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bitterbrush

American  
[bit-er-bruhsh] / ˈbɪt ərˌbrʌʃ /

noun

  1. an evergreen shrub, Purshia tridentata, of western North America, having bitter three-toothed leaves and yellow flowers, valuable for forage.


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Alauna Grant, a member of the Karuk Tribe and the crew leader, slowly circles a scraggly 2-meter-tall antelope bitterbrush, deftly plucking tiny seeds no bigger than grains of wheat.

From Science Magazine Oct. 18, 2023

Wind whipped through bitterbrush, competing with the sound of sparrow and meadowlark birdsong.

From Seattle Times Jun. 16, 2023

The fire is burning through some very flashy fuels that include grass, sagebrush and bitterbrush in a rugged mountainous area — about seven miles southwest of Oroville — near lakes that attract vacationers.

From Seattle Times Aug. 21, 2020

“There are other … plants that don’t do what bitterbrush does,” Hoschek said.

From Washington Times Mar. 10, 2018

However, this is not the only factor, as is shown by the presence of P. maniculatus but lack of P. truei in a juniper-pinyon association with an understory of bitterbrush.

From Comparative Ecology of Pinyon Mice and Deer Mice in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado by Douglas, Charles L.

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