Sage-grouse Habitat in Idaho - College of Natural Resources ...
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<strong>Sage</strong>brush Steppe Plants<br />
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Roger Rosentreter<br />
Early (alkali) sagebrush (Artemisia longiloba) looks very<br />
similar <strong>in</strong> color and structure to little sagebrush. It is a low<br />
grow<strong>in</strong>g shrub that typically occupies rocky, shallow, and<br />
poor-dra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g soils. Early sagebrush flowers very early <strong>in</strong><br />
the season compared with other sagebrush species. It is<br />
a highly palatable species and is the dom<strong>in</strong>ant sagebrush<br />
on some <strong>of</strong> the largest leks <strong>in</strong> <strong>Idaho</strong>.<br />
Stiff sagebrush (Artemisia rigida) grows from 12 to 16<br />
<strong>in</strong>ches tall on very shallow soils. It has brittle or stiff<br />
branches and is deciduous. Stiff sagebrush sites can<br />
provide sage-<strong>grouse</strong> with late brood-rear<strong>in</strong>g habitat because<br />
the sites are <strong>of</strong>ten wet enough to support a large<br />
diversity <strong>of</strong> forbs.<br />
Dave Powell, U.S. Forest Service<br />
Bugwood.org<br />
Early sagebrush<br />
Stiff sagebrush<br />
<strong>Sage</strong>-Grouse <strong>Habitat</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>Idaho</strong><br />
BLM <strong>Idaho</strong><br />
BLM <strong>Idaho</strong>
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