沙蒿是内蒙地区沙漠里生长的主要植物之一,大面积野生于固定和半固定沙丘上。沙蒿幼枝、叶在冬春两季是羊的主要饲草,它发芽早,出叶快,在解决早春饲草不足上也有很大作用。同时,沙蒿也是牧区的主要燃料,因此它对于畜牧业发展及牧区人民生活有着极为密切的关系。沙蒿适应于在流沙上栽植,沙漠地区人民历来用它来治理流沙。但长期以来栽植沙蒿都 Artemisia sphaerocephala is one of the main plants that grows in the desert in Inner Mongolia. It is wildly covered in fixed and semi-fixed sand dunes. Artemisia arborescens young shoots, leaves in the winter and spring are the main fodder sheep, it germinate early leaves out quickly, in addressing the lack of grass in early spring also has a great role. At the same time, Artemisia sphaerocephala is also the main fuel of pastoral areas, so it has a very close relationship with the development of animal husbandry and the people’s livelihood in pastoral areas. Artemisia is adapted to be planted in quicksand, and people in the desert have traditionally used it to manage quicksand. But for a long time planted Artemisia all