The plant may invade waysides, deforested areas, overgrazed pastureland, and wastelands. Weeds and cacti often replace bunchgrass on overgrazed land. Crowned lapwings prefer short, dry grassland which may be overgrazed or burnt, but avoid mountains. Natural pastures cover some but are being overgrazed. Studies have equated reduced deer populations with overgrazed deergrass stands in and near cattle pasture. Cattle also overgrazed fertile fields, killing vegetation that was able to survive extensive trampling. The lower slopes have been overgrazed by sheep and there are dense patches of bracken. The woods in the park are currently severely overgrazed by sika deer. The cattle quickly overgrazed large sections of the Great Bison Belt. In China it is seen as a noxious weed, invasive in overgrazed areas. The delicate desert environment was soon overgrazed. In the absence of predators, the deer population expanded and overgrazed the island. By the 1890s, the area was getting overgrazed. "Overgrazed" forests quickly turned into scrub. Overgrazed areas are dominated by cheatgrass and exotic annuals.