Brte fire Mike Pellant
Between sagebrush, a continuous cover of cheatgrass fuels an intense fire in the Great Basin.
Constantia Fire - Long Valley, CA Nolan Preece
The Constantia fire burning in Long Valley, California that likely started in cheatgrass.
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a) Cheatgrass dominates 40,000 km2 of the Great Basin, compared with other vegetation types; (b) Of the total burned area detected by the NASA-MODIS satellite from 2000-2009, over 5000 km2 of cheatgrass-dominated lands burned—more than double the area that burned in any other vegetation.
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Endless cheatgrass cover in a burned salt desert community in central Nevada--only a few shrubs remain.
