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Species Invasions: Some particularly damaging invasive species are highly fire-adapted. When wildfires occur, these weeds grow back faster than the native species, helping them spread to new areas. Even worse, some species (like cheatgrass) burn extra hot, so hot that their fires kill the seeds and roots of native trees and grasses. Therefore, the only thing that grows back is more cheatgrass, creating a horrible, fiery cycle! Learn more about wildfire and invasive plants here.