Nonnative Grass Invasions and Fire in the Sonoran Desert

Publisher: USGS | Science Center: Western Ecological Research Center (WERC, Sacramento) | Format: URL

www.werc.usgs.gov — This issues overview and its resources deal with the spread of nonnative grasses in the Sonoran desert of Arizona has increased the risk of devastating fires by ignited fuel. The saguaro cactuses and desert tortoises have suffered catastrophic population losses as a result of these fires fueled by nonnative grasses. Read more about nonnative More... This issues overview and its resources deal with the spread of nonnative grasses in the Sonoran desert of Arizona has increased the risk of devastating fires by ignited fuel. The saguaro cactuses and desert tortoises have suffered catastrophic population losses as a result of these fires fueled by nonnative grasses. Read more about nonnative grasses. Additional resources include selected references, links to future research, and a fact sheet (pdf format). Other Buffelgrass Links include Buffelgrass, an Invader Fueling Wildfires in the Sonoran Desert (USGS News release: 24 April 2002) and Threats to Arizona's Native Species: Buffelgrass (Pennisetum ciliare) (fact sheet produced by the Arizona Native Plant Society and Pima County). Less...