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Chapter 6: Choose Species/Cultivars for Revegetation Projects

Revegetation Suggestions for
Southcentral 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 suggestion for MH, CH, OH Mesic or Xeric depending on site
GW, GP		Suggest scarification and fertilizer only. If seeding is stipulated use suggestions for GM, GC and soil moisture
		Soil Moisture Characteristics
		Saturated (Hydric)	Average (Mesic)	Very Dry (Xeric)
GM, GC	20	1 ‘Norcoast’ Bering hairgrass 1 ‘Egan’ American sloughgrass 1 ‘Kenai’ polargrass 1 ‘Arctared’ red fescue 2 ‘Nortran’ tufted hairgrass 2 ‘Boreal’ red fescue 2 ‘Alyeska’ polargrass 3 ‘Sourdough’ bluejoint reedgrass	1 ‘Norcoast’ Bering hairgrass 1 ‘Arctared’ red fescue 1 ‘Gruening’ alpine bluegrass 2 ‘Boreal’ red fescue 2 ‘Kenai’ polargrass 2 ‘Nortran’ tufted hairgrass 2 Wainwright slender wheatgrass 3 ‘Caiggluk’ Tilesy sagebrush 3 ‘Sourdough’ bluejoint reedgrass Note: If the area to be revegetated is adjacent to a coast line, consider using beach wildrye transplants.	1 ‘Arctared’ red fescue 1 Wainwright slender wheatgrass 1 ‘Nortran’ tufted hairgrass 1 ‘Gruening’ alpine bluegrass 2 ‘Norcoast’ Bering hairgrass 2 ‘Boreal’ red fescue Note: If the area to be revegetated is adjacent to a coast line, consider using beach wildrye transplants.
SW, SP, SM, SC	40
ML, CL, OL	40
MH, CH, OH	30	1 ‘Norcoast’ Bering hairgrass 1 ‘Arctared’ red fescue 1 ‘Egan’ American sloughgrass 2 ‘Alyeska’ polargrass 2 ‘Gruening’ alpine bluegrass

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