6/7/2023 0 Comments Sage brush![]() ![]() Herbicide protection, which coats native seeds to protect them as a selective herbicide eliminates nearby cheatgrass and other invasives.The team’s three key technologies include: By working with USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) there is hope to pioneer ground-breaking restoration technologies designed to increase survival odds for seedlings. So how do we combat cheatgrass and give sagebrush and other native seedlings a fighting chance? We innovate, collaborate and think big. Once lost, the native plants that make up the sagebrush sea are difficult to restore in conditions that can be hostile to tiny seeds trying to take hold. Sagebrush champions face a major challenge: healing a landscape under constant attack. Cheatgrass-fueled fires are also dangerous and stressful for communities who face a frightening “new normal” across the West. It’s a vicious cycle-and one that’s deadly for sagebrush and the wildlife it supports. With the first heat of summer, cheatgrass becomes a tinderbox that is easily ignited, devouring sagebrush in larger and more frequent wildfires. These invasives germinate earlier than native grasses, outcompeting natives for soil moisture and nutrients.Īnd they burn. And still other invasive annual grasses, like medusahead and ventenata, are even more tenacious. One of the biggest threats is cheatgrass, a voracious invasive annual grass that has already infested 50 million acres of sagebrush steppe habitat and is spreading fast. ![]() Today native plant seedlings face a fight for survival from day one.
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