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Chapter 6: Choose Species/Cultivars for Revegetation Projects

Table 1a: Species/Cultivar Characteristic Chart (available commercially)

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

Click here for a list of species that have been released, but are not yet available commercially.

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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