Seed bank and big sagebrush plant community composition in a range margin for big sagebrush

Native perennial forb variation between mountain big sagebrush and Wyoming big sagebrush plant communities.

Big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata Nutt.) occupies large portions of the western United States and provides valuable wildlife habitat. However, information is lacking quantifying differences in native perennial forb characteristics between mountain big sagebrush [A. tridentata spp. vaseyana (Rydb.) Beetle] and Wyoming big sagebrush [A. tridentata spp. wyomingensis (Beetle & A. Young) S.L. Wels...

Keying In On Big Sagebrush

sified due to national concern about wildlife associated with them. Sage-grouse and other native fauna closely associated with sagebrush plant communities are thought to be declining in many areas. Several range-wide petitions have been filed for listing the sage-grouse under the Endangered Species Act. The black-tailed prairie dog, often associated with sagebrush-grass types, and the sagebrush...

Saving the sagebrush sea: An ecosystem conservation plan for big sagebrush plant communities

Vegetation change and anthropogenic development are altering ecosystems and decreasing biodiversity. Successful management of ecosystems threatened by multiple stressors requires development of ecosystem conservation plans rather than single species plans. We selected the big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata Nutt.) ecosystem to demonstrate this approach. The area occupied by the sagebrush ecosys...

Seeding Considerations in Restoring Big Sagebrush Habitat

This papcrdescribes methods of managing or seeding to restore big sagebrush communities for wildlife habitat. The focus is on three bigsagebrush subspecies, Wyomingbigsagebrush (Artemi­ sia tridentata ssp. wyomingensis), basin big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata ssp. tridentata), and mountain big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyana). Natural colonization of the native plant community ...

Fuel and Fire Behavior Prediction in Big Sagebrush