Louisiana Sagebrush
Artemisia ludoviciana
Louisiana Sagebrush, also known as White Sage, is a stiff, aromatic, silvery-white perennial that can grow to be 1.5 to 3 feet tall, and can spread quickly, by rhizomes, to form large colonies. It has a strong odor of sagebrush and is often burned for “cleansing”. White sage grows in riparian areas along both perennial and intermittent streams, in the sagebrush steppe, in both shortgrass and tallgrass prairies, and in semi-disturbed sites. It grows on dry, sandy to rocky soils below 10,000 feet. Sagebrush furnishes essential cover for many of the smaller desert animals. Its foliage and flower clusters constitute most of the diet of the sage grouse, and these parts together with the twigs bearing them are the primary source of food for antelope and mule deer. Range cattle also make good use of sagebrush as forage.
Lifespan: perennial
Season: cool
Uses: amnenity grassland, reclamation, CRP, pollinator, wildlife habitat, biodiversity
Native or Introduced: Native
Annual Average Precipitation: 10 inches
Field Seeding Rate (lbs/acre): .5 to 1
Turf Seeding Rate (lbs/1000 s.f.): n/a
