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Linda Poole/Montana Stockgrowers Association Jeremy Maestas/NRCS Linda Poole/Montana Stockgrowers Association Rick McEwan Ron Francis/NRCS Lupine Sagebrush Artemesia spp. Bottlebrush Squirreltail Elymus elymoides Buckwheat Eriogonum spp. Lupine Lupinus spp. Sandberg Bluegrass Poa secunda Bluebunch Wheatgrass Pseudoroegneria spicata Thickspike Wheatgrass Elymus lanceolatus Cheatgrass Bromus tectorum Jeremy Roberts/Conservation Media feet 1 2 3 4 5 6 3 2 1 Artwork by Jeremy Maestas/NRCS and Maja Smith/MajaDesign, Inc. sagegrouseinitiative.com/roots Support Wildlife • Improve Soil Health • Resist Invasive Weeds • Rebound from Wildfire • Build Drought Resilience • Sustain People Promoting healthy and diverse native plant roots in the sagebrush sea benefits everyone Conserve our western roots s G Invasive Weed
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Linda Poole/Montana Stockgrowers Association Jeremy Maestas/NRCS Linda Poole/Montana Stockgrowers Association Rick McEwan Ron Francis/NRCS
Shallow-Rooted Perennial Bunchgrass
Sandberg BluegrassPoa secunda
BuckwheatEriogonum spp.
Perennial Forb
Perennial Forb (Nitrogen-fixing)
LupineLupinus spp.
Bluebunch WheatgrassPseudoroegneria spicata
Deep-Rooted Perennial Bunchgrass
SagebrushArtemesia spp.
Bottlebrush SquirreltailElymus elymoides
Mid-Rooted Perennial Bunchgrass
Bottlebrush Squirreltail
Elymus elymoides
BuckwheatEriogonum spp.
LupineLupinus spp.
SandbergBluegrassPoa secunda
BluebunchWheatgrass
Pseudoroegneria spicata
Thickspike WheatgrassElymus lanceolatus
Rhizomatous PerennialGrass
ThickspikeWheatgrass
Elymus lanceolatus
CheatgrassBromus tectorum
Jeremy Roberts/Conservation Media
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Artwork by Jeremy Maestas/NRCS and Maja Smith/MajaDesign, Inc.
sagegrouseinitiative.com/roots
Support Wildlife • Improve Soil Health • Resist Invasive Weeds • Rebound from Wildfire • Build Drought Resilience • Sustain People
Promoting healthy and diverse native plant roots in the sagebrush sea benefits everyone
Conserve our western roots
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Annual Grass
CheatgrassBromus tectorum
(Exotic Invasive)
Invasive Weed
