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Foodplant / parasite
Erysiphe artemisiae parasitises Artemisia campestris

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larva of Oxyna parietina feeds within stem of Artemisia campestris
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Artemisia campestris varies; each morphologic form grades into another. The present circumscription is conservative in that only three subspecies are recognized; the subspecies usually can be separated geographically as well as morphologically. Populations in western North America consist primarily of subsp. pacifica; east of the continental divide, plants are assigned to subsp. canadensis in northern latitudes and to subsp. caudata in southern latitudes.
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Description

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Biennials or perennials, (10–)30–80(–150) cm, faintly aromatic; taprooted, caudices branched. Stems usually 1–5, turning reddish brown, (often ribbed) tomentose or glabrous. Leaves persistent or deciduous, mostly basal; basal blades 4–12 cm, cauline gradually reduced, 2–4 × 0.5–1.5 cm, 2–3-pinnately lobed, lobes linear to narrowly oblong, apices acute, faces densely to sparsely white-pubescent. Heads (pedunculate) in (mostly leafless) paniculiform arrays. Involucres broadly turbinate, 2.5–3(–5) × 2–3.5(–7) mm. Phyllaries (margins scarious) glabrous or villous-tomentose. Florets: pistillate 5–20; functionally staminate 12–30; corollas pale yellow, sparsely hairy or glabrous. Cypselae oblong-lanceoloid, somewhat compressed, 0.8–1 mm, faintly nerved, glabrous.
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Broad-scale Impacts of Plant Response to Fire

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Although field sagewort occurs in many habitats, very few studies describe field sagewort's response to fire,
and of the few fire studies mentioning field sagewort, all lack specifics. All that can be concluded from
these studies is that field sagewort appears in early postfire communities and persists on repeatedly burned
sites.


Researchers noted that A. c. subsp. b. var. scouleriana was important in the
first year following an early fall fire in shrub live oak (Quercus turbinella)-dominated chaparral in
central Arizona's Sierra Ancha Experimental Forest. Herbaceous vegetation was reportedly "almost
nonexistent" before and increased "greatly" after the fire. Forbs were present for the first
5 postfire sampling years. Abundance values were not reported [83].


Field sagewort abundance increased in the first postfire year on little bluestem (Schizachyrium
scoparium)-dominated plots in south-central Minnesota's Cedar Creek Natural History Area that was
spring burned at 4-year intervals (5 fires in 17 years). Field sagewort abundance was not reported on
similar plots that were spring burned annually or every other year, but the researcher reported that fire
frequency differences produced only minor changes in species composition and did not affect aboveground
productivity [64].


Fossil pollen and charcoal records from Fariya Lake within jack pine forests of northern Alberta
indicate that field sagewort is likely abundant following fire. Researchers found significant
(P<0.05) positive correlations of Artemisia spp. (likely field sagewort on dry sites)
within 5 years after peaks in the macroscopic charcoal accumulation rate. For information on the fire
regime in this area, see FIRE REGIMES [68].

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Common Names

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field sagewort

beach wormwood

field sagebrush

field wormwood

prairie sagewort

tall wormwood
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Conservation Status

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Information on state-level protected status of varieties and subspecies of field sagewort in the United States is available at Plants Database.
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Description

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More info for the terms: caudex, forb, monocarpic, organic soils, pappus, perfect, presence

This description provides characteristics that may be relevant to fire ecology, and is not meant for identification. Keys for identification are available (e.g., [43,46,56,67,114,123]).

Aboveground description: Field sagewort is a native forb (with 1 nonnative subspecies) with highly variable forms and habits. Plants are biennials or short-lived perennials and produce 1 to many stems that may reach 4.9 feet (1.5 m) [11,33,43]. Stems arise from a woody caudex [27,59]. Growth forms vary from mounded to spreading [49,59]. Basal leaves are crowded and measure 0.8 to 4 inches (2-10 cm) long by often less than 2 mm wide. Basal leaves may or may not persist. Leaf hairiness ranges from glabrous to densely villous. Stem leaves are smaller and have less pronounced dissection than basal leaves [43,67]. Flowers are inconspicuous and occur in spike- or panicle-like inflorescences. Field sagewort produces 5 to 20 ray and 6 to 40 disk flowers, but only ray flowers are fertile [11,49]. Fruits are achenes measuring around 0.8 mm long and lacking a pappus [11]. Shipley and Parent [99] report that seeds weigh about 0.003 g, based on an average of at least 25 seeds.

Infrataxa: Because there is little available information on field sagewort, and available information often refers to a single subspecies and/or variety, this review will identify subspecies and varieties consistent with the literature cited. Descriptions of field sagewort infrataxa are summarized below:

Artemisia campestris subsp. caudata is most often described as a single-stemmed biennial [34,56]. However, of A. c. subsp. caudata plants observed throughout Alberta, approximately 20% were perennial and at least 50% had 2 or more stems [80]. Artemisia campestris subsp. caudata may be more aptly described as a monocarpic perennial [102,132], but in populations studied along the eastern shore of Lake Huron, some plants survived after their reproductive period, and a small percentage of plants (4.5%) flowered in more than 1 growing season [102]. Stems range from 1 to 4.9 feet (0.3-1.5 m) tall, are often unbranched, and arise from a large taproot [46,89,105]. Numerous basal leaves are present in the first growing season. Both basal and stem leaves are deeply and finely dissected. Leaves may be pubescent when young but become glabrous with age [30,49,56]. Artemisia campestris subsp. caudata produces 20 to 40 flowers/head, and heads are arranged in elongate narrow panicles. Outer pistillate flowers are fertile, and inner flowers are perfect but have abortive ovaries [30,46,75]. Glabrous achenes measure 0.8 to 1 mm long [89]. Seeds are small. One thousand seeds weigh approximately 0.1 g [103,105].

Artemisia campestris subsp. campestris is a nonnative perennial. It is the only nonnative subspecies described in this review. Artemisia campestris subsp. campestris commonly produces several stems of 1 to 2 feet (0.3-0.5 m) tall. Plants are very leafy at the base and much less so above. Leaves are pubescent when young but glabrous when mature [49].

Artemisia campestris subsp. borealis var. borealis is a perennial that grows as a 0.3- to 1-foot (0.1-0.3 m)-tall mound [2,34]. Stems are simple or branched [59]. Leaves, concentrated at the plant base, are dissected into long narrow lobes [2,59,93]. Few flower heads occur in the raceme- or spike-like inflorescences [2,34].

Artemisia campestris subsp. borealis var. scouleriana is a perennial growing 1 to 3 feet (0.3-1 m) tall [56,86]. Several clustered stems grow from a compact, branching caudex [27]. Basal and stem leaves are silky with hairs. Basal leaves are persistent [27,49,75,86,123]. Head flowers consist of 5 to 20 fertile pistillate flowers and 12 to 30 functionally staminate disk flowers. Inflorescences are large, relaxed or open, and contain many heads [27,56,123].

