As Pima County leaders work to finalize a fire mitigation plan, residents of Green Valley are sounding the alarm about a dangerous and fast-spreading invasive species: buffelgrass.

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Buffelgrass was introduced on a large scale to the Tucson area for erosion control in the 1970s. It has become a scourge since then, eating up acres of fragile desert and displacing saguaros and ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — Buffelgrass is seen all around Tucson, and it’s dangerous because it can burn almost three times hotter than fires created by native vegetation. At "A" Mountain, Navajo ...

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“Buffelgrass is a popular forage species for livestock producers, but it contributes to biodiversity loss and wildfire risk.” As part of the new study, researchers created controlled areas at Mpala ...

Buffelgrass, an enemy to the saguaro, threatens that welcome. Buffelgrass, native to Africa, Asia and the Middle East, was brought to the U.S. for cattle forage and erosion control in the 1930s ...

More Buffelgrass, a nonnative grass that has taken over southern Arizona hillsides, endangers cactuses and other vegetation by crowding them out and intensifying wildfires that threaten both the ...

So the buffelgrass is a problem for us because it provides continuity for fires to grow. Especially since they dry out faster, and they're more susceptible to fire." ...

Buffelgrass 'wipes out' native vegetation Between the gaps of native desert vegetation, buffelgrass thrives. It grows in dense clumps, acting as a bridge connecting spread-out desert plants.

Buffelgrass is a perennial bunchgrass from South Africa brought to Arizona and 13 other states beginning in the 1930s for cattle forage and to control soil erosion.