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Chrysothamnus nauseosus - pleasantly aromatic shrub having erect slender flexible hairy branches and dense clusters of small yellow flowers covering vast areas of western alkali plains and affording a retreat for jackrabbits; source of a yellow dye used by the Navajo

rabbit brush, rabbit bush

Chrysothamnus, genus Chrysothamnus - genus of low branching shrubs of western North America

goldenbush - any of various much-branched yellow-flowered shrubs of the genus Chrysothamnus; western North America

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Another impact of periodic droughts is the small number of shrubs present in this environment, which includes Atriplex canesens (saltbush), Chrysothamnus nauseosus (rabbit bush), Opuntia polyanthemos (plains prickly pear cactus) , and Yucca glauca (soapweed yucca).

Response of steppe riparian areas to the exclusion of cattle-grazing: comparisons at different spatial and temporal scales

sylvestrus (Dipsacaceae) with 14 species associations, Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus (Hook.) (Asteraceae) with eight associations, Chrysothamnus nauseosus (Pall.) (Asteraceae) with seven, Cirsium arvense (L.) (Asteraceae) and Sisymbrium altissimum L.

Interactions between butterflies (Lepidoptera: rhopalocera) and plants (spermatophyta: magnoliophyta) in south central Idaho

Stable dune represented the most diverse habitat with four-wing saltbush (Atriplex canescens), greasewood, sage, horsebrush, viscid rabbitbrush, dune rabbitbrush (Chrysothamnus nauseosus var.

Niche overlap and resource partitioning between sympatric kit foxes and coyotes in the Great Basin Desert of Western Utah

curtipendula); 5% shrubs, mostly Louisiana sagebrush (Artemesia ludoviciana), milkvetch (Astragalus crassicarpus), and other sages (Artemesia sp.); 20% forbs, mostly skunkbrush sumac (Rhus trilobata), broom snakeweed, (Gutierrezia sarothrae), and rabbitbrush (Chrysothamnus nauseosus); and 5% cacti, mostly soapweed (Yucca glauca) and plains prickly pear (Opuntia polycantha var.

Transmission of an Arenavirus in White-Throated Woodrats (Neotoma albigula), Southeastern Colorado, 1995-1999

and Buchloe dactyloides [Nutt.] Engelm.), bare-ground areas, cactus (Opuntia polyacantha Haw.), and low shrubs (primarily Artemisia frigida Willd., Atriplex canescens [Pursh.] Nutt., Chrysothamnus nauseosus [Pall.] Britt., and Gutierrezia sarothrae [Pursh.] Britt.

HOW DOES HABITAT PATCH SIZE AFFECT ANIMAL MOVEMENT? AN EXPERIMENT WITH DARKLING BEETLES