Artemisia cana Pursh ssp. cana
Annotated by Peter Lesica, Dec 2007.

Montana: Broadwater County: Helena; nearby. Elev. 4000 ft.
46.417° N, 111.4203° W; T8N R2E S25
Coordinate Source: TRS-website.
Common name: Sage brush
Slope: All up to 30%.
Soil: Gravelly clay, deep.
Type: Grass - brush
Principle assc. plants: Grasses
Use: Overgrazed
Distribution: Dry lower slopes
Abundance: Abundant
Palatability: 0.3
Grazed by: Sheep
Season grazed: Spring
Heavily browsed by sheep last spring.
Usual size of plants: 2' tall
Flowering period: Aug. Sept.
Period of seed dissemination: Oct.
These flowers belated. Herbarium of the Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. Phenology: Flowers.

Howard R. Flint 39-31, Oct 2, 1931
MONTU, Accession: 31848