A cattleman's guide may be helpful.
Not really!
Bromus tectorum: That’s the weed!
It outgrows cattlemen. You need sheep!
“In the US, it grows on rangelands,
pastures,
prairies, fields, waste areas,
eroded sites, and roadsides. It is much reviled by ranchers and land managers. B. tectorum seeds are also a critical portion of the diet of the
chukar and
grey partridge which have been introduced to the US. Intensive
sheep browsing of B. tectorum in early spring has been used as a fire fuels reduction strategy in the hills adjacent to
Carson City,
Nevada.
[19] Because of
rangeland fires and the invasion of Bromus tectorum, in 2010 the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) considered the possibility of extending the protections of the Endangered Species Act to the greater sage-grouse.
[20]” (Wikipedia)
