SPECIES: Artemisia frigida
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AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION:
McWilliams, Jack 2003. Artemisia frigida.
In: Fire Effects Information System, [Online].
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service,
Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire Sciences Laboratory (Producer).
Available: http://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/ [].
FEIS ABBREVIATION:
ARTFRI
SYNONYMS:
No entry
NRCS PLANT CODE [122]:
ARFR4
COMMON NAMES:
fringed sagebrush
pasture sage
prairie sagebrush
fringed sagewort
TAXONOMY:
The scientific name of fringed sagebrush is Artemisia frigida Willd.
(Asteraceae) [53,66,71,74,85].
Numerous ecotypes of fringed sagebrush are known over its broad range, but it is
not known to hybridize with other Artemisia spp. [90].
LIFE FORM:
Shrub
FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS:
No special status
OTHER STATUS:
A classification of "critically imperiled" has been assigned to fringed
sagebrush in Kansas [73] and fringed sagebrush is listed as "imperiled" in Wisconsin [131].