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Artemisia arbuscula var. thermopola This variation grows amongst big sagebrush, but usually just above rocky outcrops that cause the soil to be shallow. It's found in areas where the rocks are igneous in origin, so right here along the basalt cliffs lining the Columbia river is a perfect place for it. The leaves of this variety are thinner than the other two in this same species. Artemisia arbuscula,Geotagged,Spring,United States Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Artemisia arbuscula var. thermopola

This variation grows amongst big sagebrush, but usually just above rocky outcrops that cause the soil to be shallow. It's found in areas where the rocks are igneous in origin, so right here along the basalt cliffs lining the Columbia river is a perfect place for it. The leaves of this variety are thinner than the other two in this same species.

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    I would have never been able to name a species like this, how do you do it? Posted 10 years ago
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      I can't always- I've got another desert parsley, a white one, that has too many lookalikes and green plants without flowers or something that really makes them distinctive can be nearly impossible, but for this sage brush it wasn't so bad. With this particular plant, I started with some fore knowledge of what I needed to look for, having ID'd a different species a few months ago. I have some close photos (not posted) to look at the structure of the leaves, and I observed the size of these bushes compared to the larger variety while I was there. The size helped narrow down which species it might be into to one of two categories and the very thin leaves eliminated quite a few more. From there, most of those left could be ruled out because they do not occur in the area that I was in. The last criteria that helped to confirm the choice was the habitat. That particular variety favors basalt stone and usually grows along side Big Sagebrush that certainly describes the habitat perfectly.

      Because I hike in many parks and wildlife areas, I'm also often helped by guides and information that the parks have put together naming the creatures and plants that live in their domain.       Posted 10 years ago, modified 10 years ago

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The Artemisia arbuscula

''Artemisia arbuscula'' is a species of sagebrush known by the common names little sagebrush, low sagebrush, or black sagebrush.

It is native to the western United States from Washington to California to Colorado, where it grows in open, exposed habitat on dry, sterile soils high in rock and clay content. This is a gray-green to gray shrub forming mounds generally no higher than 30 centimetres . Its many branches are covered in hairy leaves each less than a centimeter long. The inflorescence.. more

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Similar species: Asterales
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Uploaded Apr 5, 2015. Captured Apr 4, 2015 11:08 in Ancient Lakes Trail, Quincy, WA 98848, USA.
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