Artemisia campestris subsp. borealis var. petiolata and A. c. subsp. b. var. wormskioldii have the most restricted distributions and are not well described. For more information on these species, see [56,122].

Belowground growth: Field sagewort produces a large taproot [11,89,105]. The often biennial root of A. c. subsp. caudata is also considered large, especially on sand dunes [49]. Mature A. c. subsp. caudata in Benzie County, Michigan, produced lateral roots that extended 20 to 30 feet (6-9 m). However, extension direction was not described. Young plants that were about 4 inches (10 cm) tall had short taproots, and "very prominent" taproots were only occasionally observed. Root length decreased with increased presence of organic matter or humus layers, and lateral roots were shorter and finer in organic soils than sandy soils [117].

Roots of mature A. c. subsp. borealis var. borealis excavated from relatively undisturbed sites in the Great Plains were primarily confined to the top 3 inches (8 cm) of soil. Maximum root spread, lateral root abundance, and lateral root branching were within the top 3 inches (8 cm) of soil. Just 4 to 6 moderately branched roots extended to depths of 2 to 3 feet (0.6-1 m) [118]. Artemisia campestris subsp. borealis var. borealis plants excavated from sandhills near Yuma, Colorado, had taproots reaching 8 feet (2 m) and lateral roots extending 1 to 2.5 feet (0.3-0.8 m) from the taproot. Excavated plants were 1 to 1.5 feet (0.3-0.5 m) tall and had between 5 and 10 large branches. "Strong, woody taproots" had diameters of 6 to 11 mm near the soil surface, but diameter quickly tapered to less than 1.5 mm at depths of 1 foot (0.3 m) or more. Numerous laterals ranging from "threadlike" to over 2 mm in diameter occurred just below the soil surface to a depth of 1.5 feet (0.5 m). All lateral roots were multibranched with very fine sublaterals 1 to 3 inches (3-8 cm) long [119].

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Distribution

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Field sagewort is a circumboreal species with a wide distribution and altitudinal range in North America [27,49]. It occurs in nearly all US states and Canadian territories.

Infrataxa:
Artemisia campestris subsp. caudata is widely distributed but is most common in the eastern and central United States and is occasional in the west [49,56]. It occurs as far north as New Brunswick and Saskatchewan and as far south as Florida and Texas [75,105]. Artemisia campestris subsp. campestris is an introduced species, native to Eurasia. It occurs occasionally in the Atlantic Coast states [49]. Artemisia campestris subsp. borealis var. borealis is most common in the northern part of North America. It occupies sites from the Bering Strait and throughout Alaska, to Labrador, Canada and occurs in the Great Lakes states and in Colorado as well [2,59,93]. Artemisia campestris subsp. borealis var. scouleriana occurs primarily in the western United States and Canada. It occupies habitats from the Yukon Territory to western Nebraska and New Mexico [49,62]. Artemisia campestris subsp. borealis var. petiolata is endemic and restricted to Utah [60,110]. Artemisia campestris subsp. borealis var. wormskioldii is rare in Washington and, while historically present in Oregon, is considered extirpated today [60]. Plants Database provides a distributional map of field sagewort and its infrataxa. Additional information regarding the distribution of field sagewort and its infrataxa is available in [49,56,60].

Note: The following distribution lists may or may not provide field sagewort habitat. Field sagewort is rarely mentioned in vegetation descriptions because it is rarely a community dominant and is often restricted to early-seral communities or open or disturbed sites. The following vegetation classification lists should be considered potential field sagewort habitat.
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Fire Ecology

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Fire adaptations: As of this writing (2007), information regarding the effects of fire on field sagewort is lacking. Vegetative regeneration following top-kill has not been described, and no studies address the heat tolerance of field sagewort seed. However, field sagewort is described in early postfire communities [64,83] suggesting rapid recolonization through vegetative sprouting, germination of on-site seed, or movement of seed from off-site sources.

FIRE REGIMES: Field sagewort occupies a variety of habitats in a wide range of environments making it impossible to describe a single fire regime for this species. Field sagewort likely experiences and tolerates a wide range of FIRE REGIMES. Field sagewort's intolerance of shade and tolerance of disturbance suggests that it may be favored by recurrent fire. In Wisconsin, dry prairies and oak barrens providing field sagewort habitat are maintained by recurrent fire [28,29].

Researchers found increases in sagebrush (assumed to be field sagewort in dry areas) pollen after each fire recorded in a 580-year fossil pollen and charcoal record from Fariya Lake in northern Alberta. Sixteen fires were detected in 580 years, and the estimated fire-return interval was 34 years. This estimate closely matched the fire cycle estimated from dendrochronology studies done in jack pine (Pinus banksiana) forests in the adjacent Wood Buffalo National Park. Current vegetation surrounding the lake includes jack pine on the benches and slopes, paper birch (Betula papyrifera) between ridges, and black spruce (Picea mariana) in moist depressions. For more on this study, see Discussion and Qualification of Plant Response to Fire [68].

The following table provides fire-return intervals for plant communities and ecosystems where field sagewort may be important. Find fire regime information for the plant communities in which this species may occur by entering the species name in the FEIS home page under "Find FIRE REGIMES".

