The Great Basin shrub steppe ecoregion, within the Deserts and xeric shrublands Biome, includes various xeric shrub-steppe sub-ecoregions in the Great Basin region of the Western United States.It is within the North American Desert region, and includes much of Nevada, eastern and northeastern California east of the Sierra Nevada and Cascade Range rain shadows, and parts of Idaho and Utah. The Great Basin Desert and semi-arid non-desert xeric shrubland species include Sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) and Spiny Hop Sage (Grayia spinosa).
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