cheatgrass
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- noun
- /ˈʧitˌɡræs/
- Specialized
:
grama cheat
- One of Sand Hollow's primary intended uses is to restore rangelands currently overwhelmed by highly aggressive, non-native plants such as cheatgrass or medusahead wildrye.
- cheatgrass and sagebrush
- cheatgrass thistles
- plants such as cheatgrass
Examples
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The dominant nonnative plant, cheatgrass, was more prevalent in terms of cover in the protected areas (p = 0.0002) and exurban developments (p = 0.0050) than on ranches.
Academic text (2001) -
The hot Santa Ana swept across the open desert, hissing through the bone-dry cheatgrass and shaking the stiff sagebrush.
Fiction book (2001) -
"A breeze had begun to riffle through the cheatgrass again.
Fiction book (2001) -
The wind blew steadily, rustling the cheatgrass.
Fiction book (2001) -
Native grasses have been supplanted by introduced "exotics" like cheatgrass and yellow star thistle.
Academic text (1999) -
Plant cover included species common to arid alpine environments, such as cheatgrass, sagebrush, and rabbitbrush.
Academic text (2008) -
What's more, they help stop the takeover of native ecosystems by invasive weeds like cheatgrass.
Academic text (2000) -
For instance, the proliferation of cheatgrass in the Mountain West has altered historic fire regimes, favoring normative annual grasslands over native perennial species.
Academic text (2001) -
Some of our sites also had western juniper (Juniperus occidentalis) and cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) in the vicinity.
Academic text (2017) -
The landscape was overtaken by cheatgrass, making it hard for native plants to grow.
Synonyms
A one-year grass with soft hairy leaves that often spreads and harms local plants
A small Mediterranean grass with soft hairy leaves
A grass with soft hairy leaves that spreads quickly and is often a weed
An annual grass with soft hairy leaves that often grows as a weed
An annual grass with soft hairy leaves that bends down
A wild grass with soft hairy leaves that grows each year in the Mediterranean region
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Cheatgrass gets its name from the simple English word cheat, which means 'to trick', because the grass can look like useful grain and 'trick' fields by spreading into crops and pastures. That's why cheatgrass is used for a fast-spreading weed that takes over and outcompetes native plants.