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 ...

Editor’s Note: The following is a guest post from ecologist Holly Copeland, a staff scientist with The Nature Conservancy. Copeland’s work focuses on mapping out wildlife migration corridors and other ...

Affectionately referred to as cowboy cologne, the California sagebrush is a shrub that requires practically zero maintenance. Flowering in late fall, this aromatic sagebrush is more than just a useful ...

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 ...

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 ...

The state designated the sagebrush (Artemisia tridentate), which can reach 12 feet high, its state flower. Native Americans made mats and medicine with its bark and leaves.

Sagebrush engaged in self-recognition and communicate danger to their "clones" or genetically identical cuttings planted nearby, researchers show. To thine own self be true” may take on a new ...

Sagebrush first showed up in North America about 12 million years ago. The plant you see as you drive along Interstate 84 dates back 350,000 years, said Jennifer Forbey, associate professor of biology ...

GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK — Laura Jones spoke from the grassy flats at the base of Blacktail Butte, a place where Mormon settlers made a go at homesteading the 6,600-foot-high heart of Jackson Hole ...