Oregon and Idaho and replaced cheatgrass as the dominant alien grass. It has invaded seral communities in eastern Vegetation has been eliminated or severely reduced by overgrazing, cultivation, Medusahead maintain its dominance on sites where native Larger geographical area than medusahead, which extends to drier areas of the Each can replace other herbaceous vegetation and Species, overlap in distribution and habitat requirements. Medusahead and cheatgrass ( Bromus tectorum), another invasive non-native PLANTS database provides a distributional map ofġ04 Antelope bitterbrush-bluebunch wheatgrassġ07 Western juniper/big sagebrush/bluebunch wheatgrass from BritishĬolumbia south to California and east to Idaho. Medusahead is now established throughout the Medusahead is native to the Mediterranean region of Europe. Oregon - B list (noxious weed of economic importance that is regionally abundant but may have limited distribution in some counties)
Ĭalifornia - C list (noxious weed) Ĭolorado - A list (noxious weed) C list (noxious weed not yet widespread or causing economic impact) TheĮntity occurring the United States is Taeniatherum caput-medusae ssp. There are 3 subspecies found in Europe: Taeniatherum caput-medusae ssp. The currently accepted scientific name of medusahead is Taeniatherum caput-medusae database/feis/plants/graminoid/taecap/all.html. Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire Sciences Laboratory (Producer). Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, of Food & Agriculture, Botany LaboratoryĪrcher, Amy J. Botanical and ecological characteristics.
#CAPUT MEDUSA UPDATE#
UPDATE (2019): For a summary of more recently published information (2001-2019) about medusahead’s relationship with fire and response to control methods, see this annotated bibliography.
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