Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria

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Artemisia rothrockii is a North American species of sagebrush known by the common names timberline sagebrush and Rothrock's sagebrush. Artemisia rothrockii is endemic to California, where it is native to parts of the Sierra Nevada, the White Mountains, and the San Bernardino Mountains. It has been recorded from the Kern Plateau, Mount Dana, Angora Peak, and the vicinity of Fallen Leaf Lake. It grows in the dry transition between mountain meadows and forests. It can also tolerate wet conditions, surviving waterlogging during snowmelt.

Plant type

Shrub

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Color

Cream, White, Yellow

Water

Low, Moderate

Plant communities

Alpine Fell-Fields, Lodgepole Forest, Red Fir Forest, Subalpine Forest

Bees
Butterflies

Pollinators supported

0 confirmed and 21 likely

  • Likely

  • Confirmed

British Columbia Miner Bee

Andrena columbiana

Aseptis characta

Bombus californicus

Hunt's Bumble Bee

Bombus huntii