Species

Cultivar
Or
Equivalent

Availability 1

Site
Conditions
Adaptation

Growth
Form
2

Height
Average
3

Region
Of Use
4

Cate-gory
5

Bluegrass,
Alpine
Poa alpina

Gruening

Fair

Dry

Bunch

6 in.

All

1,2,3

Bluegrass,
Glaucous
Poa glauca

Tundra

Fair

Dry

Bunch

10 in.

A,I,W

1,2,3

Bluegrass, Kentucky
Poa pratensis

Merion

Excellent

Lawns

Sod

10 in.

I,SC,SE

1,2,3

Bluegrass, Kentucky
Poa pratensis

Nugget

Good

Lawns

Sod

10 in.

I,SC,SE

1,2,3

Bluegrass, Kentucky
Poa pratensis

Park

Excellent

Lawns

Sod

10 in.

I,SC,SE

1,2,3

Fescue, Red
Festuca rubra

Arctared

Very Good

Dry to Wet

Sod

18 in.

All

1,2,3

Fescue, Red
Festuca rubra

Boreal

Excellent

Dry to Wet

Sod

18 in.

W,I,SE,
SC,SW

1,2,3

Fescue, Red
Festuca rubra

Pennlawn

Excellent

Dry to Wet

Sod

12 in.

I,SC

1,2,3

Hairgrass,
Bering
Deschampsia beringensis

Norcoast

Good

Dry to Wet

Bunch

20 in.

All

1,2,3

Hairgrass,
Tufted
Deschampsia
caespitosa

Nortran

Good

Dry to Wet

Bunch

20 in.

All

1,2,3

Polargrass
Arctagrostis latifolia

Alyeska

Fair

Wetter Areas

Sod

24 in.

A,I,W,
SC

2,3

Polargrass
Arctagrostis latifolia

Kenai

Fair

Wetter Areas

Sod

24 in.

SC,SE,
SW

2,3

Reedgrass,
Bluejoint
Calamagrostis canadensis

Sourdough

Fair

All

Sod

36 in.

All

3

Ryegrass, Annual
Lolium multiflorum

-

Excellent

Dry, Limited Use

Temp.

16 in.

All

3

Ryegrass, Perennial
Lolium perenne

-

Excellent

Dry, Limited Use

Temp

16 in.

All

3

Sloughgrass,
American
Beckmannia syzigachne

Egan

Good

Wet

Bunch

18 in.

I,W,SC,
SE

1,2,3

Wheatgrass, Slender
Elymus trachycaulus

Wainwright
Germplasm

Excellent

Dry,
Gravel

Bunch

20 in.

I,W,SC

1,2,3

Wildrye, Beach
Leymus mollis

Benson

Poor

Sandy, Dry

Sod

24 in.

W,SC,
SW,SE

3

Wildrye, Beach
Leymus arenarius

Reeve

Poor

Sandy, Dry

Sod

24 in.

W,SC,
SW,SE

3

Wormwood,
Tilesius’
Artemisia tilesii

Caiggluk

Poor

All

Bunch

20 in.

W,I,SC,
SE,SW

3