No matter what it's called -- sawahbe, big sagebrush, bohoo'bi, Artemisia tridentata -- this grey-green shrub is a familiar sight to the residents of a huge area of the west. Despite drought and cold, wind and heat, the remarkable sagebrush doesn't just survive here, it thrives. And after a rainstorm, when its sharp clean fragrance fill the desert air, we are reminded, this is the scent of home.
