As mentioned before, the main fuel type in Northern Nevada is cheat grass and sagebrush.  Cheat grass is a non-native species of grass that was introduced to the United States in the early 1900's.  The seed was mixed in with grain seed that had been imported from Asia.  In the last 100 years cheat grass has proliferated the Great Basin and is now one of the most dominant vegetation types and noxious weeds.  Cheat grass is very well adapted fire species.  After curing, the grass has burning properties that have been compared to the explosiveness of burning gasoline. It is an annual grass and once an area burns, without aggressive reseeding efforts,  cheat grass will dominate the area the following growing season.  This fine flashy fuel creates some extreme fire behavior.  Below are some pictures from fires over the last 8 seasons.