Alaska Plant Materials Center | Division of Agriculture

Chapter 6: Choose Species/Cultivars for Revegetation Projects

Table 1b: Species/Cultivar Characteristic Chart (not available commercially)

These species have been released, but are not yet available commercially.

Species	Cultivar Or Equivalent	Availability 1	Site Conditions Adaptation	Growth Form 2	Height Average 3	Region Of Use 4	Cate-gory 5
Alkaligrass, Nootka Puccinellia nutkaensis	Ninilchik Germplasm	Poor	Coastal	Sod	8 in.	W,SC, SE	3
Artemisia, Dusty Miller Artemisia stelleriana	Shemya Germplasm	Poor	Coastal Western Aleutians	Stolens	12 in.	SW	3
Barley, Meadow Hordeum brachyantherum	Lowell Point Germplasm	Poor	Coastal	Bunch	24 in.	W,SW, SC,SE	3
Bluegrass, Alpine Poa alpina	Teller Germplasm	Poor	Dry, Gravel	Bunch	8 in.	W,I, SW,SC	3
Bluegrass, Arctic Poa arctica:	Adak Germplasm viviparous form	Poor	Most	Bunch	12 in.	A,I,W, SW,SC	3
Bluegrass, Arctic Poa arctica	Council Germplasm	Poor	Most	Bunch	12 in.	A,I,W, SW,SC	3
Bluegrass, Arctic Poa arctica	Tin City Germplasm viviparous form	Poor	Dry, Sand, Gravel	Sod	12 in.	W,I, SW,SC	3
Bluegrass, Glaucous Poa glauca	Nome Germplasm	Poor	Dry	Bunch	12 in.	W,I, SW,SC	3
Bluegrass, Large-glume Poa macrocalyx	Andrew Bay Germplasm	Poor	Coastal	Bunch	16 in.	SW,SC,SE	3
Bluegrass, Big Poa secunda	Service	Poor	Dry	Bunch	16 in.	I,SC	3
Chamomile, Arctic Wild Tripleurospermum maritima	Kotzebue Germplasm	Poor	Coastal	Bunch	8 in.	A,W	3
Cinquefoil, Staghorn Potentilla bimundorum	Mentasta Germplasm	Poor	Dry	Bunch	6 in.	I,W,SW	3
Fescue, Red Festuca rubra	Henderson Ridge Germplasm	Poor	Coastal	Sod	14 in.	SW	3
Fescue, Viviparous Festuca viviparoidea	Safety Germplasm	Poor	Dry, Sandy, Gravel	Bunch	6 in.	A,W,I, SW,SC	3
Fireweed, Dwarf Chamerion latifolium	Kobuk Germplasm	Poor	Dry, Gravel, Sand	Bunch	12 in.	I,W,SC	3
Fleabane, Beach Senecio pseudoarnica	Clam Lagoon Germplasm	Poor	Coastal, Sand, Gravel	Sod	24 in.	W,SW, SE,SC	3
Iris, Wild Iris setosa	Knik Germplasm	Poor	Coastal	Sod	12 in.	W,SW, SC,SE	3
Jacob’s Ladder, Beautiful Polemonium pulcherrimum	Butte Germplasm	Poor	Dry, Gravel	Bunch	16 in.	I,SC	3
Locoweed, Nodding Oxytropis deflexa	Franklin Bluffs Germplasm	Poor	Dry, Gravel	Bunch	8 in.	A,W,I	3
Lovage, Beach Ligusticum scoticum	Casco Cove Germplasm	Poor	Coastal	Bunch	16 in.	W,SW, SC,SE	3
Oxytrope, Field Oxytropis campestris	Black Rapids Germplasm	Poor	Dry, Gravel	Bunch	8 in.	A,W,I	3
Parsley, Jakutsk Snow Cnidium cnidiifolium	Tok Germplasm	Poor	Most	Bunch	24 in.	I,SC	3
Reedgrass, Nootka Calamagrostis canadensis	Pioneer Peak Germplasm	Poor	All	Sod	24 in.	W,I,SW, SC,SE	3
Sedge, Longawn Carex macrochaeta	Attu Germplasm	Poor	Coastal	Sod	12 in.	W,SW, SC	3
Speargrass, Largeflower Poa eminens	Port Clarence Germplasm	Poor	Coastal	Sod	24 in.	W,SW, SC,SE	3
Sweetvetch, Alpine Hedysarum alpinum	Paxson Germplasm	Poor	Dry, Gravel	Bunch	24 in.	W,I,SC	3
Trisetum, Spike Trisetum spicatum	Nelchina Germplasm	Poor	All	Bunch	18 in.	W,I, SW,SC	3
Wheatgrass, Thickspike Elymus macrourus	Solomon Germplasm	Poor	Dry	Bunch	24 in.	W,I,SC	3
Wheatgrass, Tufted Elymus macrourus	Slana Germplasm	Poor	Dry, Gravel	Bunch	24 in.	I, SC	3
Wildrye, Downy Leymus innovatus	Cantwell Germplasm	Poor	Dry, Gravel, Sand	Bunch	24 in.	I,SC	3
Yarrow, Boreal Achillea millefolium	Twenty Mile Germplasm	Poor	All	Sod	24 in.	W,I, SW,SC, SE	3

1 Availability varies from year to year and within any given year.
2 Growth form and height will vary with conditions.
3 Typical DOT/PF sites will tend to produce shorter and more bunchy stands of these species.
4 Region of Use: W = Western Alaska; I = Interior Alaska; SE = Southeast Alaska; SC = Southcentral Alaska; SW = Southwest Alaska; A = Arctic Alaska; All = All of Alaska.
5 Category ratings (from Revegetation Suggestions Chart) often reflect availability. Availability is subject to change and this will in the future cause many category 3 selections to be raised to 2 or even 1.

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