This manual is created to help those involved in revegetation efforts select
appropriate seed mixes and, to some degree, methods for revegetation.

Plant Materials Center
Alaska Department of Natural Resources
5310 S. Bodenburg Spur Rd.
Palmer, AK 99645
907-745-4469

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Foreword    

Preface
               
Chapter 1:  An Introduction to Revegetation

• Revegetation – An introduction and background to the terms used in the field
• Why revegetate an area?
  • Erosion Control
  • Landscape Plantings
  • Temporary vs. Permanent Seedings
  • Special Revegetation Techniques
  • Natural Revegetation
  • Native Species

Chapter 2:  Basic Steps of Revegetation 

• Planning
• Site Preparation
• Methods of Preparation

Chapter 3:  Seed Specifications

• Certified Seed
• Other Certification Classes

Chapter 4:  Plant Evaluation

• Initial Evaluation and Increase
• Advanced Evaluation Plots
• Publications Associated With Initial and Advanced Evaluations

Chapter 5:  Cultivars and Species for Use in Alaska

• Commercially Available Species and Cultivars
  • Bluegrass, Alpine - ‘Gruening’
  • Bluegrass, Glaucous - ‘Tundra’
  • Bluegrass, Kentucky - ‘Merion’
  • Bluegrass, Kentucky - ‘Nugget’
  • Bluegrass, Kentucky - ‘Park’
  • Fescue, Red - ‘Arctared’
  • Fescue, Red - ‘Boreal’
  • Fescue, Red - ‘Pennlawn’
  • Hairgrass, Bering - ‘Norcoast’
  • Hairgrass, Tufted - ‘Nortran’
  • Polargrass - ‘Alyeska’
  • Polargrass - ‘Kenai’
  • Reedgrass, Bluejoint - ‘Sourdough’
  • Ryegrass, Annual - Lolium multiflorum
  • Ryegrass, Perennial - Lolium perenne
  • Sloughgrass, American - ‘Egan’
  • Wheatgrass, Slender - Wainwright Germplasm
  • Wildrye, Beach - ‘Benson’
  • Wildrye, Beach - ‘Reeve’
  • Wormwood, Tilesius’ - ‘Caiggluk'
• Released for Commercial Seed Production
• Alkaligrass, Nootka - Ninilchik Germplasm
• Artemisia, Dusty Miller - Shemya Germplasm
• Barley, Meadow - Lowell Point Germplasm
• Bluegrass, Alpine - Teller Germplasm
• Bluegrass, Arctic - Adak Germplasm
• Bluegrass, Arctic - Council Germplasm
• Bluegrass, Arctic - Tin City Germplasm
• Bluegrass, Glaucous - Nome Germplasm
• Bluegrass, Large-glume - Andrew Bay Germplasm
• Bluegrass, Big - ‘Service’
• Chamomile, Arctic Wild - Kotzebue Germplasm
• Cinquefoil, Staghorn - Mentasta Germplasm
• Fescue, Red - Henderson Ridge Germplasm
• Fescue, Viviparous - Safety Germplasm
• Fireweed, Dwarf - Kobuk Germplasm
• Fleabane, Beach - Clam Lagoon Germplasm
• Iris, Wild - Knik Germplasm
• Jacob’s Ladder, Beautiful - Butte Germplasm
• Locoweed, Nodding - Franklin Bluffs Germplasm
• Lovage, Beach - Casco Cove Germplasm
• Oxytrope, Field - Black Rapids Germplasm
• Parsley, Jakutsk Snow - Tok Germplasm
• Reedgrass, Nootka - Pioneer Peak Germplasm
• Sedge, Longawn - Attu Germplasm
• Speargrass, Largeflower - Port Clarence Germplasm
• Sweetvetch, Alpine - Paxson Germplasm
• Trisetum, Spike - Nelchina Germplasm
• Wheatgrass, Thickspike - Solomon Germplasm
• Wheatgrass, Tufted - Slana Germplasm
• Wildrye, Downy - Cantwell Germplasm
• Yarrow, Boreal - Twenty Mile Germplasm

Chapter 6:  Choose Species/Cultivars for Revegetation Projects

• Instructions for Revegetation Suggestions Charts and Map of Alaska
• Table 1a:  Species/Cultivar Characteristic Chart (available commercially)
• Table 1b:  Species/Cultivar Characteristic Chart (not available commercially)
• Table 2:  Chart Symbols for Soil Types
• Revegetation Suggestions for Arctic Alaska
• Revegetation Suggestions for Western Alaska
• Revegetation Suggestions for Interior Alaska
• Revegetation Suggestions for Southwest Alaska
• Revegetation Suggestions for Southcentral Alaska
• Revegetation Suggestions for Southeast Alaska

Chapter 7:  Species Notes

• Species to Avoid
• Native Species

Chapter 8:  Fertilizer and Other Soil Amendments

• Fertilizer
• Lime and Other Amendments to Adjust pH
• Topsoil

Chapter 9:  Specialized Equipment Needs

• Broadcast Seeders
• Drop Spreaders
• Drill Seeders
• Hydroseeding
• Table 3:  Characteristics of Various Spreading Equipment

Chapter 10:  Mulch and Erosion Matting

• Table 4:  Mulch and Netting Comparison Chart

Chapter 11:  Transplanting and Sprigging (Advanced Techniques)

• Willow and Other Woody Cuttings
• Beach Wildrye Sprigging

Chapter 12:  Natural Revegetation

References

Index of Tables

Index of Images