sagebush

In areas of shadscale, about 10 percent of the ground is covered, but in some areas of sagebush it approaches 85 percent.

Desert biome 2007

A moment later, swinging around a little clump of trees, greasewoods and sagebush, Bud and his cousins saw a sight which thrilled them through and though, though perhaps Bud was more accustomed to such stirring scenes than were the city lads.

The Boy Ranchers or Solving the Mystery at Diamond X Willard F. Baker

He took a careful shot at the sagebush behind which the Indian had taken refuge.

The Fighting Edge William MacLeod Raine 1912

The foremost brave faltered in his pigeon-toed stride, stopped abruptly, and dived for the shelter of a sagebush.

The Fighting Edge William MacLeod Raine 1912

From one sagebush to another he ran, head and body crouched low.

The Fighting Edge William MacLeod Raine 1912

They may have been law-abiding citizens riding home, to families that were waiting supper for them, but Lorraine crept out from behind her sagebush, sneezing and thanking her imitation of the jack rabbits.

Sawtooth Ranch B. M. Bower 1905

Young Kenner, having deposited his camp outfit in a heap on the ground, began lifting out tall, round bottles, four at a time and ricking them neatly beside the large sagebush indicated by the officer.

The Trail of the White Mule B. M. Bower 1905

I never want to see a sagebush again as long as I live, or feel the crunch of gravel under my feet.

The Trail of the White Mule B. M. Bower 1905

Further up the bluff a striped snake gave her a shivery surprise before he glided sinuously away under a sagebush.

Chip, of the Flying U B. M. Bower 1905

"I learned this act from the jack rabbits," she rallied herself shakily, when she was safely hidden behind a sagebush whose pungency made her horribly afraid that she might sneeze, which would be too ridiculous.

Sawtooth Ranch B. M. Bower 1905