![May in Doulgas County, WA: shrub-steppe that experienced wildfire a few years prior. Notice the red-hued cheatgrass stitching together the native perennials](https://i0.wp.com/www.wenatcheenaturalist.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/IMG_1664.jpg?resize=750%2C499&ssl=1)
Curious About…Why Cheatgrass has changed everything?
Before 1850, our shrub-steppe plant communities were adapted to frequent disturbance, such as wildfire. The resilient native long-lived shrubs, bunchgrasses, and wildflowers were adapted to either re-sprouting or re-growing from seed, in a decades-long predictable pattern of succession. However, with the introduction of non-native annual grasses, primarily cheatgrass, this pattern was dramatically disrupted. Continue Reading →