Cheatgrass is about as Western as cowboy boots and sagebrush. It grows in yellowish clumps, about knee high to a horse, and likes arid land. One thing cheatgrass does is burn — in fact, more ...

A naturally occurring soil bacteria could give native bunch grasses at the Hanford Reach National Monument the competitive advantage they need to edge out cheatgrass.

BOISE, Idaho — Cheatgrass can be a dirty word for land managers in the West. Sure, they marvel at the invasive species’ toughness and respect its stubborn ability to muscle out native bunch ...

Cheatgrass dries out in the summer, transforming into extraordinarily effective tinder for wildfires. The fires then kill competing native plants and destroy habitat needed by cattle ranchers and ...

It’s long been known that livestock played a role in speading cheatgrass, an annual grass from Eurasia that is thought to have been accidentally introduced to the West by settlers in the late 1800s.

Foxtails also go by the name wild barley, cheatgrass, needlegrass, bromegrass and spear grass. Foxtail weed is ubiquitous in the region and found in yards, sidewalks, parks, ...

Cheatgrass is a winter annual, which means seeds germinate in winter and the plant sprouts, grows, produces new seed and dies within one season. How to recognize it 👀 Cheatgrass can be from two ...

Targeted livestock grazing is a successful and cost-efficient method to manage cheatgrass in the U.S. western Great Plains when timed to coincide with cheatgrass growth rather than based solely on ...

The rapid spread of cheatgrass, an invasive plant, in Eagle County beginning in 2021 is increasing the risk of wildfires that will burn faster, more easily, and earlier in the year. Cheatgrass, also ...