Buffel Grass Removal from Tucson Mountain Park

"The Sonoran Desert Weedwackers started in 2000 as a small group of committed individuals whose objective was to remove non-native fountain grass and buffelgrass from the washes and roadsides of Tucson Mountain Park, a 27,000 acre Sonoran Desert natural preserve a few miles west of Tucson. Since that time, the Weedwackers have become well-known in the invasive weed management community for their successful removal of tons of invasive grasses from the Tucson Mountain Park. Areas where dense buffelgrass was removed in 2001 now support native grasses and wildflowers. "

http://www.aznps.org/invasives/weedwackers.html

Buffel Grass Removal at Saguaro National Park

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Buffel Grass is an invasive species that threatens to choke and burn out the Saguaro cactus and Sonoran Desert ecosystem. It looks somewhat like fountain grass, which is also a noxious invasive in our area:


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