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White Sagebrush
Also known as
White Sagewort
Native/exotic classification is missing or conflicting in the available sources.
Tennessee scoring method and limits
Native status: sources disagree. Tennessee yard-fit calculations are not available yet.
Also available: North Carolina assessment. Both assessments use the same scoring rules with the evidence shown for each state.
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County occurrence is not proof of native range or yard suitability. A missing record does not establish absence.
| Tennessee status | Native status: sources disagree |
| Source conservation rank | SNR |
| Recorded in Tennessee | 8 counties in the atlas snapshot |
Growing conditions
Full to part sun, medium to dry moisture level, tolerates most soils except clay, slightly acid to strongly alkaline pH. 3 ft. height, blooms summer to fall, green flowers, spreads rapidly by rhizomes.
Native Region: Isolated counties statewide — Hardeman, Stewart, Montgomery, Rutherford, Marion, Bradley, Sevier, and Greene counties UT Smart Yards source
Native-status evidence
Combined TN–KY atlas flag: N. A regional flag alone does not settle Tennessee native status.
Native Region: Isolated counties statewide — Hardeman, Stewart, Montgomery, Rutherford, Marion, Bradley, Sevier, and Greene counties Source
Combined-source assessment
Native status: sources disagree
A TN-specific UT native-guide page or an exact entry in the Tennessee rare-plant list supports a direct source claim. Otherwise, TN occurrence plus an atlas native flag and exact-name native evidence from NC flora or USDA L48 supports a provisional state inference. No one regional claim or occurrence alone establishes TN nativity; NC and L48 claims retain their actual scopes.
UT Tennessee Smart Yards native-plant guide: native (TN). Native Region: Isolated counties statewide — Hardeman, Stewart, Montgomery, Rutherford, Marion, Bradley, Sevier, and Greene counties
USDA PLANTS: native (L48). CAN:N L48:I L48:N
TN–KY Plant Atlas: introduced (TN–KY).
Sources
Machine-readable: plant evidence.
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