Community or Ecosystem Dominant Species Fire Return Interval Range (years) California chaparral Adenostoma and/or Arctostaphylos spp. <35 to <100 [84] bluestem prairie Andropogon gerardii var. gerardii-Schizachyrium scoparium 65,84] Nebraska sandhills prairie Andropogon gerardii var. paucipilus-Schizachyrium scoparium <10 [84] silver sagebrush steppe Artemisia cana 5-45 [53,88,128] sagebrush steppe Artemisia tridentata/Pseudoroegneria spicata 20-70 [84] basin big sagebrush Artemisia tridentata var. tridentata 12-43 [95] mountain big sagebrush Artemisia tridentata var. vaseyana 15-40 [6,22,78] Wyoming big sagebrush Artemisia tridentata var. wyomingensis 10-70 (x=40) [113,131] saltbush-greasewood Atriplex confertifolia-Sarcobatus vermiculatus <35 to <100 desert grasslands Bouteloua eriopoda and/or Pleuraphis mutica <35 to <100 [84] plains grasslands Bouteloua spp. <35 [84,128] blue grama-needle-and-thread grass-western wheatgrass Bouteloua gracilis-Hesperostipa comata-Pascopyrum smithii <35 [84,94,128] blue grama-buffalo grass Bouteloua gracilis-Buchloe dactyloides <35 [84,128] grama-galleta steppe Bouteloua gracilis-Pleuraphis jamesii <35 to <100 blue grama-tobosa prairie Bouteloua gracilis-Pleuraphis mutica <35 to <100 [84] cheatgrass Bromus tectorum 85,126] California montane chaparral Ceanothus and/or Arctostaphylos spp. 50-100 [84] curlleaf mountain-mahogany* Cercocarpus ledifolius 13-1,000 [7,96] mountain-mahogany-Gambel oak scrub Cercocarpus ledifolius-Quercus gambelii <35 to <100 [84] tundra ecosystems Deschampsia caespitosa, Carex bigelowii, Carex macrochaeta, Chamerion latifolium, Festuca altaica, Potentilla nana, Sibbaldia procumbens, Saxifraga spp., Trifolium dasphyllum, Vaccinium vitis-idaea >100 to 500 [36,112,125] Ashe juniper Juniperus ashei <35 western juniper Juniperus occidentalis 20-70 Rocky Mountain juniper Juniperus scopulorum <35 [84] cedar glades Juniperus virginiana 3-22 [48,84] yellow-poplar Liriodendron tulipifera <35 [115] wheatgrass plains grasslands Pascopyrum smithii <5-47+ [84,88,128] Great Lakes spruce-fir Picea-Abies spp. 35 to >200 northeastern spruce-fir Picea-Abies spp. 35-200 [36] southeastern spruce-fir Picea-Abies spp. 35 to >200 [115] black spruce Picea mariana 35-200 [36] pinyon-juniper Pinus-Juniperus spp. <35 [84] jack pine Pinus banksiana 25,36] shortleaf pine Pinus echinata 2-15 shortleaf pine-oak Pinus echinata-Quercus spp. <10 [115] Colorado pinyon Pinus edulis 10-400+ [40,45,63,84] slash pine Pinus elliottii 3-8 slash pine-hardwood Pinus elliottii-variable <35 sand pine Pinus elliottii var. elliottii 25-45 [115] longleaf-slash pine Pinus palustris-P. elliottii 1-4 [81,115] longleaf pine-scrub oak Pinus palustris-Quercus spp. 6-10 [115] interior ponderosa pine* Pinus ponderosa var. scopulorum 2-30 [5,9,69] red-white pine* (Great Lakes region) Pinus resinosa-P. strobus 3-200 [25,52,73] eastern white pine Pinus strobus 35-200 loblolly pine Pinus taeda 3-8 loblolly-shortleaf pine Pinus taeda-P. echinata 10 to <35 Virginia pine Pinus virginiana 10 to <35 Virginia pine-oak Pinus virginiana-Quercus spp. 10 to <35 [115] aspen-birch Populus tremuloides-Betula papyrifera 35-200 [36,115] quaking aspen (west of the Great Plains) Populus tremuloides 7-120 [5,47,76] mountain grasslands Pseudoroegneria spicata 3-40 (x=10) [4,5] oak-hickory Quercus-Carya spp. <35 [115] oak-juniper woodland (Southwest) Quercus-Juniperus spp. <35 to <200 [84] northeastern oak-pine Quercus-Pinus spp. 10 to <35 southeastern oak-pine Quercus-Pinus spp. <10 white oak-black oak-northern red oak Quercus alba-Q. velutina-Q. rubra <35 northern pin oak Quercus ellipsoidalis <35 bear oak Quercus ilicifolia <35 bur oak Quercus macrocarpa <10 [115] oak savanna Quercus macrocarpa/Andropogon gerardii-Schizachyrium scoparium 2-14 [84,115] shinnery Quercus mohriana <35 [84] northern red oak Quercus rubra 10 to <35 post oak-blackjack oak Quercus stellata-Q. marilandica <10 black oak Quercus velutina <35 live oak Quercus virginiana 10 to<100 blackland prairie Schizachyrium scoparium-Nassella leucotricha <10 Fayette prairie Schizachyrium scoparium-Buchloe dactyloides <10 [115] little bluestem-grama prairie Schizachyrium scoparium-Bouteloua spp. <35 [84] *fire return interval varies widely; trends in variation are noted in the species review
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Fire Management Considerations

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Information regarding fire's effect on field sagewort and field sagewort's response to fire is lacking. Without more information, recommendations regarding the use or management of fire in field sagewort habitats cannot be made.
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Growth Form (according to Raunkiær Life-form classification)

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RAUNKIAER [90] LIFE FORM:
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Habitat characteristics

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Dry, sandy, open habitats occupied by field sagewort commonly include forest and woodland openings, sand beaches and dunes, gravelly or rocky shores, dry prairies, roadsides, meadows, old fields, and alpine communities [11,34,54,56,114,129].

Aspect: In the badlands of North Dakota, A. c. subsp. caudata occurred on south- but not north-facing slopes. Southern aspects were drier and had shallower soils with less organic matter than north slopes. Herbaceous vegetation dominated southern aspects. Northern aspects were dominated by trees and shrubs. The study did not determine which, if any, factors most affected A. c. subsp. caudata presence [23].

Climate: Field sagewort's wide distribution implies wide climatic tolerances. Temperatures average 10 °F (-4 °C) in field sagewort habitat in alpine vegetation in Quebec's Gaspe Provincial Park, and annual precipitation averages 65.4 inches (1,660 mm). Snow accounts for 33% of the annual precipitation [100]. In Lesser Slave Lake Provincial Park, Alberta, field sagewort habitats experience a humid continental climate with short, cool summers and long, cold winters. Frost-free days average average 80/year [70]. A continental climate with wide annual and diurnal temperature fluctuations is described for field sagewort habitats in North Dakota. Temperatures average 12 °F (-11 °C) in January and 70 °F (21 °C) in July. Annual precipitation averages 15 inches (380 mm), and 110 to 119 frost-free days are typical in field sagewort habitats in North Dakota [23]. A semiarid to desert-like climate prevails in western Texas field sagewort habitats. In Bailey County, January and July temperatures average 36 °F (2.4 °C) and 77.2 °F (25.1 °C), respectively, and in Winkler County temperatures average 44 °F (6.9 °C) in January and 84 °F (28.9 °C) in July. Precipitation averages 11 inches (282 mm)/year in Winkler County and 17 inches (442 mm)/year in Bailey County [106].

Elevation:

Elevation tolerances for field sagewort subspecies

State/region

Subspecies/variety

Elevation (feet)

Arizona A. c. subsp. borealis var. scouleriana 5,500-8,500 [62] California A. c. subsp. borealis ±7,200 [54] Colorado A. c. subsp. borealis var. borealis 11,500-12,000 A. c. subsp. borealis var. scouleriana 4,500-9,000 A. c. subsp. caudata 5,000-7,500 [50] Nevada (Elko County) A. c. subsp. borealis 5,500-6,500 [61] New Mexico A. c. subsp. caudata 5,000-7,000 A. c. subsp. borealis var. scouleriana 6,000-8,000 [75] Utah A. c. subsp. borealis var. scouleriana 4,100-8,000 [123] Intermountain West A. c. subsp. borealis var. scouleriana 4,900-8,900 [27]

Researchers report that A. c. subsp. borealis var. borealis occurs in subalpine and alpine sites in Montana, Colorado, and Wyoming [34,56]. Artemisia campestris subsp. borealis var. scouleriana commonly occupies lower elevation sites than A. c. subsp. borealis var. borealis [56].

