Invasive Annual Brome Grasses

From the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS):

This picture isn't as placid as it seems. Invasive annual brome grasses - the yellowish grasses in the landscape - are suppressing native prairie species at Scotts Bluff National Monument, Nebraska. (Credit: Amy Symstad, USGS)

Invasive plants such as annual brome grasses can overcome valuable native grasses in critical prairie grasslands. #USGS studies show that invasive annual brome grass abundance has doubled over the last two decades in parks in Wyoming and the Dakotas. The USGS studies annual brome grasses in the northern Great Plains to help resource managers tackle this destructive invasive species:http://on.doi.gov/1oEQyCD.

#science #invasivespecies #NISAW #brome#GreatPlains