Wildlife, Animals, and Plants
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DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Artemisia papposa | Fuzzy Sagebrush
GENERAL DISTRIBUTION :
Fuzzy sagebrush grows in southwestern and south-central Idaho from
Owyhee County in the west to Blaine County in the east [5].
ECOSYSTEMS :
FRES29 Sagebrush
STATES :
ID
ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS :
NO-ENTRY
BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS :
5 Columbia Plateau
KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS :
K055 Sagebrush steppe
SAF COVER TYPES :
NO-ENTRY
SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES :
NO-ENTRY
HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES :
Fuzzy sagebrush occurs in certain dry sagebrush communities of
southwestern and south-central Idaho. It has not been included as an
indicator in published classification schemes.
Common plant associates of fuzzy sagebrush include alkali sagebrush
(Artemisia longiloba), Idaho fescue (Festuca idahoensis), bottlebrush
squirreltail (Elymus elymoides), Columbia needlegrass (Stipa
columbiana), narrowleaf pussytoes (Antennaria stenophylla), longleaf
phlox (Phlox longifolia), Hood's phlox (Phlox hoodii), Wyeth's eriogonum
(Eriogonum heracleoides), and littleflower collinsia (Collinsia
parviflora) [10]. Patches of basin big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata
ssp. tridentata) or antelope bitterbrush (Purshia tridentata) are
present on some sites [10].
Related categories for Species: Artemisia papposa
| Fuzzy Sagebrush
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