Soils: Sandy soils are most often described for field sagewort habitats. Salty and serpentine soils are also tolerated. In southern Saskatchewan, A. c. subsp. caudata occurs in semi-halophytic vegetation types with saline and calcareous soils. Vegetation is likely affected by salts only during times of high soil moisture [32]. Artemisia campestris subsp. borealis var. borealis occurs in arctic coastal tundra on Alaska's North Slope that is inundated with salt water when winds are strong. Soils in this area are sandy loams and have a pH of 7.3 [21]. On Mount Albert in Quebec's Gaspe Provincial Park, A. c. subsp. borealis is most frequent in alpine vegetation occupying serpentine-rich soils [100].

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Habitat: Cover Types

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This species is known to occur in association with the following cover types (as classified by the Society of American Foresters):

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SAF COVER TYPES [37]:




1 Jack pine

12 Black spruce

14 Northern pin oak

15 Red pine

21 Eastern white pine

40 Post oak-blackjack oak

42 Bur oak

43 Bear oak

46 Eastern redcedar

52 White oak-black oak-northern
red oak

53 White oak

57 Yellow-poplar

59 Yellow-poplar-white oak-northern red oak

63 Cottonwood

64 Sassafras-persimmon

65 Pin oak-sweetgum

66 Ashe juniper-redberry (Pinchot) juniper

69 Sand pine

70 Longleaf pine

71 Longleaf pine-scrub oak

72 Southern scrub oak

75 Shortleaf pine

76 Shortleaf pine-oak

78 Virginia pine-oak

79 Virginia pine

80 Loblolly pine-shortleaf pine

81 Loblolly pine

82 Loblolly pine-hardwood

83 Longleaf pine-slash pine

84 Slash pine

85 Slash pine-hardwood

107 White spruce

108 Red maple

110 Black oak

201 White spruce

220 Rocky Mountain juniper

235 Cottonwood-willow

236 Bur oak

237 Interior ponderosa pine

238 Western juniper

239 Pinyon-juniper

241 Western live oak

253 Black spruce-white spruce
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Habitat: Ecosystem

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This species is known to occur in the following ecosystem types (as named by the U.S. Forest Service in their Forest and Range Ecosystem [FRES] Type classification):

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ECOSYSTEMS [42]:




FRES10 White-red-jack pine

FRES11 Spruce-fir

FRES12 Longleaf-slash pine

FRES13 Loblolly-shortleaf pine

FRES14 Oak-pine

FRES15 Oak-hickory

FRES17 Elm-ash-cottonwood

FRES19 Aspen-birch

FRES21 Ponderosa pine

FRES28 Western hardwoods

FRES29 Sagebrush

FRES30 Desert shrub

FRES33 Southwestern shrubsteppe

FRES34 Chaparral-mountain shrub

FRES35 Pinyon-juniper

FRES36 Mountain grasslands

FRES38 Plains grasslands

FRES39 Prairie

FRES40 Desert grasslands

FRES44 Alpine
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Habitat: Plant Associations

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This species is known to occur in association with the following plant community types (as classified by Küchler 1964):

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KUCHLER [66] PLANT ASSOCIATIONS:




K005 Mixed conifer forest

K011 Western ponderosa forest

K016 Eastern ponderosa forest

K017 Black Hills pine forest

K018 Pine-Douglas-fir forest

K023 Juniper-pinyon woodland

K024 Juniper steppe woodland

K031 Oak-juniper woodland

K032 Transition between K031 and K037

K034 Montane chaparral

K037 Mountain-mahogany-oak scrub

K038 Great Basin sagebrush

K040 Saltbush-greasewood

K047 Fescue-oatgrass

K050 Fescue-wheatgrass

K051 Wheatgrass-bluegrass

K052 Alpine meadows and barren

K053 Grama-galleta steppe

K054 Grama-tobosa prairie

K055 Sagebrush steppe

K056 Wheatgrass-needlegrass shrubsteppe

K057 Galleta-threeawn shrubsteppe

K058 Grama-tobosa shrubsteppe

K064 Grama-needlegrass-wheatgrass

K066 Wheatgrass-needlegrass

K067 Wheatgrass-bluestem-needlegrass

K068 Wheatgrass-grama-buffalo grass

K069 Bluestem-grama prairie

K070 Sandsage-bluestem prairie

K074 Bluestem prairie

K075 Nebraska Sandhills prairie

K076 Blackland prairie

K081 Oak savanna

K082 Mosaic of K074 and K100

K083 Cedar glades

K084 Cross Timbers

K089 Black Belt

K093 Great Lakes spruce-fir forest

K095 Great Lakes pine forest

K098 Northern floodplain forest

K100 Oak-hickory forest

K104 Appalachian oak forest

K110 Northeastern oak-pine forest

K111 Oak-hickory-pine

K112 Southern mixed forest

K115 Sand pine scrub
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Habitat: Rangeland Cover Types

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This species is known to occur in association with the following Rangeland Cover Types (as classified by the Society for Range Management, SRM):

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SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES [98]:




