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Sagebrush in Wyoming

By Alan A. Beetle, professor emeritus of range ecology and water shed management,

and Kendall L. Johnson, Cooperative Extension Service range specialist,

College of Agriculture, University of Wyoming

Published 1982

Reprinted 1996

Sagebrush occupies about 58,000 square miles of Wyoming or about two-thirds of the state. This 68-page booklet is a practical and useful guide to the sagebrushes of Wyoming. There are seven species and five subspecies. The booklet provides a key for their recognition, outlines their distribution in the state, describes their morphological and ecological characteristics, and appraises their potentials for and reactions to management including grazing use.