Revegetation Guidelines for Western Montana - Global Restoration ...

Table 3. Non-native grasses recommended for western Montana revegetation projects [native grasses (Table 2) are advised when capable to meet revegetation goals (Step 1)]
Name Cultivar Growth form Soil type
Pure stand
Minimum Erosion
PLS rate /
precipitation control
acre*
Notes
Cool-season grasses
Annuals
Annual ryegrass
Gulf Tall annual Silty-loamy 10 inches Very good 16 - 35 lbs
Annual, quick and easy establishment. Highly palatable to
(Lolium multiflorum)
Regreen (wheat x tall
wheatgrass)
(Triticum aestivum x Elytrigia
elongata)
Triticale (wheat x cereal rye)
(Triticum aestivum x Secale
cereale)
N/a
Spring and
winter
varieties
Bunchgrasses
Short to short-medium bunchgrasses
Hard fescue
(Festuca longifolia)
Durar,
Serra,
Crystal
Meadow fescue 2
N/a
(Festuca pratensis)
Medium to medium-tall bunchgrasses
Crested wheatgrass 1, 3
(Agropyron cristatum)
Standard crested wheatgrass 1, 3
(Agropyron desertorum)
Siberian wheatgrass 1, 3
(Agropyron fragile ssp.
sibericum)
Meadow foxtail 1, 2
(Alopecurus pratensis)
Perennial ryegrass
(Lolium perenne)
Timothy 3
(Phleum pratense)
Douglas,
Ephraim,
Fairway
Hycrest.
Nordan
P-27,
Vavilov
N/a
Tetraploid
Climax;
Clair
Medium-tall
bunchgrass
Tall annual
Short
bunchgrass
Short
bunchgrass
Medium-tall
bunchgrass
Medium-tall
bunchgrass
Medium
bunchgrass
Medium-tall
bunchgrass
Medium-tall
bunchgrass
Medium
bunchgrass
Silty-loamy 12 inches Excellent 20 - 40 lbs
Silty-loamy
to clayey
Sandy to
clayey
Sandy to
clayey
Silty-loamy
to clayey
Sandy to
clayey
Silty-loamy
to clayey
Silty-loamy
to clayey
Silty-loamy
to clayey
Silty-loamy
to clayey
12 inches Very good 60 - 100 lbs
16 inches Very good 10 lbs
18 inches Good 10 lbs
10 inches Very good 8 - 12 lbs
10 inches Very good 10 lbs
8 inches Very good 8 - 11 lbs
25 inches or wet
areas
Good
4 - 5 lbs
12 inches Very good 15 - 35 lbs
16 inches Good 8 - 10 lbs
livestock and wildlife.
Annual or short-lived perennial sterile hybrid cross. Used as a
soil stabilizer and cover crop. Quick and easy establishment;
does not persist or reseed. Will be entirely out-competed by
more desired species. Drought tolerant.
Annual, quick and easy establishment. Good forage production
and highly palatable. Often used when maximum forage is
desired while slower perennials establish.
Moderately drought tolerant. Slow but persistent
establishment, long-lived. Well suited for low fertility, upland or
hilly sites. Used for low maintenance cover. Poor palatability
and nutrition.
Slow establishment. Adapted to cool moist regions. Useful in
pasture blends and riparian areas. Extremely palatable.
Drought tolerant. Easy establishment, long-lived. Useful where
rapid establishment and early season forage is important.
Good palatability when green.
Easy establishment. Similar to crested wheatgrass but slightly
more cold, shade, and moisture tolerant and productive.
Easy establishment. Similar to Siberian wheatgrass but more
drought tolerant and palatable, later maturing, and performs
better on lighter textured soils. Seedling vigor may be low.
Slow establishment, long-lived. Adapted to wet, poorly drained
sites and tolerant of saline-alkaline soils. Useful for irrigated
pastures. Nutritious and palatable.
Rapid establishment, short-lived. Useful for pasture and range
improvement. Excellent palatability.
Easy establishment. Adapted to moderately moist sites.
Commonly planted as pasture or hay grass and for seeding
riparian areas. Excellent palatability.
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