Sagebrush
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For other uses, see Sagebrush (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with sage plants, in the genus Salvia
Sagebrush is a common name applied generally to several woody and herbaceous species of plants in the genus Artemisia. The best known sagebrush is the shrub Artemisia tridentata. Other common names for herbaceous plants in the genus Artemisia (which may each be applied to multiple species) include tarragon, mugwort, sagewort, and wormwood. Sagebrushes are native to the North American west and other parts of the world.
The following is an alphabetical list of different sagebrush plant's common names, along with their corresponding scientific name (Note: many sagebrush species are known by more than one common name, and some common names represent more than one species):
- African Sagebrush - Artemisia afra
- Alpine Sagebrush - Artemisia scopulorum
- Basin Sagebrush - Artemisia tridentata
- Big Sagebrush - ( see Basin Sagebrush )
- Bigelow Sage - ( see Bigelow Sagebrush )
- Bigelow Sagebrush - Artemisia bigelovii
- Birdfoot Sagebrush - Artemisia pedatifida
- Black Sage - ( see Basin Sagebrush or Little Sagebrush )
- Black Sagebrush - Artemisia nova
- Blue Sage - ( see Basin Sagebrush )
- Boreal Sagebrush - Artemisia arctica
- Budsage (sagebrush) - Artemisia spinescens
- California Sagebrush - Artemisia californica
- Carruth's Sagebrush - Artemisia carruthii
- Carruth Sagewort - ( see Carruth's Sagebrush )
- Coastal Sagebrush - ( see California Sagebrush )
- Dwarf Sagebrush - ( see Alpine Sagebrush )
- Fringed Sagebrush - Artemisia frigida
- Fringed Sagewort - ( see Fringed Sagebrush )
- Gray Sagewort - ( see White Sagebrush )
- Island Sagebrush - Artemisia nesiotica
- Little Sagebrush - Artemisia arbuscula
- Longleaf Sagebrush - Artemisia longifolia
- Low Sagebrush - ( see Little Sagebrush )
- Michaux Sagebrush - Artemisia michauxiana
- Owyhee Sage - ( see Owyhee Sagebrush )
- Owyhee Sagebrush - Artemisia papposa
- Prairie Sage - ( see White Sagebrush )
- Prairie Sagewort - ( see Fringed Sagebrush )
- Pygmy Sagebrush - Artemisia pygmaea
- Ragweed Sagebrush - Artemisia franserioides
- Sand Sagebrush - Artemisia filifolia
- Sand Sagebush - ( see Sand Sagebrush )
- Scabland Sagebrush - Artemisia rigida
- Silver Sagebrush - Artemisia cana
- Succor Creek Sagebrush - Artemisia packardiae
- Timberline Sagebrush - Artemisia rothrockii
- Threetip Sagebrush - Artemisia tripartita
- White Sagebrush - Artemisia ludoviciana
References [edit]
"Sage-brush". Encyclopedia Americana. 1920.
