Sagebrush communities supporting greater sage-grouse include silver sagebrush and fringed sagebrush ("A. frigida"). Vegetative cover is primarily desert sagebrush and grassland. The vegetative cover is primarily desert sagebrush and grassland. Nevada contains six biotic zones&colon; alpine, sub-alpine, ponderosa pine, pinion-juniper, sagebrush and creosotebush. It lives throughout western North America in rangelands dominated by sagebrush and forbs. This zone is generally dominated by blackbrush, sagebrush, and pinyon-juniper woodlands. Several species of sagebrush and cactus and many species of grasses are common. The vegetation consists mostly of black sagebrush and creosote bush. These plants include Big sagebrush, Pinyon pine, Utah juniper, Low sagebrush, Shadscale, and Bristlecone pine. Slopes vary in elevation from and are covered in sagebrush, grasses, and scattered Utah juniper. Vegetation consists of sagebrush, bitterbrush, and bunch grass. Common plants found in these areas include pistachio, almond, walnut, apple, juniper, and sagebrush. Low sagebrush or black sagebrush dominate areas with steep rocky slopes and shallow soils. Meadows surrounded by sagebrush may be used as feeding grounds. Low sagebrush and black sagebrush grow to the mountaintops above the woodland zone.