Revegetation Guidelines for Western Montana - Global Restoration ...

White or yellow sweetclover** 1, 4
(Melilotus spp.)
Sainfoin** 1
(Onobrychis viciaefolia)
Prairie clover
(Petalostemum spp.)
Alsike clover** 1
(Trifolium hybridum)
Vetch
(Vicia spp.)
Shrubs
Small shrubs
Winterfat
(Ceratoides lanata)
Fringed sagebrush
(Artemisia frigida)
Prairie sage
(Artemisia ludoviciana)
Medium shrubs
Sagebrush
(Artemisia spp.)
Fourwing saltbush 1
(Atriplex canescens)
Rabbitbrush
(Chrysothamnus spp.)
Redosier dogwood 2
(Cornus stolonifera)
Bitterbrush
(Purshia tridentata)
Sumac
(Rhus spp.)
Currant 2
(Ribes spp.)
Many
Eski,
Remont
Silty-loamy
to clayey
10 inches 15 lbs
Silty-loamy 12 inches 35 - 45 lbs
Kaneb All types 14 inches 6 - 8 lbs
Tetraploid
or diploid
Lana
Hatch
Clayey 32 inches 8 lbs
Silty-loamy
Sandy to
silty-loamy
12 – 18
inches
40 lbs
6 inches 8 lbs
N/a silty-loamy 6 inches Varies
Summit
Gordon
Creek
Wytana
N/a
N/a
Lassen
N/a
Sandy to
silty-loamy
Sandy to
clayey
Silty-loamy
to clay
Sandy to
clayey
Silty-loamy
to clayey
Sand to
clayey
Sand to
silty-loamy
10 inches Varies
8 - 12 inches Varies
8 inches 13 lbs
8 inches Varies
24 inches Varies
8 inches Varies
8 - 10 inches Varies
N/a Silty-loamy 12 - 14 inches Varies
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Drought and alkaline tolerant. Easy establishment. Cold hardy. Valuable in
disturbed sites for soil improvement. Can be invasive / aggressive.
Drought tolerant. Easy establishment, short-lived. Typically used in pasture mixes
for short rotations. Highly palatable, nonbloat, winter hardy, and alkaline tolerant.
Long-lived. White prairie clover (Petalostemum candidum) is an excellent legume
for erosive sites where productive, palatable, nutritious forage is desired. ‘Kaneb’
purple prairie clover (P. purpureum) has superior vigor, height and stand
development.
Moderate ease of establishment., short-lived. Adapted to cool and moist sites. Cold
hardy and shade intolerant. Tolerates alkalinity more than other clovers. Used in
hay and pasture.
Easy establishment, most short-lived. Hairy vetch (V. villosa) is a drought tolerant
annual. Highly palatable and nutritious. Hairy and wooly pod vetch (V. dasycarpa)
often used as green manure crop, cover, or pasture.
Very drought tolerant. Slow establishment, long-lived. Adapted to all soil textures on
flats, slopes, and ridges to 10,000 ft. Extremely palatable to livestock and wildlife.
Attractive rhizomatous, mat-forming sub-shrub occurring from 3,000 – 8,000 ft,
usually on thin, dry soils. Fair palatability to livestock.
Rhizomatous half-shrub adapted to a wide variety of soils from 2,500 – 9,000 ft.
Establishes quick and easy, even on harsh sites. Fair forage value to livestock.
Drought tolerant. Many species and growth forms available from tall shrubs to matformers.
Request seed harvested in similar environmental conditions. Important for
forage and cover and winter livestock browse.
Drought tolerant. Moderate ease of establishment, long-lived. Useful where a salttolerant
plant is needed as a soil stabilizer and a high quality winter forage for
livestock and wildlife to 8,500 ft. Not tolerant of high water tables. Adaptability is
dependent on seed origin.
Easy establishment. Occurs on all soil textures on a wide variety of sites.
Moderately palatable.
Thicket-forming deciduous shrub. Prefers sites along streams from 2,500 – 9,000 ft.
Berries provide valuable forage for birds.
Drought tolerant. Useful soil stabilizer where high quality browse is needed to 8,500
ft. Valuable to livestock and wildlife.
Drought tolerant. Useful for stabilizing coarse soils. Valuable cover for wildlife and
berries are important winter forage for birds. Adapted to well-drained sites from
5,000 – 7,500 ft.
Golden currant (R. aureum) adapted to fertile, moist sites from 3,500 – 8,000 ft.
Wax currant (R. cereum) and mountain gooseberry (R. montigenum) prefers drier
sites from 2,500 – 9,500 ft and 7,000 – 11,500 ft, respectively. Berries important for
wildlife.