• ABBREVIATION
• SYNONYMS
• NRCS PLANT CODE
• COMMON NAMES
• TAXONOMY
• LIFE FORM
• FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS
• OTHER STATUS
• AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION

ABBREVIATION:

ARTTRIW

SYNONYMS:

Artemisia tridentata var. wyomingensis (Beetle & Young) Welsh [34,39,144]
Seriphidum tridentatum ssp. wyomingense (Beetle & Young) Weber [139]

NRCS PLANT CODE:

ARTRW8

COMMON NAMES:

Wyoming big sagebrush  

TAXONOMY:

The currently accepted scientific name of Wyoming big sagebrush is Artemisia tridentata Nutt. ssp. wyomingensis Beetle & Young (Asteraceae). There are 2 other widely distributed subspecies of big sagebrush (A. tridentata): basin big sagebrush (A. t. ssp. tridentata) and mountain big sagebrush (A. t. ssp. vaseyana) [12,64,77]. It is impossible to distinguish Wyoming big sagebrush from basin or mountain big sagebrush without molecular analysis [12,139].

Besides the 3 major subspecies mentioned above, at least 2 other subspecies of big sagebrush with limited distributions are recognized: A. t. ssp. parishii [64] and A. t. ssp. xericensis [77]. Snowfield sagebrush has been classified both within in the big sagebrush complex (A. t. ssp. spiciformis) [59,77] and as a distinct species (A. spiciformis) [64].

In this report, the name "big sagebrush" is used when discussing the big sagebrush species complex. Infrataxa including Wyoming big sagebrush are referred to by the subspecific common names used above.

Wyoming big sagebrush hybridizes with other subspecies of big sagebrush [33,56,89] and with silver sagebrush (A. cana) [89] .

LIFE FORM:

Shrub

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS:

No special status

OTHER STATUS:

No entry

AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION:

Howard, Janet L. (1999, March). Artemisia tridentata ssp. wyomingensis. In: Remainder of Citation

Related categories for SPECIES: Artemisia tridentata ssp. wyomingensis | Wyoming Big Sagebrush