101 Bluebunch wheatgrass

107 Western juniper/big sagebrush/bluebunch wheatgrass

110 Ponderosa pine-grassland

213 Alpine grassland

301 Bluebunch wheatgrass-blue grama

302 Bluebunch wheatgrass-Sandberg bluegrass

303 Bluebunch wheatgrass-western wheatgrass

308 Idaho fescue-tufted hairgrass

309 Idaho fescue-western wheatgrass

310 Needle-and-thread-blue grama

311 Rough fescue-bluebunch wheatgrass

312 Rough fescue-Idaho fescue

314 Big sagebrush-bluebunch wheatgrass

315 Big sagebrush-Idaho fescue

316 Big sagebrush-rough fescue

322 Curlleaf mountain-mahogany-bluebunch wheatgrass

323 Shrubby cinquefoil-rough fescue

324 Threetip sagebrush-Idaho fescue

401 Basin big sagebrush

402 Mountain big sagebrush

403 Wyoming big sagebrush

404 Threetip sagebrush

410 Alpine rangeland

411 Aspen woodland

412 Juniper-pinyon woodland

413 Gambel oak

414 Salt desert shrub

415 Curlleaf mountain-mahogany

416 True mountain-mahogany

422 Riparian

501 Saltbush-greasewood

502 Grama-galleta

503 Arizona chaparral

504 Juniper-pinyon pine woodland

505 Grama-tobosa shrub

509 Transition between oak-juniper woodland and mahogany-oak association

601 Bluestem prairie

602 Bluestem-prairie sandreed

603 Prairie sandreed-needlegrass

604 Bluestem-grama prairie

605 Sandsage prairie

606 Wheatgrass-bluestem-needlegrass

607 Wheatgrass-needlegrass

608 Wheatgrass-grama-needlegrass

609 Wheatgrass-grama

610 Wheatgrass

611 Blue grama-buffalo grass

612 Sagebrush-grass

614 Crested wheatgrass

615 Wheatgrass-saltgrass-grama

704 Blue grama-western wheatgrass

705 Blue grama-galleta

706 Blue grama-sideoats grama

707 Blue grama-sideoats grama-black grama

708 Bluestem-dropseed

709 Bluestem-grama

710 Bluestem prairie

714 Grama-bluestem

715 Grama-buffalo grass

716 Grama-feathergrass

717 Little bluestem-Indiangrass-Texas wintergrass

720 Sand bluestem-little bluestem (dunes)

721 Sand bluestem-little bluestem (plains)

722 Sand sagebrush-mixed prairie

730 Sand shinnery oak

731 Cross timbers-Oklahoma

735 Sideoats grama-sumac-juniper

801 Savanna

802 Missouri prairie

808 Sand pine scrub

809 Mixed hardwood and pine

810 Longleaf pine-turkey oak hills

910 Hairgrass

912 Low scrub shrub birch-ericaceous

914 Mesic sedge-grass-herb meadow tundra

920 White spruce-paper birch
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Immediate Effect of Fire

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Field sagewort is top-killed by fire.
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Importance to Livestock and Wildlife

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Field sagewort occurs in high-use habitats and may make up a small part of wildlife diets. Sharptail grouse, rabbits, and other small mammals feed on A. c. subsp. caudata seeds and fruits [105].

In the winter in the Bridger Mountains of Montana's Gallatin County, Rocky Mountain mule deer fed on A. c. subsp. borealis var. borealis. Observations of feeding on A. c. subsp. borealis var. borealis constituted 4% of the total 505, year-long feeding observations [127].

Artemisia campestris ssp. borealis var. borealis was common in arctic coastal tundra sites used by caribou and migratory Canada geese on Alaska's North Slope. Consumption of seeds or herbaceous growth was not noted [21]. Artemisia caudata subsp. caudata was abundant in eastern cottontail winter habitats in Allegan County, Michigan, but was not frequently consumed [51].

In the Gateway National Recreation Area in the New York and New Jersey harbors, researchers monitored a protected diamond-backed terrapin nest. Seven of nine eggs were penetrated by roots. The nearest plants were A. c. subsp. caudata and bayberry (Myrica pennsylvanica), but roots that penetrated the eggs were not identified [38].

Palatability/nutritional value: Field sagewort is considered highly unpalatable to livestock, and its use can indicate overgrazing [49].

Cover value: No information is available on this topic.

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Key Plant Community Associations

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Field sagewort is almost never a dominant species in vegetation classifications. However, a field
sagewort-switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) association was described for what is now the
southern portion of Illinois Beach State Park. See Gates 1912, in [18].
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Life Form

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Management considerations

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Allelopathy: Artemisia
campestris subsp. caudata litter may indirectly inhibit the growth of other species. In a
greenhouse, plants native to the sand dunes of Lake Huron, Ontario, were sown in soil with
A. c. subsp. caudata leaf litter. Seeds and seedlings in litter soil had reduced germination
or growth when compared to seeds and seedlings in soils without A. c. subsp. caudata leaf
litter. Allelopathic compounds were identified as metabolites formed during leaf litter decomposition by
microorganisms. Researchers noted several reasons that the allelopathic impact A. c. subsp.
caudata on neighboring species is likely to be low in sand dune habitats. The unstable and
well-draining nature of sand facilitates a continuous decrease in released metabolites through rapid
leaching and dissipation; and sand dunes lack organic matter, support a weak microfauna,
and have slow litter decomposition. Also, A. c. subsp. caudata is
a monocarpic perennial that loses inhibitory compounds
soon after death [132].


Health: Field sagewort is a common allergen [49,105].


Host: Artemisia campestris subsp. caudata
is the only known host to clustered broomrape (Orobanche fasciculata), an herbaceous, obligate, root
parasite [92]. Clustered broomrape is threatened or endangered in several Great Lakes states
[110]. In Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, larger A. c. subsp. caudata plants supported
larger, clustered broomrape plants [92].


Nonnative species: Field sagewort growth and/or recruitment
may be restricted by leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula). In "heavily infested" mixed-grass
prairie in south-central Manitoba, field sagewort occurred only where biocontrol agents, flea beetles
(Aphthona nigriscutis), had been released 6 years earlier. Field sagewort did not occur in 2- or
4-year-old release sites or in nearby nonrelease areas. Average leafy spurge cover around 6-year-old release
sites was 98% lower than nearby nonrelease sites. At 2- year-old and 4-year-old release sites, leafy spurge
cover was 20% and ~38% lower than nonrelease sites [77].

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Other uses and values

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Native people used field sagewort in cooking and in medicines. Some referred to field sagewort as a "wild hair tonic", suggesting it may have been an early hair care product [49]. Lakota people made a tea from A. c. subsp. caudata roots to treat constipation and other ailments [105].
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Phenology

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Flowering dates for field sagewort

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Flowering date

Arizona A. c. subsp. borealis var. scouleriana July-October [62] Carolinas A. c. subsp. caudata September-October [89] Florida A. c. subsp. caudata summer-fall [129] Illinois (Mason County) A. c. subsp. caudata July-August [74] Kansas not given July-October, achenes mature late [11] Nevada (Elko County) A. c. subsp. borealis July-September [61] New Mexico A. c. subsp. caudata July-September [75] A. c. subsp. borealis var. scouleriana Texas A. c. subsp. caudata September-October [30] Chicago Region
(parts of WI, IL, IN, MI) A. c. subsp. caudata 11 August-27 October [107]* Great Plains A. c. subsp. caudata August-September [46] Intermountain West A. c. subsp. borealis var. scouleriana July-September [27] New England A. c. subsp. caudata 22 July-4 October A. c. subsp. borealis var. borealis 2 July-20 September [97] Northeast not given July-September [43] *Presented are earliest and latest flowering dates based on 9 years of observations.
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Plant Response to Fire

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Although field sagewort is described in early postfire communities [64,83], available literature (2007) does not indicate whether vegetative sprouting, establishment from seed, or both occur on burned sites.
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Post-fire Regeneration

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POSTFIRE REGENERATION STRATEGY [104]:
Caudex/herbaceous root crown, growing points in soil
Secondary colonizer (on-site or off-site seed sources)
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Regeneration Processes

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Field sagewort reproduces from seed [11,99,105]. As of this writing (2007), vegetative regeneration following top-kill has not been described.

Pollination: Field sagewort flowers are wind-pollinated [3,102].

Breeding system: Field sagewort produces fertile pistillate flowers and functionally staminate flowers with abortive ovaries [27]. Cross pollination is predominant [102].

