Abstract
Sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) is probably the most important winter deer forage of the intermountain country. It is present on most foothill ranges upon which deer winter. Exceptions occur where fire or cultivation has removed it. Commonly it is mixed with other forage as an understory to juniper or intermixed with plants such as oak, bitterbrush and cliffrose. Whatever the associated plants, deer consume considerable amounts of sagebrush and when, as commonly happens, other more palatable plants are gone it may provide almost the entire sustenance for considerable periods. Little is known of the feeding value of sagebrush. Chemical composition figures indicate that it may be fairly high in protein (Esplin et al. 1937) and possessed of only a moderate amount of crude fiber.
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