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Chapter 6:  Choose Species/Cultivars for Revegetation Projects

Revegetation Suggestions for
Western 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 MH, CH, OH  Hydric.
GW, GP   Suggest scarification and fertilizer only. If seeding is stipulated use suggestions for SW,SP,SM,SC soils.
    Soil Moisture Characteristics
    Saturated (Hydric) Average (Mesic) Very Dry (Xeric)
GM, GC 20 1 ‘Norcoast’ Bering hairgrass
1 ‘Arctared’ red fescue
1 ‘Egan’ American sloughgrass
2 ‘Nortran’ tufted hairgrass
2 ‘Boreal’ red fescue
2 ‘Alyeska’ polargrass
3 ‘Caiggluk’ Tilesy sagebrush
1 ‘Arctared’ red fescue
1 ‘Norcoast’ Bering hairgrass
1 ‘Tundra’ glaucous bluegrass
2 ‘Boreal’ red fescue
2 ‘Alyeska’ polargrass
2 ‘Nortran’ tufted hairgrass
2 ‘Gruening’ alpine bluegrass
3 ‘Caiggluk’ Tilesy sagebrush
1 ‘Arctared’ red fescue
1 ‘Norcoast’ Bering hairgrass
1 ‘Gruening’ alpine bluegrass
2 ‘Nortran’ tufted hairgrass
2 ‘Tundra’ glaucous bluegrass
2 ‘Boreal’ red fescue
3 ‘Sourdough’ bluejoint reedgrass
3  Wainright slender wheatgrass
SW, SP, SM, SC 40 1 ‘Arctared’ red fescue
1 ‘Norcoast’ Bering hairgrass
1 ‘Nortran’ tufted hairgrass
1 ‘Gruening’ alpine bluegrass
2 ‘Alyeska’ polargrass
2 ‘Kenai’ polargrass
2 ‘Tundra’ glaucous bluegrass
3 ‘Sourdough’ bluejoint reedgrass
1 ‘Arctared’ red fescue
1 ‘Norcoast’ Bering hairgrass
1 ‘Nortran’ tufted hairgrass
1 ‘Gruening’ alpine bluegrass
2 ‘Alyeska’ polargrass
2 ‘Kenai’ polargrass
2 ‘Tundra’ glaucous bluegrass
3 ‘Sourdough’ bluejoint reedgrass

Note: If the area to be revegetate is adjacent to a coast line, consider transplanting beach wildrye.

1 ‘Arctared’ red fescue
1 ‘Norcoast’ Bering hairgrass
1 ‘Nortran’ tufted hairgrass
1 ‘Gruening’ alpine bluegrass
2 ‘Alyeska’ polargrass
2 ‘Kenai’ polargrass
2 ‘Tundra’ glaucous bluegrass
3 ‘Sourdough’ bluejoint reedgrass

Note: If the area to be revegetate is adjacent to a coast line, consider transplanting beach wildrye.

ML, CL, OL

MH, CH, OH

30 1 ‘Norcoast’ Bering hairgrass
1 ‘Egan’ American sloughgrass
1 ‘Arctared’ red fescue
2 ‘Alyeska’ polargrass
2 ‘Boreal’ red fescue
3 ‘Caiggluk’ Tilesy sagebrush