Seed production: Flower and seed production by field sagewort is variable, and likely influenced by plant size and site conditions [102]. Research suggests that abundant flower production may not necessarily result in abundant seed production [57]. In Colorado's Rocky Mountain National Park, many A. c. subsp. b. var. borealis produced abundant flowers but failed to produce mature fruits or seeds [57]. In south-central Montana, field sagewort seed rain was measured in late-seral alpine vegetation characterized as Ross avens (Geum rossii) turf. Field sagewort seed rain averaged 0 in 1988, 8±6 (SE) seeds/m² in 1989, and 85±54 seeds/m² in 1990 where field sagewort cover was 0.01% in mid-August of 1988 [24]. In North Dakota, a single "average, well developed (A. c. subsp. caudata) plant, growing with comparatively little competition" produced 215,000 mature seeds. The researcher noted many immature seeds. Seed counts were conducted when the number of mature seeds was likely at a maximum [103].

In A. c. subsp. caudata populations in Pinery Provincial Park of Lambton County, Ontario, plants that flowered had a rosette diameter of at least 5.1 inches (13 cm) in the preceding growing season, and the majority of flowering plants were 3 years old. Seed production by A. c. subsp. caudata, while variable from year to year, showed patterns among sites. Seed production was consistently lowest in the "transition zone" where dunes were 800 to 2,100 years old and supported dense ground cover of forbs and grasses. Seed production was consistently highest in the "slack area" where dunes were 100 to 400 years old, vegetation was sparse, and conditions were "harshest". Average seed production ranged from 250 seeds/plant in the transition zone to 2,000 seeds/plant in the slack area. All immature, mature, and deformed seeds were counted to estimate seed production, and plants in the transition zone had the greatest percentage of immature and deformed seeds and produced the lightest seeds. Around 50% of total seeds produced came from about 15% of the population [102].

Seed dispersal: Field sagewort seed is primarily wind-dispersed. Without a pappus, seed typically remains near the parent plant or is dispersed short distances by wind. Stairs [102] observed zero dispersal distance when seed germinated on a parent plant that had fallen over and become partially buried in sand [102].

Seed of A. c. subsp. borealis was recovered from wind-blown debris collected from St Mary's Glacier on the eastern slope of Colorado's Front Range. Debris collections were made for 2 years at an elevation of about 11,000 feet (3,350 m). Five A. c. subsp. borealis seeds germinated from collections made in one of the years. Distance between debris and A. c. subsp. borealis populations was not reported [17].

Seed banking: Information on the density and longevity of field sagewort seed in the soil seed bank under true field conditions is lacking. Studies indicate that field sagewort seed has a clumped distribution in sand dune habitats [10,102]. Artemisia campestris subsp. caudata seedling emergence was 335 seedlings/m² from 1 of 4 soil samples in coastal sand dune sites on the Cape Cod National Seashore, Massachusetts. On the site with abundant A. c. subsp. caudata emergence, the density of adult plants was 1.9 plants/m². Soil samples were collected in mid-March. There were no adult plants present on the other soil collection sites where A. c. subsp. caudata emergence was 0 to 1 seedling/m². Researchers suggested that the trapping of seed by other vegetation or in depressions, and/or the burial of seed still attached to the inflorescence may have created the clumped distribution [10].

Greenhouse and field experiments using field sagewort seed from southern Ontario indicate that seed may remain viable in the soil for at least 16 months. Researchers collected seed from native populations from June 1996 to June 1997. Seed was stored in a freezer for up to 1 year. In late spring, known quantities of seed were buried in pots in old fields. Pots were treated with fungicide, made inaccessible to invertebrates, or left unprotected. After 4 months, 11 months, and 16 months of burial, pots were removed, and seedling emergence was monitored in a greenhouse. After 4 months, germination was about 20%, regardless of treatment. After 11 and 16 months, germination was again around 20% for control pots, but was about 40% in pots treated to keep out fungi and invertebrates [15].

Germination: Beyond a requirement of adequate moisture, information on the natural conditions facilitating field sagewort germination is lacking. Waterman [117] reports that A. c. subsp. caudata "germinates freely" on open dunes and along forest edges. In the available literature (2007), 40% germination was the maximum reported for field sagewort [14]. Studies of A. c. subsp. caudata populations in Pinery Provincial Park revealed emergence flushes with periods of heavy spring and fall rainfall. Seedlings emerged in clumps, again indicating poor seed dispersal by this species [102].

Field sagewort seed collected in southeastern Canada germinated rapidly, and the maximum germination rate was 33%. Researchers monitored the germination of 100 field sagewort seeds for 30 days. Seeds, collected in September or October, were kept at 40 °F (4 °C) for 9 months before being encouraged to germinate in greenhouse conditions. It was 3 days before the first seed germinated, and a maximum of 23 seeds germinated in a single day [99].

Cold temperatures were apparently not required for A. c. subsp. caudata seed germination in western North Dakota. Seed collected through October was evaluated after dry-room temperature, dry-cold, and moist-cold storage. Germination tests occurred monthly after at least 1 month of storage. Seeds stored at room temperature under dry conditions had a maximum average monthly germination rate of 40% following 3 months of storage and a minimum rate of 8% after 6 months. Under dry-cold conditions, where temperatures mimicked western North Dakota's normal outdoor temperature fluctuations, germination reached 25% after 2 months of storage with a minimum of 12% after 6 months. In moist-cold conditions, the highest germination rate was 36% after 4 months of storage, and lowest was 11% after 5 months [14].

Seedling establishment/growth: Optimal conditions for field sagewort seedling establishment and growth likely include adequate or above-average precipitation. Information on safe sites and substrate preferences is lacking.

Growth: In the first year after cattle were removed from the mixed-grass Arapaho Prairie in Arthur County, Nebraska, field sagewort was abundant, and vegetative growth and flowering were described as "massive"; but in the next year field sagewort was rare. Growing season precipitation levels were much above average when field sagewort was abundant and were at their lowest in 4 years when field sagewort was rare [87].

In Pinery Provincial Park, Ontario, a researcher found that increased A. c. subsp. caudata rosette size (based on diameter measurements) was correlated with a decreased probability of over-wintering mortality and mortality in the next year. Desiccation was considered the primary cause of plant mortality. Survival probability also decreased with increased A. c. subsp. caudata age [102].

Vegetative regeneration: As of this writing (2007), sprouting from the caudex after top-kill has not been described. Populations of A. c. subsp. caudata observed in Pinery Provincial Park, however, did produce new stems following tissue damage. There were a greater number of single-stemmed plants on sites where plants received the least amount of aboveground damage [102].

