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cheatgrass::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | bromus tectorum, downy brome, downy bromegrass, downy cheat, downy chess, drooping brome |
| Type of | brome, bromegrass |
Examples of cheatgrass
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However, cheatgrass did not become problematic on the sites that had been grazed.
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Cheatgrass dies back every year, but it adds little nitrogen back to the soil.
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All the sites had similar vegetation profiles and were virtually free of cheatgrass.
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Cheatgrass photosynthesizes in an artificial atmosphere during a labeling experiment.
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The exclosures appear to contain more cheatgrass than the grazed areas, Perryman said.
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And cheatgrass thrives on recently burned land, thus perpetuating the altered fire regime.
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Of the 50 biggest fires recorded in one dataset from 2000 to 2009, 39 involved cheatgrass.
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Cheatgrass fed the largest blaze in Utah's recorded history, last year's Milford Flat fire.
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Once cheatgrass invades, fires start earlier, when native plants are more susceptible to injury.
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- Downy brome: annual or winter annual grass with softly hairy leaves of the Mediterranean
- Drooping brome or Cheat Grass, ( Bromus tectorum ), is a grass native to Europe, southwestern Asia and northern Africa.
- A low-succession annual grass, often regarded as a weed because it grows so successfully if ecosystem damage is severe enough. Since it can stand virtually no competition from higher-succession plants, it is easy to eliminate with managed grazing that raises the succession level.
