Utah Valley University Herbarium

Label

Accession No. 15805 
Family Asteraceae 
Species Artemisia tridentata Nutt.
Subspecies var. vaseyana (Rydb.) B. Boivin
Collector Information Oliver Hansen  (88)  15 August 2010
Voucher Senior Thesis Voucher for Henry's Fork and Vicinity Checklist, Block 19, northern Utah and southern Wyoming. 
Geography United States,  Wyoming, Uintah County
Lat./Long. 41°  3' 27.54" N, 110°  21 ' 40.9" W at 8821 feet (2689 m)
Locality Uinta Mountains, NW slope of Cottonwood Mountain, FR072, ca. 4 miles N of Utah/Wyoming State line, E side of road; 
Ecology sagebrush slope with perennial grasses. 

Taxonomy


Synonyms recognized by ITIS (bold taxon is currently accepted):

     Artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyana (Rydb.) Beetle

     Artemisia tridentata var. pauciflora Winward & Goodrich
     Artemisia tridentata var. vaseyana (Rydb.) Boivin
     Artemisia vaseyana Rydb.
     Seriphidium tridentatum ssp. vaseyanum (Rydb.) W.A. Weber
     Seriphidium vaseyanum (Rydb.) W.A. Weber

Common Name(s): big sagebrush, mountain big sagebrush.

Taxonomic Hierarchy: (ITIS TSN=183740, click for more information and references)

        Kingdom: Plantae
            Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
                Division: Magnoliophyta
                    Class: Magnoliopsida
                        Subclass: Asteridae
                            Order: Asterales
                                Family: Asteraceae
                                    Genus: Artemisia
                                        Species: Artemisia tridentata
                                            Subspecies: Artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyana
                                                

Images

Images of other samples of the same species:
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01344
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01423
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02058
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02104
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02203
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02442
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02485
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03230
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05136
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05824
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06195
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07177
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07795
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07919
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07992
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11310
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13667
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13701
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13742

Nearby Accessions


Other accessions in the database collected near this one:

Accession Name Dist., dir.
15721 Androsace septentrionalis     same section
15718 Antennaria dimorpha     same section
15732 Arabis holboellii     300 ft. NE
15735 Astragalus argophyllus  var. martinii  300 ft. NE
15724 Astragalus spatulatus     same section
15807 Castilleja flava  var. flava  same section
15720 Cerastium arvense     same section
15734 Delphinium nuttallianum     300 ft. NE
15723 Erigeron compositus  var. glabratus  same section
15806 Eriogonum umbellatum  var. majus  same section
15736 Fritillaria atropurpurea     300 ft. NE
15729 Mertensia fusiformis     300 ft. NE
15725 Oxytropis sericea  var. sericea  same section
15722 Phlox multiflora     same section
15727 Pinus contorta  var. latifolia  324 ft. NW
15731 Poa fendleriana     300 ft. NE
15719 Poa secunda     same section
15726 Selaginella densa     same section
15733 Senecio integerrimus  var. exaltatus  300 ft. NE
15730 Shepherdia canadensis     300 ft. NE
15808 Tetradymia canescens     same section
15728 Viola nuttallii     324 ft. NW

Locale


Nearby locations from the USGS Geographic Name Information System (GNIS) database:

Name County Dist., dir. Elevation (ft.) 7.5' Quad Name
Gourley Meadows (Flat) Uinta County, WY 2240 ft. SW 8600  Table Mountain 
Whiskey Spring (Spring) Uinta County, WY 1.6 mi. E 8770  Table Mountain 
Graham Reservoir Number 1 (Reservoir) Uinta County, WY 1.8 mi. NW 8452  Buck Fever Ridge 
Graham Dam (Dam) Uinta County, WY 1.8 mi. W 8455  Buck Fever Ridge 
Graham Reservoir (Reservoir) Uinta County, WY 1.8 mi. W 8455  Buck Fever Ridge 
Cottonwood Mountain (Summit) Uinta County, WY 2.2 mi. S 9321  Table Mountain 
Big Spring (Spring) Uinta County, WY 2.3 mi. NE 8741  Table Mountain 
Deadhorse State Hospital Camp (Locale) Uinta County, WY 2.8 mi. S 8931  Buck Fever Ridge 
Murray Ditch (Canal) Uinta County, WY 2.5 mi. NW 8317  Buck Fever Ridge 
Gilbert Creek (Stream) Summit County, UT 2.3 mi. W   Bridger Lake 
Gilbert Creek (Stream) Uinta County, WY 2.3 mi. W   Bridger Lake 
Deadhorse Park (Park) Uinta County, WY 3 mi. S 8888  Buck Fever Ridge 
Little Gilbert Creek (Stream) Summit County, UT 2.7 mi. SW   Bridger Lake 
Little Gilbert Creek (Stream) Uinta County, WY 2.7 mi. SW   Bridger Lake 
Slab Park (Park) Uinta County, WY 2.8 mi. SW 8744  Buck Fever Ridge 
Sage Creek Park (Flat) Uinta County, WY 3.4 mi. SE 9197  Table Mountain 
Rocky Springs (Spring) Uinta County, WY 3.8 mi. N 8019  Buck Fever Ridge 
Tipperary Reservoir (Reservoir) Uinta County, WY 3.6 mi. N 8196  Buck Fever Ridge 
Tipperary Dam (Dam) Uinta County, WY 3.6 mi. N 8196  Buck Fever Ridge 
Murray Reservoir (Reservoir) Uinta County, WY 3.6 mi. N 8196  Buck Fever Ridge 

Links

Taxon Links for species Artemisia tridentata  Nutt.

CalPhotos, Berkeley Digital Library Project

CNPS Manual of California Vegetation Database

USDA Plants database
University of Washington Herbarium: Plants of Washington (images)

Texas A&M University: Image Library (images)

Lady Bird Johnson's Wildflower Center

Google Images

External link to this species in the UVU Herbarium:
http://herbarium.UVU.edu/virtual/search.asp?taxon=Artemisia+tridentata

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