Invasive Grasses' Effect on Fire Risk (IMAGE)

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Invasive Grasses' Effect on Fire Risk

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In the western United States, cheatgrass invasion and the fires that follow leads to 90 percent loss of above-ground biomass, as sagebrush (left) burns and cheatgrass monoculture (right) takes over.

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UMass Amherst

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