It’s Wildfire Awareness Week. Fountain grass is an invasive plant that is commonly seen on roadsides and in neighborhoods in Tucson.
Fountain grass poses a very big risk when it comes to wildfires. Tucson Bird Alliance’s Invasive Plant Program Manager, Tony Figueroa, works to remove these plants around Tucson.
“Just chokes out our washes and creates this monoculture of non-native plants that out-competes all of our native wildflowers and presents this fire danger,” Figueroa explains…