Anyone who has spent much time in Nevada knows the state’s official flower is actually a shrub known as Artemisia tridentate—or sagebrush. The scruffy green-gray bush thrives just about everywhere in ...
Editor’s Note: Nevada 150 is a yearlong series highlighting the people, places and things that make up the history of the state. Nevada’s official flower is a lot like many of the people who call the ...
Driving from Summit County west you see miles and miles of high desert terrain of mainly pale grey to silver-colored sagebrush. It seems a bit monotonous to see so much sagebrush, but its yellow ...
Reno Gazette-Journal: Sagebrush, a symbol of the American West, is disappearing at an alarming rate
For centuries, the Great Basin has been synonymous with sagebrush. In Nevada, its rolling sea of silvery green leaves spreads out as far as the eye can see, disappearing over the horizon. Sagebrush is ...
Sagebrush, a symbol of the American West, is disappearing at an alarming rate
Reno Gazette-Journal: Preserving the pulse of the West: Urgent conservation needed for Nevada's sagebrush biome
Preserving the pulse of the West: Urgent conservation needed for Nevada's sagebrush biome
Las Vegas Sun: Sagebrush plants hold Nevada's ecosystem together. Here's their story
ELKO — Sagebrush is a ubiquitous kind of plant. It grows in most Nevadans' backyards, appears on the Nevada state flag and serves as a source of coals for grilling. It is also a habitat for sage ...
Flowers, also known as blossoms and blooms, are the reproductive structures of flowering plants. Typically, they are structured in four circular levels around the end of a stalk.