The flooding in 1983 gave an invasive plant a blank slate to expand, choking out other plant life and spreading across thousands of acres.
The flooding gave an invasive plant a blank slate to expand, choking out other plant life and spreading across thousands of acres.
But the ‘83 floods continue to create lasting damage on the state’s most recognizable landmarks. The flood waters enabled phragmites, a hearty, invasive species, to take over shorelines of thePhragmites australis — a tall, grass-like plant that’s also known as the common reed — filled a void in the shorelines to expand across the eastern shores of the Great Salt Lake. The thick, tall phragmites tend to shade out native plant species, killing off other plant life.
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