In Nevada, the birds are challenged by an invasive species, cheatgrass, which is prone to frequent wildfires that burn up native sagebrush.    From Wordnik.com.  [TheState.com: The Buzz] Reference

The common elements firefighters like to see eliminated on any property are dry grasses, such as cheatgrass, and dead bushes and trees.    From Wordnik.com.  [RGJ.com - Latest News] Reference

Kinda insignificant compared to the cheatgrass problem we have around there.    From Wordnik.com.  [grouse Diary Entry] Reference

The highly flammable cheatgrass brome also greatly increases the incidence of fire.    From Wordnik.com.  [Great Basin shrub steppe] Reference

Maybe they're brethren, these beasts bred clumsy, hobbling stiff-legged over cheatgrass tufts.    From Wordnik.com.  [Poetry: Lucia Perillo] Reference

Introduced cheatgrass tends to replace the shrub community and provides fuel for recurrent fires.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ecoregions of Nevada (EPA)] Reference

In the canyons, bunchgrasses, Wyoming big sagebrush, and cheatgrass grow on rocky, colluvial soil.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ecoregions of Oregon (EPA)] Reference

Shallow, clayey soils are common and often support medusahead wildrye, cheatgrass, and scattered shrubs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ecoregions of Idaho (EPA)] Reference

Today, cheatgrass and crested wheatgrass are also common and the ecoregion is used for livestock grazing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ecoregions of Idaho (EPA)] Reference

Invasive cheatgrass, which has no value as a food plant, is spreading via fire throughout the sagbrush ecosystem.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bad news for the Sage Grouse] Reference

Vegetation outside of agricultural areas is dominated by Wyoming big sagebrush, basin big sagebrush, bluebunch wheatgrass, and cheatgrass.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ecoregions of Oregon (EPA)] Reference

Gary tears up all the cheatgrass every spring to create a fire-defense zone around the house, and we haven't tried to plant anything else.    From Wordnik.com.  [Meet Lulu Lavender] Reference

Bluebunch wheatgrass is generally associated with Wyoming big sagebrush, except where bunchgrasses have been depleted by grazing and replaced by cheatgrass.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ecoregions of Nevada (EPA)] Reference

However, as in the warmer Lahontan Basin to the west, lightning fires are common and a post-fire monoculture of cheatgrass tends to replace the native grasses and shrubs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ecoregions of Nevada (EPA)] Reference

However, most of these northern grasslands have been converted to agriculture and, in some areas, the sagebrush steppe is being invaded by western juniper and cheatgrass.    From Wordnik.com.  [North American Deserts ecoregion (CEC)] Reference

It's just as fire adapted as cheatgrass or medusahead.    From Wordnik.com.  [RealClimate] Reference

Duncan also spoke about downy brome (cheatgrass) management.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Winter annuals like cheatgrass sprout in the fall when it rains.    From Wordnik.com.  [RGJ.com - Latest News] Reference

Proper identification, herbicide selection ensure good control of cheatgrass.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

In the West, sagebrush has been giving way to cheatgrass, which found its way to the U.S.    From Wordnik.com.  [WRAL.com Top Stories] Reference

The primary target is cheatgrass, an invasive annual grass that first appeared in Nevada in.    From Wordnik.com.  [RGJ.com - Latest News] Reference

Experts have mowed and used herbicides and toxic fungus to battle the spread of cheatgrass.    From Wordnik.com.  [RGJ.com - Latest News] Reference

And there's other good work showing that cheatgrass is among the invasives moving their range northward.    From Wordnik.com.  [RealClimate] Reference

Since they tend to hang out in a limited area, they don't appear to be a vector for spreading cheatgrass, either.    From Wordnik.com.  [RealClimate] Reference

It is a giveaway to the same abusive ranchers that have turned the area into a wasteland of cheatgrass and cowpies.    From Wordnik.com.  [NewWest.Net All Headlines] Reference

In Nevada, sage grouse are threatened by cheatgrass, an invasive species prone to wildfires that burn native sagebrush.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Seattle Times] Reference

So far, crews have contained 10 percent of a fire burning across a desolate, flat landscape of sagebrush and cheatgrass.    From Wordnik.com.  [Home] Reference

While the effort looks promising, the long-term effectiveness of sheep control cheatgrass spread is unknown, Wilson said.    From Wordnik.com.  [RGJ.com - Latest News] Reference

So far, crews have contained 10 percent of the fire burning across a desolate, flat landscape of sagebrush and cheatgrass.    From Wordnik.com.  [KOMO News - News] Reference

A second invader targeted in the new study is cheatgrass, a winter annual that germinates in the fall and which is native to Eurasia.    From Wordnik.com.  [Top Headlines at CU Boulder] Reference

In the West, sagebrush has been giving way to cheatgrass, which found its way to the U.S. in packing materials and ship ballast in the late 1800s.    From Wordnik.com.  [News] Reference

In northern Nevada, the problem is cheatgrass, an invasive species that causes frequent wildfires to burn up sagebrush and prevent it from growing back.    From Wordnik.com.  [billingsgazette.com] Reference

O Grazing to control the spread of highly flammable cheatgrass.    From Wordnik.com.  [RGJ.com - Latest News] Reference

• a strategy to restore sustainable bunchgrass to Central Oregon rangeland overrun with invasive cheatgrass and medusahead.    From Wordnik.com.  [Media Newswire] Reference

And then there's the cheatgrass in your socks.    From Wordnik.com.  [IdahoStatesman.com News Updates] Reference