Southern Arizona is threatened by the invasion of buffelgrass and fountain grass.View the 10-minute video on the buffelgrass problem in Southern Arizona, released in July, 2008: Buffelgrass Invasion: Its Threat To The Sonoran Desert and Our Will To Stop ItRead Bonfire of the Superweeds: In the Sonoran Desert, good intentions combust! A summary of the buffelgrass invasion by award-winning reporter Michelle Nijhuis, High Country News, August 20, 2007.
Buffelgrass (Pennisetum ciliare)and fountain grass (Pennisetum setaceum) are spreading through the Sonoran Desert and threatening our distinctive native Sonoran Desert plants. AZNPS has prepared two flyers on these invasive nonnative species. PDF versions of these flyers can be downloaded or viewed in your browser.
In the City of Tucson, The Department of Neighborhood Resources will provide digging bars and large trashbags to remove these invasive grasses from your neighborhood. Click on Services to Registered Neighborhood Associations for more information. In Pima County, volunteers have been trained to help neighborhoods recognize the threat. Contact the environmental educators by email or call 520-615-7855.Learn how to identify buffelgrass and fountain grass, how to eradicate these African grasses and why they are a threat to the Sonoran Desert. Download the brochure Wanted: Buffelgrass, Dead and Gone.Download the Spanish version of Wanted: Buffelgrass, Dead and Gone.Buffelgrass looks dramatically different depending on whether it is green and actively growing or dry and dormant. Download this information sheet to identify buffelgrass when it is dry.What do you do if you have buffelgrass on your property? Download this handout to learn how to use herbicide and manually remove buffelgrass.Where do you buy digging bars, trash bags, gloves and safety vests? Download this handout for source information.Learn why star thistle, buffelgrass, fountain grass and tamarix are a threat to our waterways in the 4-page brochure Wipe Out Weeds.You can also download Buffelgrass Class: A Tutorial for Identification and Removal of Buffelgrass. This 5-minute video is a project of Sonoran Desert Weedwackers and the Southern Chapter of the Arizona Native Plant Society, in collaboration with the University of Arizona's Desert Laboratory. It is narrated by Barb Skye Siegel, and was produced by Acacia Betancourt and donated by Black Sheep Video Productions. This tutorial can also be viewed on YouTube.
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