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Regional Distribution in the Western United States

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This species can be found in the following regions of the western United States (according to the Bureau of Land Management classification of Physiographic Regions of the western United States):

BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS [12]:




1 Northern Pacific Border

2 Cascade Mountains

3 Southern Pacific Border

4 Sierra Mountains

5 Columbia Plateau

6 Upper Basin and Range

7 Lower Basin and Range

8 Northern Rocky Mountains

9 Middle Rocky Mountains

10 Wyoming Basin

11 Southern Rocky Mountains

12 Colorado Plateau

13 Rocky Mountain Piedmont

14 Great Plains

15 Black Hills Uplift

16 Upper Missouri Basin and Broken Lands
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United States AL AK AZ CA CO CT DE FL ID IL IN IA KS ME MA MI MN MS MO MT NE NV NH NJ NM NY ND OH OK OR PA RI SC SD TX UT VT VA WA WI WY
Canada AB BC MB NB NF NS ON PE PQ SK YK
Mexico
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Successional Status

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Field sagewort is described as a "pioneer" [49] and a "climax" [49,109] species. However, descriptions of field sagewort as a climax species are typically restricted to prairies or other grassland habitats. Field sagewort is often present only in openings or along the edges of woodlands and forests. Disturbances are tolerated. Field sagewort occurs on "waste" areas [61], annually plowed fire breaks, roadsides [74], active sand dunes [58], grazed sites [31], and old fields [72].

Shade tolerance: Available studies (2007) suggest that field sagewort is intolerant of shading. In southern Wisconsin, A. c. subsp. caudata occurred in prairies and savannahs but was absent from upland forests [19]. On Eagle Bluff near Eagle, Alaska, A. c. subsp. borealis var. borealis occurred in steppe but not forested vegetation. Steppe dominants were fringed sagebrush (Artemisia frigida) and bluebunch wheatgrass (Pseudoroegneria spicata). Quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides), black cottonwood (P. balsamifera) and white spruce (Picea glauca) characterized the forest canopy. Forested sites had 79% tree cover, received 57% full sun, and were less disturbed than steppe sites that received 94% full sun and had 5% tree cover [124].

Old fields: Artemisia campestris subsp. caudata occurred in old fields abandoned for 1 to 22 years in Colorado's Black Forest. Frequency was 10% on 1-year-old fields dominated by annual weeds. On 4-year-old fields with perennial grasses and weeds, the frequency of A. c. subsp. caudata was 80%. Its frequency was 100% in perennial weed-ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) vegetation dominating 9-year-old fields and 90% in 22-year-old fields characterized as ponderosa pine-grasslands [72].

Stream banks: Along eastern Colorado's Plum Creek, A. c. subsp. caudata occurred on stable bars but not on "recently reworked channel sediments". Stable bars, adjacent to the channel bed, were inundated for a few days in the spring. Whether or not inundation period alone restricts A. c. subsp. caudata from the earliest formed sand substrates could not be determined from this study [41].

Sand dunes/lake shores: Field sagewort is an early colonizer [35,82,130] and often persists in mid- and late-seral sand dunes and lake shore communities. In southern Saskatchewan, field sagewort occurs on both active and stabilized dunes. Active dunes experience current erosion and/or deposition, and stabilized dunes lack evidence of recent erosion [58]. In the Point Beach State Forest in Two Rivers, Wisconsin, field sagewort is "fairly common" from interdune troughs to forest margins [111]. In Great Lake sand dune systems, A. c. subsp. caudata occurs in communities characterized as being in early, mid, late, and advanced stages of succession [18]. Artemisia campestris subsp. caudata occurs as a pioneer in sand succession of the Platte Plains region of Benzie County, Michigan, and occupies sites at mixed pine-oak forest edges nearest the lake [116]. On the east shore of Lake Ontario, A. c. subsp. caudata occurs in communities receiving high and low levels of recreation use [16].

In 1993, increasing water levels facilitated sand accumulation on newly exposed dunes on Lake Huron shores in Cheboygan County, Michigan. Sand accumulation varied from 1.6 to 13 inches (4-32 cm). Field sagewort stem density increased 166% from 1992 to 1996 [8]. When a 2,375-year-old dune chronosequence was sampled in Wilderness State Park on northern Lake Michigan, field sagewort occurred only on young dunes (25-175 years old). Young dune environments were characterized by strong winds, sand burial and erosion, high insolation, high evaporation, and low nitrogen and phosphorus availability. Conditions were less harsh with increased distance from the lake. Establishment of forest species began on 145-year-old dunes [71].

Forests: In boreal forests of western Canada, A. c. subsp. borealis var. borealis occurs, although not abundantly, as a pioneer on open sites with sandy soils [1].

Prairies: Climax and disturbed prairies provide field sagewort habitat. Artemisia campestris subsp. borealis var. scouleriana occurs in mixed-prairie climax communities [49]. In south-central South Dakota, A. c. subsp. caudata is considered a "chief" forb in climax grasslands dominated by needle-and-thread grass (Hesperostipa comata), threadleaf sedge (Carex filifolia), and blue grama (Bouteloua gracilis) [109]. Field sagewort occurred in relatively high-quality prairie remnants dominated primarily by native species and in prairies with a history of disturbance which may have included tilling, herbicide treatment, and/or season-long grazing [55]. In Alberta's Wood Buffalo National Park, field sagewort was more common and had a greater abundance on disturbed than undisturbed shortbristle needle-and-thread (H. curtiseta)-dominated dry grasslands. Compaction and erosion were characteristic of disturbed sites [91].

Alpine communities: While field sagewort is considered a colonizer of disturbed alpine sites [20], severity of disturbance can affect its presence. On the Beartooth Plateau in south-central Montana, field sagewort occurred in a late-seral alpine community disturbed only by pocket gophers but was absent from an early-seral gravel pit. Top and subsoil were removed from the gravel pit 35 years earlier [24].

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Synonyms

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Artemisia borealis Pallas [2,59]=

    Artemisia campestris subsp. borealis var. borealis (Pallas) M.E. Peck [60]

Artemisia borealis var. purshii Hook [2,56]=

    Artemisia campestris subsp. borealis var. borealis (Pallas) M.E. Peck [60]

Artemisia campestris subsp. canadensis (Michx.) Scoggan [39]=

   Artemisia campestris L. subsp. borealis (Pallas) Hall & Clements [49,54,56,60]

Artemisia campestris var. douglasiana (Bess.) Boivin [101]=

    Artemisia campestris subsp. borealis var. scouleriana (Hook.) Cronq. [60]

Artemisia campestris subsp. pacifica (Nutt.) Hall & Clements [39,49,75,86]=

    Artemisia campestris subsp. borealis var. scouleriana (Hook.) Cronq. [60]

Artemisia camporum Rydb. [26,80]=

    Artemisia campestris subsp. borealis var. scouleriana (Hook.) Cronq. [56,60]

Artemisia canadensis (Michx.) [2,59,97]=

    Artemisia campestris subsp. borealis var. borealis (Pallas) M.E. Peck [60]

Artemisia caudata (Michx.) [50,80,89,97]=

    Artemisia campestris subsp. caudata (Michx.) Hall & Clements [60]

Artemisia caudata var. calvens Lunell [82]=

    Artemisia campestris subsp. caudata (Michx.) Hall & Clements [60]

