[medit-plants] The invasive, flammable plants making California's fires worse

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https://www.scpr.org/news/2017/12/12/78789/the-invasive-flammable-plants-making-california-s/

"The invasive grasses have had a major role in most of the fires this year," said Richard Minnich, professor in the department of earth sciences at UC Riverside. "The fires have largely been at low elevations where exotic annual grassland is most abundant. And the amount of grass and biomass was unusually high this year because of the heavy rains last winter."