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Invasive plants and climate change will alter desert landscapes
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Invasive plants and climate change will alter desert landscapes

Drought- and heat-adapted invasive plants like buffelgrass will increasingly gain a toehold, at the expense of native species.

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Saguaro cactuses are under threat because of climate change
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Saguaro cactuses are under threat because of climate change

A warming world means the invasive buffelgrass — a danger to the cactus — is thriving.
Invasive grass is overwhelming U.S. deserts—providing fuel for wildfires

Invasive grass is overwhelming U.S. deserts—providing fuel for wildfires

Volunteers are yanking the dangerous grasses from public lands across the American Southwest.
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