Artemisia forwoodii S. Wats [80]=

    Artemisia campestris subsp. caudata (Michx.) Hall & Clements [60]

Artemisia pacifica (Nutt.) [50,62,80]=

    Artemisia campestris subsp. borealis var. scouleriana (Hook.) Cronq. [60]

Artemisia spithamea Pursh. [50,57]=

    Artemisia campestris subsp. borealis var. borealis (Pallas) M.E. Peck [60]

Oligosporus campestris subsp. pacificus (Nutt.) Weber [120]=

    Artemisia campestris subsp. borealis var. scouleriana (Hook.) Cronq. [56,60]

Oligosporus caudatus (Michx.) Poljakov [121]=

    Artemisia campestris subsp. caudata (Michx.) Hall & Clements [60]

Oligosporus groenlandicus (Hornem.) Löve & Löve [120,121]=

    Artemisia campestris subsp. borealis var. borealis (Pallas) M.E. Peck [60]

Oligosporus pacificus (Nutt.) Poljakov [121]=

    Artemisia campestris subsp. borealis var. scouleriana (Hook.) Cronq. [60]   
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Taxonomy

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The scientific name of field sagewort is Artemisia campestris L. (Asteraceae) [39,43,46,60].
Field sagewort's taxonomy is complex, and the recognition of subspecies and
varieties is inconsistent. Taxonomic treatment of field sagewort follows Kartesz and Meacham [60].



Infrataxa:

Subspecies:

Artemisia campestris subsp. borealis (Pallas) Hall & Clements [49,54,56,60]


Artemisia campestris subsp. caudata (Michx.) Hall & Clements [39,49,56,60]


Artemisia campestris subsp. campestris L. [46,49]


Varieties:

Artemisia campestris subsp. borealis var. borealis (Pallas) M.E. Peck [60]


Artemisia campestris subsp. borealis var. petiolata Welsh [60,122]


Artemisia campestris subsp. borealis var. scouleriana (Hook.) Cronq. [56,60]


Artemisia campestris subsp. borealis var. wormskioldii (Bess.) Cronq. [56,60]

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Value for rehabilitation of disturbed sites

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Field sagewort cuttings and seeds have been used with varying degrees of success in the revegetation of alpine sites [20], sand dunes [70], and coal mine spoils [13,14]. Field sagewort is a frequent colonizer of disturbed alpine sites in the Beartooth Mountains of Montana [20]. Ten of twenty A. c. subsp. caudata cuttings were successful in the revegetation of severely disturbed sand dunes in central Alberta's Lesser Slave Lake Provincial Park. Disturbances were a result of recreation "overuse" and sand excavation [70]. Emergence of A. c. subsp. caudata seeded on coal mine spoils in North Dakota ranged from 1 seedling/m² to 269 seedlings/m² [13,14].
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Comprehensive Description

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Artemisia campestris L. Sp. PI. 846. 1753
A perennial, with a thick root and short caudex; stem 3-6 dm. high, striate, glabrous; basal leaves clustered, 5-10 cm. long, somewhat pubescent at first, soon glabrate, twice pinnatifid into linear-filiform divisions; stem-leaves scattered, mostl}' sessile, pinnate or the uppermost entire, glabrous; heads numerous in an open panicle, nodding; involucre hemispheric, 2-2.5 mm. high and broad; bracts about 15, in 3 or 4 series, scarious-margined, the outer ovate, obtuse, half as long as the oval inner ones, which are rounded at the apex; ray-flowers 6-10; corollas 1 mm. long; achenes 0.6 mm. long; disk-flowers about 10; corollas cylindro-campanulate, 1.5 mm. long, glabrous; style 1 mm. long.
Type locality: Europe.
Distribution: Stratford and North Haven, Connecticut, and Aiken, South Carolina; adventive from Europe.
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Per Axel Rydberg. 1916. (CARDUALES); CARDUACEAE; TAGETEAE, ANTHEMIDEAE. North American flora. vol 34(3). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
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Artemisia campestris

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Artemisia campestris near the Baltic Sea

Artemisia campestris is a common and widespread species of plants in the sunflower family, Asteraceae. It is native to a wide region of Eurasia and North America.[3] Common names include field wormwood,[4] beach wormwood,[5] northern wormwood,[6] Breckland wormwood,[7] boreal wormwood, Canadian wormwood, field sagewort and field mugwort.[8][9][10]

Artemisia campestris is a branching, aromatic plant up to 150 cm (5 ft) tall. It grows in open sites on dry sandy soils, in steppes, rocky slopes, and waste areas.[9]

Subspecies

The following subspecies are accepted:[2]

  • Artemisia campestris subsp. borealis (Pall.) H.M.Hall & Clem.
  • Artemisia campestris subsp. bottnica Lundstr. ex Kindb.
  • Artemisia campestris subsp. campestris
  • Artemisia campestris subsp. canadensis (Michx.) Scoggan
  • Artemisia campestris subsp. caudata (Michx.) H.M.Hall & Clem.
  • Artemisia campestris subsp. cinerea
  • Artemisia campestris subsp. glutinosa (Gay ex Bess.) Batt.
  • Artemisia campestris subsp. lednicensis (Spreng.) Greuter & Raab-Straube
  • Artemisia campestris subsp. pacifica H.M.Hall & Clem.
  • Artemisia campestris subsp. variabilis (Ten.) Greuter

References

  1. ^ "Artemisia campestris". The Global Compositae Checklist (GCC) – via The Plant List. Note that this website has been superseded by World Flora Online
  2. ^ a b "Artemisia campestris L." Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  3. ^ Hill, Chris (2021-02-03). "'Incredibly rare' plants burst into life on busy industrial estate". East Anglian Daily Times. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
  4. ^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  5. ^ Hilty, John (2020). "Beach Wormwood (Artemisia campestris caudata)". Illinois Wildflowers.
  6. ^ Second alternative name
  7. ^ "3rd alternative name". Archived from the original on 2012-04-09. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  8. ^ Shultz, Leila M. (2006). "Artemisia campestris". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 19. New York and Oxford – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
  9. ^ a b Lin, Yourun; Humphries, Christopher J.; Gilbert, Michael G. "Artemisia campestris". Flora of China. Vol. 20–21 – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
  10. ^ Altervista Flora Italiana, Assenzio di campo, Artemisia campestris L.

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Artemisia campestris: Brief Summary

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Artemisia campestris near the Baltic Sea

Artemisia campestris is a common and widespread species of plants in the sunflower family, Asteraceae. It is native to a wide region of Eurasia and North America. Common names include field wormwood, beach wormwood, northern wormwood, Breckland wormwood, boreal wormwood, Canadian wormwood, field sagewort and field mugwort.

Artemisia campestris is a branching, aromatic plant up to 150 cm (5 ft) tall. It grows in open sites on dry sandy soils, in steppes, rocky slopes, and waste areas.

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