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
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Seed Rate
Refer to Directions |
Species/Cultivar Selection
Refer to Species/Cultivar Characteristic Chart For Category Ratings
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| High Organic |
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Suggest fertilizer only. If seeding is stipulated use suggestion for MH, CH, OH Mesic or Xeric depending on site |
| GW, GP |
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Suggest scarification and fertilizer only. If seeding is stipulated use suggestions for GM, GC and soil moisture |
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Soil Moisture Characteristics |
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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
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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 |
| 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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