pinyon - juniper


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
Fringed sagebrush is a common constituent of a number of grassland,
shrubland, and drier coniferous habitat types [53,57].  In the
Intermountain region, fringed sagebrush occurs as a dominant in dense
stands along shallow depressions which collect moisture and spring
runoff [14,74].  It also grows as an understory dominant in some
ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) communities and in open parks
interspersed with ponderosa pine stands [46,74].  Fringed sagebrush is a
common constituent of many big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata),
Douglas-fir (Psedudotsuga menziesii), white fir (Abies concolor), and
spruce-fir (Picea spp.-Abies spp.) communities [48].  Fringed sagebrush
commonly occurs with the following species:  blue grama (Bouteloua
gracilis), needle-and-thread (Stipa comata), mountain muhly
(Muhlenbergia montana), buffalograss (Buchloe dactyloides), prairie
junegrass (Koeleria cristata), rough fescue (Festuca scabrella), aster
(Aster spp.), ragweed (Ambrosia spp.), sunflower (Helianthus annuus),
fleabane (Erigeron spp.), Hood phlox (Phlox hoodii), pricklypear
(Opuntia spp.), potentilla (Potentilla spp.), big sagebrush (Artemisia
tridentata), skunkbrush sumac (Rhus trilobata), and rabbitbrush
(Chrysothamnus spp.).

Published classifications listing fringed sagebrush as a dominant or
indicator species include:

Sagebrush-steppe habitat types in northern Colorado: a first
  approximation [28]
Forest vegetation of the Gunnison and parts of the Uncompahgre National
  Forests: a preliminary habitat type classification [42]
Plant communities and vegetation pattern as affected by various
  treatments in shortgrass prairies of northeastern Colorado [51]
Shrub-steppe habitat types of Middle Park, Colorado [71]

Related categories for Species: Artemisia frigida | Fringed Sagebrush