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It is dominated by shadscale, winterfat, and greasewood and is distinct from the Wyoming big sagebrush of the less saline Ecoregion 13c and the mostly barren Salt Deserts (13a).
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Big sagebrush, rabbitbrush, and winterfat occur as well as grasslands of western wheatgrass, green needlegrass, blue grama, and needle-and-thread.
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The arid Saltbush-Dominated Valleys ecoregion is externally-drained and composed of gently sloping valley bottoms that are dominated by salt tolerant vegetation including shadscale, winterfat, and greasewood.
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These deep eolian soils are composed of fine sand and support warm season grasses, winterfat, Mormon tea, four-wing saltbush, and sagebrush.
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The substrate favors shrubs, such as black sagebrush and winterfat, that can tolerate shallow soil.
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Big sagebrush, rabbitbrush, and winterfat occur, as well as grasslands of western wheatgrass, green needlegrass, blue grama, and needle-and-thread.
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Deep eolian soils are composed of fine sand and support warm season grasses, winterfat, Mormon tea, fourwing saltbush, and sagebrush.
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Dominant species in the region include such distinctly cold-temperate species as sagebrushes (Artemisia), saltbrushes (Atriplex), and winterfat (Ceratoides lanata).
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Well, actually, only a slightly less than average specimen of winterfat.
grouse Diary Entry grouse 2004
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The ubiquitous sagebrush (wyomingensis species), the fourwing saltbush (so named for the shape of its seed pods), and winterfat (A succulent-like plant, small like a forb, but with wood stems.
grouse Diary Entry grouse 2004
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