Revegetation Guidelines for Western Montana - Global Restoration ...

Tall to very tall bunchgrasses
Tall wheatgrass 1
(Elytrigia elongata)
Tall fescue 1
(Festuca arundinacea)
Altai wildrye 1
(Leymus angustus)
Russian wildrye 1
(Psathyrostachys juncea)
Rhizomatous
Medium to medium-tall rhizomatous
Creeping foxtail 1, 2
(Alopecurus arundinaceus)
Meadow brome 1
(Bromus biebersteinii)
Orchardgrass 3
(Dactylis glomerata)
Newhy hybrid wheatgrass 1
(Elymus hoffmanii)
Canada bluegrass
(Poa compressa)
Fowl bluegrass 2
(Poa palustrus)
Tall rhizomatous
Redtop 1, 2
(Agrostis alba)
Smooth brome 3
(Bromus inermis)
Intermediate wheatgrass
(Elytrigia intermedia ssp.
intermedia)
Alkar, Jose,
Orbit
Alta, Fawn,
Kenmont,
Goar
Prairieland,
Pearle,
Eejay
Bozoisky,
Swift,
Mankota,
Vinall
Garrison,
Retain
Regar,
Fleet,
Paddock
Many
Newhy
Reubens
N/a
Streaker
Lincoln,
Manchar,
Carlton
Amur,
Greenar,
Oahe,
Very tall
bunchgrass
Tall
bunchgrass
Tall
bunchgrass
Tall
bunchgrass
Medium-tall
rhizomatous
Medium
weakly
rhizomatous
Medium-tall
rhizomatous
Medium
weakly
rhizomatous
Medium
rhizomatous
Medium-tall
weakly
rhizomatous
Tall
rhizomatous
Tall
rhizomatous
Tall
rhizomatous
Silty-loamy
to clayey
All soils
except
sandy
Silty-loamy
to clayey
Silty-loamy
to clayey
Silty-loamy
to clayey
Silty-loamy
to clayey
Silty-loamy
to clayey
Silty-loamy
to clayey
Silty-loamy
to clayey
Silty-loamy
to clayey
Silty-loamy
to clay
Sandy to
clayey
Silty-loamy
to clayey
12 inches Good 10 - 17 lbs
18 inches Good 8 lbs
Drought tolerant. Easy establishment. Suitable for most saline
sites and some subirrigated cases. Low palatability.
Slow establishment, long-lived. Tolerates wet, poorly drained
sites. Useful for pasture, good palatability and relatively tolerant of
heavy grazing.
18 inches Very good 15 lbs Slow establishment. Extremely salt and alkaline resistant.
12 inches Poor 7 - 10 lbs
25 inches or wet
areas
16 inches or
irrigated
18 inches or
irrigated
Good
Good
Poor
4 lbs
12 - 17 lbs
8 lbs
10 inches Good 14 lbs
18 inches Good 2 lbs
> 18 inches Fair 3 lbs
20 inches or wet
areas
15 inches or
irrigated
Excellent
Good
1 lb
8 - 12 lbs
14 inches Excellent 10 - 12 lbs
Drought tolerant. Difficult establishment, long-lived. Useful for
somewhat saline sites where severe erosion is not a problem.
Palatability and nutrition are excellent year-round. Well suited as a
pasture grass. Not adapted to cool, moist sites.
Moderate establishment, long-lived. Adapted to wet or periodically
wet soils. Tolerates alkaline-saline soils. Very palatable and
nutritious. Well suited for hay and pasture.
Good drought tolerance. Easy establishment, long-lived. Very
productive – starts growth in early spring, ripens by early summer
and produces abundant late-summer and fall regrowth. Highly
palatable when green. Excellent winter hardiness.
Easy establishment, medium to long-lived. Adapted to a wide
variety of sites. Highly productive and palatable, grazing tolerant.
‘Paiute’ was selected for its drought hardiness.
Easy establishment. Adapted to moist soils including moderately
saline sites. Useful on both irrigated and non-irrigated pasture and
rangelands.
Able to grow in harsh sites including shallow, infertile soils. Useful
for improvement of poor sites where more palatable and
productive species are unable to establish.
Adapted to meadows and moist open areas. Useful for irrigated
pastures.
Prefers moist or moderately wet sites. Tolerates acidic and
nutritionally poor soils and periodic flooding. Used as pasture hay.
Moderately drought tolerant. Rapid establishment, short-lived.
Winter hardy. Requires fertile soils. Best suited for hay production.
Commonly used for pasture.
Moderately drought tolerant. Easy establishment, medium to longlived.
Sites should not be subject to prolonged drought or severe
combinations of extreme cold and lack of snow cover.
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