USU Scientists Share Successes in Great Salt Lake Wetlands Replacing Phragmites With Native Plants
September 15, 2022
September 15, 2022
LOGAN, Utah, Sept. 15 (TNSres) -- Utah State University issued the following news:
In the mid-1980s, after water from catastrophic flooding retreated behind the banks of the swollen Great Salt Lake, an opportunistic invader moved in. Phragmites, a non-native grass that reaches up to 15 feet tall, began to monopolize huge swaths of wetlands surrounding the lake. The stubborn plant began dominating ecosystems, creating an unnaturally uniform landscape, chasing out native waterfowl, wi . . .
In the mid-1980s, after water from catastrophic flooding retreated behind the banks of the swollen Great Salt Lake, an opportunistic invader moved in. Phragmites, a non-native grass that reaches up to 15 feet tall, began to monopolize huge swaths of wetlands surrounding the lake. The stubborn plant began dominating ecosystems, creating an unnaturally uniform landscape, chasing out native waterfowl, wi . . .