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DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE

SPECIES: Artemisia rigida | Stiff Sagebrush
GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : Stiff sagebrush occurs on dry rocky soils in central and eastern Washington, central and eastern Oregon, and adjacent parts of Idaho [7]. It is present throughout the Columbia and Snake River Basins and the northern end of the Great Basin [12]. Many authors include western Montana in the distribution; Ward [13] and Beetle [1] do not. Ward [13] claims the report of stiff sagebrush in western Montana is the result of identification errors [11]. ECOSYSTEMS : FRES21 Ponderosa pine FRES25 Larch FRES29 Sagebrush FRES36 Mountain grasslands STATES : ID MT OR WA ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : JODA BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 5 Columbia Plateau KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : K011 Western ponderosa forest K014 Grand fir - Douglas-fir forest K050 Fescue - wheatgrass K051 Wheatgrass - bluegrass K055 Sagebrush steppe SAF COVER TYPES : 237 Interior ponderosa pine 239 Pinyon - juniper SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : NO-ENTRY HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : Stands of stiff sagebrush may occur next to stands of basin big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata ssp. tridentata), mountain big sagebrush (A. tridentata ssp. vaseyana), or threetip sagebrush (A. tripartita). The limitations are clearly edaphic [14]. Stiff sagebrush has been listed as an indicator or dominant species in the following publications: Steppe vegetation of Washington [5] Plant communities of the Blue Mountains in eastern Oregon and southeastern Washington [7] Sagebrush-grass habitat types of southern Idaho [9] Stiff sagebrush communities are often floristically diverse, yet often look impoverished because of sparse vegetation and low ground cover [5,6]. Common associated species include Sandberg bluegrass (Poa secunda), bottlebrush squirreltail (Elymus elymoides), tapertip onion (Allium acuminatum), bulbous woodlandstar (Lithophragma bulbifera), biscuitroot (Lomatium spp.), spring draba (Draba verna), autumn willowweed (Epilobium paniculatum), dwarf monkeyflower (Mimulus nanus), Pacific fescue (Festuca pacifica), bighead clover (Trifolium macrocephalus), and several mosses (Tortula spp., Bryum spp.,Ceratodon spp.) [6]. Cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) is a major increaser on disturbed stiff sagebrush sites.

Related categories for Species: Artemisia rigida | Stiff Sagebrush

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