Sagebrush steppe also known as the sagebrush sea, is a type of shrub-steppe, a plant community characterized by the presence of shrubs, and usually dominated by sagebrush, any of several species in the genus Artemisia. [1]

This widespread yet fragile ecosystem is characterized by abundant sagebrush, but also contains a diversity of other native shrubs, grasses, and flowering plants. Sagebrush steppe terrain is typically flat or gently rolling, with water running intermittently through shallow creeks and occasionally deeper canyons.

May 6, 2018 · The dominant types of animals in Sagebrush Steppe ecosystems include Pygmy Rabbits, Coyotes, Sagebrush voles, Sagebrush lizard, golden eagles, Pronghorn, mule deer, elk, Kangaroo Rat, owls, livestock (cattle and sheep), wild horses, jackrabbits, and Sage Grouse (2).

May 6, 2018 · Topography influences vegetation communities, water cycling, and Sagebrush Steppe ecosystem function because it influences climate and geology. For example, temperature decreases as elevation increases, precipitation falls as snow (1). The main topography of Sagebrush Steppe is the formation of basins (valleys) and range (Mountains) (1).

Sagebrush steppe and shrublands are a Strategy Habitat in the Blue Mountains, Columbia Plateau, and Northern Basin and Range ecore-gions. Sagebrush habitats also occur in the East Cascades ecoregion. Due to the diversity of sagebrush community types and localized patterns of historic habitat loss, this Conservation Strategy focuses on

What is the Sagebrush Steppe? Mountain big sagebrush with single-leaf pinyon pine in central Nevada at sunset during a summer rainstorm. A vast portion of the Great Basin, Intermontane valleys and mountains between the Rocky Mountains and Sierra Nevada-Cascade axis, and higher ranges in the Western U.S. are habitat for a diversity of sagebrush ...

Sagebrush steppe is located throughout the regions of the Intermountain West, the Columbia and Colorado Plateaus, and the Great Basin in the states of Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Nevada, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico (figure 8.1).

Sep 8, 2023 · A multidisciplinary team of scientists are evaluating methods of sagebrush steppe restoration to inform land managers working to protect one of the most threatened land types in North America. SageSTEP is the longest running and largest replicated ecological study on fuel treatments in sagebrush steppe.

Aug 7, 2019 · Mountain big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata var. vaseyana) dominates, along with several other kinds of sagebrush. Several grass species, such as Idaho fescue (Festuca idahoensis), also dominate sagebrush-stepper. Other species found in sagebrush-steppe include mountain brome, needlegrasses, yampah, sticky geranium, and several species of ...

In Montana, montane sagebrush steppe occurs within the island mountain ranges of the north-central and south-central portions of the state. It dominates the landscape of southwestern Montana from valley bottoms to subalpine ridges and is …