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It’s burning in salt cedar along the Gila River.

Authorities said the fire is burning brush, grass and salt cedar.

Without this advantage, cottonwood populations have dwindled, and invasive species like salt cedar, which shed their seeds year-round, monopolize their habitat instead.

For those of you keeping track at home, fire ants are one of the original nasty invasive species, up there with Dutch Elm Disease, salt cedar and dandelions.

At the Dream Inn in Santa Cruz, Calif., a beach hotel highlighted in writer-musician Patti Smith’s book “Year of the Monkey,” the prevailing hotel fragrance is a blend of ocean, salt, cedar and sunscreen, the real thing, which enters through the balcony door in every guest room.