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Chapter 6: Choose Species/Cultivars for Revegetation Projects

Revegetation Suggestions for
Arctic Alaska
Based on Soil Characteristics & Available Moisture

Soil Group Refer to Soil Type Chart	Seed Rate Refer to Directions	Species/Cultivar Selection Refer to Species/Cultivar Characteristic Chart For Category Ratings
High Organic		Suggest fertilizer only. If seeding is stipulated use suggestions for SW, SP, SM, SC soils.
GW, GP		Suggest scarification and fertilizer only. If seeding is stipulated use suggestions for GM, GC soils and moisture.
		Soil Moisture Characteristics
		Saturated (Hydric)	Average (Mesic)	Very Dry (Xeric)
GM, GC	20	1 ‘Arctared’ red fescue 1 ‘Alyeska’ polargrass 2 ‘Tundra’ glaucous bluegrass 2 ‘Norcoast’ Bering hairgrass 3 ‘Egan’ American sloughgrass 3 ‘Boreal’ red fescue	1 ‘Arctared’ red fescue 1 ‘Alyeska’ polargrass 1 ‘Tundra’ glaucous bluegrass 2 ‘Nortran’ tufted hairgrass 2 ‘Gruening’ alpine bluegrass	1 ‘Arctared’ red fescue 1 ‘Alyeska’ polargrass 1 ‘Tundra’ glaucous bluegrass 2 ‘Gruening’ alpine bluegrass
SW, SP, SM, SC	40	1 ‘Arctared’ red fescue 1 ‘Alyeska’ polargrass 1 ‘Tundra’ glaucous bluegrass 2 ‘Gruening’ alpine bluegrass 2 ‘Nortran’ tufted hairgrass 3 ‘Norcoast’ Bering hairgrass 3 ‘Caiggluk’ Tilesy sagebrush	1 ‘Arctared’ red fescue 1 ‘Alyeska’ polargrass 1 ‘Tundra’ glaucous bluegrass 2 ‘Gruening’ alpine bluegrass 2 ‘Nortran’ tufted hairgrass 3 ‘Norcoast’ Bering hairgrass 3 ‘Caiggluk’ Tilesy sagebrush	1 ‘Arctared’ red fescue 1 ‘Alyeska’ polargrass 1 ‘Tundra’ glaucous bluegrass 2 ‘Gruening’ alpine bluegrass 2 ‘Nortran’ tufted hairgrass 3 ‘Norcoast’ Bering hairgrass 3 ‘Caiggluk’ Tilesy sagebrush
ML, CL, OL MH, CH, OH	30	1 ‘Arctared’ red fescue 1 ‘Alyeska’ polargrass 2 ‘Tundra’ glaucous bluegrass 2 ‘Norcoast’ Bering hairgrass 3 ‘Egan’ American sloughgrass

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