PLANTS Profile for Artemisia arctica ssp. arctica (boreal sagebrush)

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PLANTS Profile

Artemisia arctica Less. ssp. arctica
boreal sagebrush

Symbol:

ARARA2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Asteraceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N

More Information:

Images:
Artemisia arctica Less. ssp. arctica

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Synonyms:
Artemisia arctica Less. ssp. arctica

	ARARS	Artemisia arctica Less. ssp. saxicola (Rydb.) Hultén
	ARNOS4	Artemisia norvegica Fr. ssp. saxatilis (Besser) H.M. Hall & Clem.
	ARNOP	Artemisia norvegica Fr. var. piceetorum S.L. Welsh & Goodrich
	ARNOS3	Artemisia norvegica Fr. var. saxatilis (Besser) Jeps.

Distribution:
Artemisia arctica Less. ssp. arctica


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USA (AK, CA, CO, MT, UT, WA, WY), CAN (AB, BC, NT, YT)

Related Taxa:
Artemisia arctica Less. ssp. arctica

View 477 genera in Asteraceae, 68 species in Artemisia, 3 subspecies in Artemisia arctica Less.

Classification:
Artemisia arctica Less. ssp. arctica

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Asterales
Family	Asteraceae – Aster family
Genus	Artemisia L. – sagebrush
Species	Artemisia arctica Less. – boreal sagebrush
Subspecies	Artemisia arctica Less. ssp. arctica – boreal sagebrush

More Accounts and Images:
Artemisia arctica Less. ssp. arctica

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 35433.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

Time Generated: 11/24/2009 06:20 AM MST