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